‘The most toxic environment I’ve ever been a part of’: Inside Urban Meyer’s disastrous year with Jaguars'
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"Sources said Meyer repeatedly belittled his staff to its members’ faces. He told his assistants he was a winner and they were losers, then demanded they defend their resumes. One player said it was coaches often looked “drained” whenever they left staff meetings with Meyer.
“The players got it bad when it came to him talking to us,” a veteran player said, “but I believe the coaches got it worse.”
“You’ve got players in fear that they’re going to lose their jobs,” Chark said. “You’ve got coaches who he belittled in front of us, and I can only imagine what he was doing behind closed doors. I’m surprised he lasted that long, to be honest with you.”
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Wow. I may be naive, but I refuse to believe this type of human behavior is a pre-requisite for becoming a championship coach.
Excerpt:
"Sources said Meyer repeatedly belittled his staff to its members’ faces. He told his assistants he was a winner and they were losers, then demanded they defend their resumes. One player said it was coaches often looked “drained” whenever they left staff meetings with Meyer.
“The players got it bad when it came to him talking to us,” a veteran player said, “but I believe the coaches got it worse.”
“You’ve got players in fear that they’re going to lose their jobs,” Chark said. “You’ve got coaches who he belittled in front of us, and I can only imagine what he was doing behind closed doors. I’m surprised he lasted that long, to be honest with you.”
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Wow. I may be naive, but I refuse to believe this type of human behavior is a pre-requisite for becoming a championship coach.
