Ohio State: Urban Meyer suspended 3 games

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It's all about the money. People are still gonna buy tickets, but if something like this happened almost anywhere else they probably would have been fired
 
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Selfcon4 said:
What did you expect? I am surprised it was more than 1 game. It is O$U
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I truly thought the media and Twitter would crucify him, a la #metoo, and he'd be out of a job. I guess I underestimated the power of college football $bucks$. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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Selfcon4 said:
What did you expect? I am surprised it was more than 1 game. It is O$U
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I actually thought they'd get him back faster by giving him credit for the time he's already been off. OSU had a good story IMO since all they really want is plausible deniability and mitigating circumstances.

1. It's not like Urban assaulted anyone
2. They relied on police...well, claimed they did
3. He apologized for bad judgment, and admitted he had personal connections that affected his decisions
4. He basically admitted he was wrong in what he said in the press conf
5. They canned the guy...finally

Is that justice? Honestly, not many people in the college football world care. If it's a crime, that's out of their hands and with the police and the justice system. They're only here to cover PR issues so they can enjoy the games.
 
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Calvin said:
I actually thought they'd get him back faster by giving him credit for the time he's already been off. OSU had a good story IMO since all they really want is plausible deniability and mitigating circumstances.
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Time served would've been laughable. I agree I was mildly surprised it was a three game suspension, but anything less would've looked worse than it already does. I guess with suspending the AD, they get away with shifting the blame onto multiple people. Whether he should've been fired, I don't know.

In the end, OSU played this absolutely perfectly. They keep all their important pieces and look like they laying a medium sized hammer down on the athletic dept.
 
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ChiefIllini said:
In the end, OSU played this absolutely perfectly. They keep all their important pieces and look like they laying a medium sized hammer down on the athletic dept.
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Agree. They acted quickly, but took long enough to let it die down in the headlines. They spread the damage around while communicating a reasonable story for their actions. And while they didn't do anything drastic, they threw the mob a bone with some meaningful punishments.

I would suggest this is a good case study for any PR firm. I don't think it would work if the facts were more outrageous, but I think this one will be mostly swept under the rug despite the hot-button issues involved. I suspect cigars have been passed out and champagne corks popped in Columbus on how they've managed this episode.
 
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Not surprised by 3 games and never thought he would be fired.

My question:. Haven't read the announcement, probably never will. Is he totally separated from team until after game 3 or does he do everything else but coach game day or is this something else? Hanging up for the answer.
 
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FeelYourPaign said:
Not surprised by 3 games and never thought he would be fired.

My question:. Haven't read the announcement, probably never will. Is he totally separated from team until after game 3 or does he do everything else but coach game day or is this something else? Hanging up for the answer.
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The way I thought I heard it to be was that he was suspended for 3 games but would be able to return to his day to day coaching job (minus the games) on September 1st.
 
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Illinnoying Orange said:
The way I thought I heard it to be was that he was suspended for 3 games but would be able to return to his day to day coaching job (minus the games) on September 1st.
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Thanks. Sort of odd to me, I mean why not now? But whatever, they did what most of us expected and as mentioned by others, did it PR effectively.
 
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What a :poop:! I am going to go out on a limb here and state that they may look back on this event and think they should have gotten rid of him.
 
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Calvin said:
Agree. They acted quickly, but took long enough to let it die down in the headlines. They spread the damage around while communicating a reasonable story for their actions. And while they didn't do anything drastic, they threw the mob a bone with some meaningful punishments.

I would suggest this is a good case study for any PR firm. I don't think it would work if the facts were more outrageous, but I think this one will be mostly swept under the rug despite the hot-button issues involved. I suspect cigars have been passed out and champagne corks popped in Columbus on how they've managed this episode.
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Yeah, I'm betting that Maryland hires this PR firm immediately too mitigate their problem. Maybe they can get Durkin off with a 4 game suspension (after all, a kid did die)....