2. Urban Meyer
Odds: 10-1
Really, what do you expect him to say? He's deep in the hunt for his third national title in four years and has the pressure of dealing with Alabama and the weight of expectations. When the options are between winning a national championship or a failure of a season, Meyer can be forgiven if he really can't deal with the Notre Dame coaching talk right now. On top of everything else, he has had to deal with Tim Tebow's brain, Brandon Spikes' eye gouge, little production from his wide receivers and Lane Kiffin. However, if Notre Dame is patient, it will get its chance to make its pitch.
After spurning the Irish the first time around after a low-ball offer, Meyer would find the game has changed since 2004. Money wasn't an object before for Notre Dame, but now it's apparently more willing to spend the dough needed to get the guy it wants, and it'll want a two-, possibly three-time national champion. The former Notre Dame receivers coach from 1996 to 2000 would be the perfect fit, and the time might be right. Meyer isn't a fit for the pros, and there's no other college job other than Notre Dame that would be a step up, at least in prestige and exposure, from Florida, and he's also coming off the end of an all-timer of a run that will be next to impossible to match. Alabama is only getting better, Tennessee will soon be fantastic under Kiffin, LSU isn't going anywhere, Auburn and Arkansas are improving and Georgia isn't going to be a dud again any time soon. Basically, the SEC won't be easy to roll through, and Meyer's Gators might have to do some rebuilding; does he really want to do that? Billy Donovan, the Florida basketball coach, had other offers and actually left for a few moments, but he stayed after winning two straight national titles and has had trouble finding any of his old magic. Could Meyer learn from that and leave while the situation is right? He's the wild card in the mix.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/10442354/The-Irish-Derby:-Who'll-be-the-next-coach?
Odds: 10-1
Really, what do you expect him to say? He's deep in the hunt for his third national title in four years and has the pressure of dealing with Alabama and the weight of expectations. When the options are between winning a national championship or a failure of a season, Meyer can be forgiven if he really can't deal with the Notre Dame coaching talk right now. On top of everything else, he has had to deal with Tim Tebow's brain, Brandon Spikes' eye gouge, little production from his wide receivers and Lane Kiffin. However, if Notre Dame is patient, it will get its chance to make its pitch.
After spurning the Irish the first time around after a low-ball offer, Meyer would find the game has changed since 2004. Money wasn't an object before for Notre Dame, but now it's apparently more willing to spend the dough needed to get the guy it wants, and it'll want a two-, possibly three-time national champion. The former Notre Dame receivers coach from 1996 to 2000 would be the perfect fit, and the time might be right. Meyer isn't a fit for the pros, and there's no other college job other than Notre Dame that would be a step up, at least in prestige and exposure, from Florida, and he's also coming off the end of an all-timer of a run that will be next to impossible to match. Alabama is only getting better, Tennessee will soon be fantastic under Kiffin, LSU isn't going anywhere, Auburn and Arkansas are improving and Georgia isn't going to be a dud again any time soon. Basically, the SEC won't be easy to roll through, and Meyer's Gators might have to do some rebuilding; does he really want to do that? Billy Donovan, the Florida basketball coach, had other offers and actually left for a few moments, but he stayed after winning two straight national titles and has had trouble finding any of his old magic. Could Meyer learn from that and leave while the situation is right? He's the wild card in the mix.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/10442354/The-Irish-Derby:-Who'll-be-the-next-coach?
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