Sources: Health risks forced Meyer to step down

deja vu........

UF (or any other job) is not worth dying for. Those that have served (and died in some cases) to protect our freedoms and us are the only jobs worth dying for. I am deeply indebted to those and appreciate the freedoms they have given me. Same goes for those that are still serving now. Thank you very much...especially my two nephews.

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Originally posted 10:25 AM ET  12.12 by Deep Creek

UF (or any other job) is not worth dying for. Those that have served (and died in some cases) to protect our freedoms and us are the only jobs worth dying for. I am deeply indebted to those and appreciate the freedoms they have given me. Same goes for those that are still serving now. Thank you very much...especially my two nephews.

Ditto DC and a shout out to my son Cody who is in a submarine in waters unknown as we speak.

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Originally posted 10:32 AM ET  12.12 by Commodore Fan

Ditto DC and a shout out to my son Cody who is in a submarine in waters unknown as we speak.

Much appreciation and a big thanks to him as well Commodore.

The fact that college coaching has become stressful to the point that it's life-threatening should be a wakeup call to somebody to change the system in some way. Does somebody big have to die on the job before we all take a step back and realize how ultimately unimportant this all is?

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Originally posted 10:32 AM ET  12.12 by Commodore Fan

Ditto DC and a shout out to my son Cody who is in a submarine in waters unknown as we speak.

The Navy says they're allowing women on Submarines now so his job just became 50% more tolerable.

I worked on a Carrier when I was in, but those Submariners really put up with a lot more. I could never work on an enclosed metal tube floating thousands of feet underwater with no windows and no way to get fresh air. I'd snap and kill somebody... or myself.

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Originally posted 10:42 AM ET  12.12 by GoldrushND

The Navy says they're allowing women on Submarines now so his job just became 50% more tolerable. I worked on a Carrier when I was in, but those Submariners really put up with a lot more. I could never work on an enclosed metal tube floating thousands of feet underwater with no windows and no way to get fresh air. I'd snap and kill somebody... or myself.

Yeah he tells some joke about ladies in a boat full of sea men..........

I hate to see him go. But I'm glad he put his family first.

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Originally posted 11:31 AM ET  12.12 by MountainGator

I hate to see him go. But I'm glad he put his family first.

This.

I posted this last week, but there is a lot of rumor that he told the team it was health related at the big team meeting when he broke it to them. Lots of interesting stories from that meeting actually....

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Originally posted 11:39 AM ET  12.12 by GIE

Lots of interesting stories from that meeting actually....

Do tell....

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Originally posted 11:19 AM ET  12.12 by GrandTheftHarley

I believe Randy Walker died while head coach at Northwester back in July '06 (heart attack). Although it was the off-season, he was still at the helm for the team at the time of his passing. We know of course the close call Mark Dantonio at Michigan State had earlier this season. Woody Hayes was said to have had progressive heart problems late in his career.I agree that the stress of being in a high-pressure job as HC of a major college athletic program is a silent killer. Maybe closer medical monitoring of a coach's health need to be considered.

Skip Prosser of Wake Forest (hoops) died of a heart attack, too.

Of course, there are stressful jobs so many fields...but when coaching sports starts taking lives, I'd say it's a pretty good sign things are trending a bit out-of-whack.

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Originally posted 11:55 AM ET  12.12 by MountainGator

Do tell....

Mostly had to do with the Freshman flipping the **** out. I mean flipping the **** out. "I'm outta here" flipping the **** out. Meyer came in, said his peace, Frosh wigged, Meyer finished and walked out. Whole team left open mouthed. Foley comes in and says good things to calm *some* of the kids down.

Hopefully, WM and a little time will be enough to keep that class intact. There's no doubt that WM is drooling for DE, RP, SF et al to mature. We need an OC (C'mon DH!!!), but UFs D might be the thing of legends soon.

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Yep ... But it's us fans clamoring for wins at almost any (maybe ANY) cost that pushes the envelope, don't ya think? ;-)That's the kind of stress I can do without! heh heh

Meh. I think fans taking credit for running their coach out of town think too highly of themselves. $3MM, $4MM, $5mm/year with crazy arse boosters - now there's pressure.

