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CFB AM: Did Urban Meyer do the 'greatest coaching job of all time?'

What happens when football-crazed people are starved of their football for more than a few weeks?

We start veering a little towards the insane end of the fan spectrum and incite fun debates that could never, ever, even possibly be decided.

Jon Gruden did that a few days ago with his thoughts on Ohio State coach Urban Meyer. Gruden went on the radio and sent Meyer's work last season was the "greatest coaching job of all time."

That is, of course, coming from a man who's won a Super Bowl and knows as much about football as anyone out there. So Gruden's comments carry particular weight.

"Urban Meyer did the greatest coaching job of all time," Gruden said, according to coachingsearch.com. "Winning a national championship with his third-string quarterback, I've never seen that before. I've always respected him. Won two national titles at Florida.

"What he did at Ohio State, losing a Heisman Trophy candidate and then doing what he did with two different quarterbacks that were backups. Amazing to me."

I suppose many Ohio State fans share the same feeling as Gruden. I don't know where I stand, considering Ohio State was still insanely talented and its "third-string" QB wasn't that because of his ability. But no question Meyer's work in 2014 is up there in terms of all-time great seasons.

For readers: Would you consider Meyer's 2014 season the "greatest coaching job of all time?" Who else would you compare it to?

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[planomateo]

Kinda hard to argue with the results.

 

[BamaFan334]

I have to agree with Gruden. Ohio State came out of nowhere after Braxton Miller went down. Apparently he was the only player the writers and journalists knew about and put them in the Top 5 because of him. Everyone wrote them off, and they came bag with a fire and drilled our ass and went in and drilled a team I thought could beat us in Oregon. The head coach definitely receives some credit for dealing with the loss of two very good quarterbacks. He simply took the SEC to the Big Ten, it can all be summed up in those words. Very hard to argue the results as plano said.

 

[alabama mike]

I can't come up with a name who did any better and the final result speaks for itself. My only negative comment, living in Buckeye land is the teams they played during the season. Nothing can be done about your conference being down or not playing a particular team because of numbers in the league. Non conference games are usually scheduled years in advance and I like the fact OSU plays an in state school every year for a home game.

 

[psychojoe]

As much as I think that Urban is an insufferable arsehole, you have to tip your hat to him for the job he did this past season.Best ever is tough. I don't know how you compare year over yer. Considering the talent differential and tougher competition, I would rate the jobs Franklin did in his last two years at Vanderbilt right up there with anyone.

Actually I think the job that CNS did in 2008, before he had filled the roster with four and five star players, was one of the all time great coaching jobs.

 

[Bamabww]

I found this interesting statement after looking around earlier:

For the University of Alabama, the 2014-15 season should be viewed as one of the all-time best coaching jobs of head coach Nick Saban’s illustrious career, given the circumstances.

Critics and pundits undoubtedly have memory loss as most expected the Tide to struggle replacing the leadership of long-time starting quarterback A.J. McCarron (Cincinnati Bengals) along with the best defensive player, perhaps, in the history of the program, off-the-ball linebacker C.J. Mosley (Baltimore Ravens).

All the Tide coaching staff did was lead a relatively green team to a 12-1 regular season where it captured yet another Southeastern Conference title and a spot in the inaugural four-team playoff.

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/al...evans-dillon-lee-inject-athleticism-tide-lbs/ or http://www.rolltidebama.com/forum/i...ould-inject-athleticism-into-tide-lbs.312128/

 

[bamaledge]

This is sour grapes but I don't really care to read crap about urban Meyer.

 

[riz]

Urban Meyer is GOAT