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Originally posted 10:25 AM ET  12.12 by Deep Creek

UF (or any other job) is not worth dying for. Those that have served (and died in some cases) to protect our freedoms and us are the only jobs worth dying for. I am deeply indebted to those and appreciate the freedoms they have given me. Same goes for those that are still serving now. Thank you very much...especially my two nephews.

Awesome post.

Toughest thing in the world is to accept your own mortality. Meyer did a great job with Florida but you have to know when to walk away. He has a second chance to do it before it's too late.

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Originally posted 10:25 AM ET  12.12 by Deep Creek

UF (or any other job) is not worth dying for. Those that have served (and died in some cases) to protect our freedoms and us are the only jobs worth dying for. I am deeply indebted to those and appreciate the freedoms they have given me. Same goes for those that are still serving now. Thank you very much...especially my two nephews.

Excellent perspective. Those that serve selflessly should always be given a special place in our thoughts.

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Originally posted 10:39 AM ET  12.12 by GoldrushND

The fact that college coaching has become stressful to the point that it's life-threatening should be a wakeup call to somebody to change the system in some way. Does somebody big have to die on the job before we all take a step back and realize how ultimately unimportant this all is?

Isn't it somewhat more complex?
Many vocations are stressful; try being a surgeon with someone's life in your hands regularly for instance.
Different individuals react to stressful situations differently. Some get absorbed by the demands of the job and the stress eventually impacts their health; these folks are "Stress Junkies", they enjoy the high even if it hurts them!
Others keep the stress of their jobs in perspective, don't let it compromise their lives. In coaching, for instance, for every Meyer there is a Spurrier, who never misses his golf game and lets his assistants do the heavy lifting during the week. The Ol' Ball Coach tried that in his NFL gig, but found it didn't fit his lifestyle, so he quit. Tony Dungy apparently made it work in the NFL, even made his Assistants go home at a reasonable hour so as to have a family life.
Urban and other coaches may hurt their health, but it doesn't mean the coaching profession is any more stressful than many others. It just means they need to reevalutate the way they deal with their jobs, or quit. Meyer tried that this year and it didn't work, so he did the smardt thing and quit. Different strokes for different folks.
PS--I always worried that Charlie Weis would collapse on the sideline some day, with his weight problems the stress was really a potential killer.

I think that it is up to the individual. Let's not get to a place where we have to make decisions for coaches about their own health. Let them do it. They are grown up.

As kind of been touched on, many professions have issues as it relates to health. People have to make their own decision on whether they want to take it or not.

I remember after Urban came back, a few of us kind of noted, "If coaching all these years really made your health decline, what will be different after he comes back?" And obviously, it wasn't any different.

I actually respect him some that he finally made the right decision for himself. He tried to once and didn't follow through, but now I hope he has. He doesn't need to ever work anymore, and really, he probably will go right into the booth, if he wants to and does work for ESPN, CBS, or ABC. He'll definitely get offers. So, it's not like he won't have any work, if he wants to be employed. Or even an AD job might be more to his liking.

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Originally posted 03:32 PM ET  12.12 by Joe Kidd #1

I think that it is up to the individual. Let's not get to a place where we have to make decisions for coaches about their own health. Let them do it. They are grown up.As kind of been touched on, many professions have issues as it relates to health. People have to make their own decision on whether they want to take it or not.I remember after Urban came back, a few of us kind of noted, "If coaching all these years really made your health decline, what will be different after he comes back?" And obviously, it wasn't any different.I actually respect him some that he finally made the right decision for himself. He tried to once and didn't follow through, but now I hope he has. He doesn't need to ever work anymore, and really, he probably will go right into the booth, if he wants to and does work for ESPN, CBS, or ABC. He'll definitely get offers. So, it's not like he won't have any work, if he wants to be employed. Or even an AD job might be more to his liking.

Agreed; he has a lot of talent and will do well in whatever he chooses, hopefully a position that gives him both satisfaction and an opportunity to relax when the day is done.