Urban Meyer exclusive interview on Courtney Smith, Ohio State suspension [FULL] | ESPN
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- In an exclusive interview with ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi, Ohio State football head coach Urban Meyer says he would never condone domestic violence and erred in trying to support Zach Smith, who he calls a "troubled employee." Meyer says there was no “consciousness of guilt” regarding what was on his cell phone and describes the 3-game suspension he received as “firm, harsh, tough.”
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When I saw this last year I remember going into it biased against Urban and came out feeling bad for him. Rinaldi had a clear agenda here and he made no effort to hide it. He’s blaming Meyer for unreasonable things right out of the gate. “Why didn’t you know more?” What kind of a question is that? Joke of an interview
I dont get iy. Urban Meyer fired zach smith after he violated a court approved restraining order. Until there was legitimate charges how can you fire a guy based on allegations and innuendo
They talk down on Urban like he beat that girl himself
LMFAOOOO
BAD that was funny to you ?
Urban has nothing to apologize for. This interviewer is terrible. ESPN needs to worry more about sports.
I feel like this is Dr. Phil. Its annoying to hear the same question being asked redundantly. He is giving the same answer...
The interviewer sounded like a robot and he literally kept on trying to ask the same questions hoping Urban would say something wrong. Goodness. Worst interview ever
Urban Meyer doesn't owe anyone an apology honestly people love to persucute each other for no reason, what happened between that coach & his wife is nobodies business #IstandwithMeyer
u right but if domestic violence is occurring its the coach job to intervene and find out information about the issue but i agree urban shouldn't have to apologize for this situation its basically courtney smith fault for not reporting nor charging smith with domestic violence and zack would have been fired a long time ago and this scandal wouldn't even exist.
Darren Cook he’s suppose to coach the Ohio state buckeyes not be a police officer that girl can call the police yelling urban Meyer would only make them broke and that dude would have probably beat his wife even more bcuz they wouldn’t have any money 💯
tommaso Mark you Osu fans are gross asf
@@darrencook3941 man, people need to handle their own problems...You get involved who you get involved with....stop trying to blame someone else for your mistakes...they acting like urban threw the girl up against the wall 🤣🤣😂😂😂...we don't even know if she telling the truth...the evidence isn't all on her side lol....people go too far....sick of this me too BS....and people get offended and make it seem like women never lie and make stuff up....women lie just like anyone else, and so many cases and scenarios prove that
If Meyer only won 7 or 8 games a year, you'd be the 1st to say "He should be fired! How could he let this happen? Derp, derp, derp" Ohio State is garbage and Meyer is the perfect coach for that cesspool of a "school".
Tom Rinaldhi is getting on my nerves with this interview...he is acting as if Urban Meyer beat the woman himself. I mean..if he fires the guy then he puts the entire family in financial jeopardy...it's a tough situation to be in. Best of luck to Urban Meyer I hope to see him back on the field as soon as he can and face off with my Alabama Crimson Tide for another good game in this new rivalry!
Not the greatest work here from Tom Rinaldi...
He has a punchable face
ESPN is the worst. Urban can't say what he should. Courtney is the problem, not the victim. Wow is this a sports channel?
Bill ullum Buckeye fans are so deluded. You have nothing else to live for in that state
Makes you look so sad and pathetic to the outside world
@@heathersmith5726 someone is salty
Who else here after he just got hired by the jags
No matter what Urban Meyer says the narrative of him being a bad guy will always be the case for most people who follow the sport. That’s perfectly fine by the way because the only support he truly needs is from Buckeye Nation. The biggest & greatest fan base in the country.
O-H!
Idiotic might not be the right word. Maybe "blinkered", or "self-delusional", or "perpetually aggrieved".
i expect a public flogging next..perhaps a stoning? will it ever end?
Don’t forget; loudest, ignorant,and trashiest too
He's still lying through his teeth. What a waste of sperm. No he didn't do the assault s but he also didn't do anything about them either.
How many times can Urban Meyer say "stabilize" in a 30 minute interview? He says "stabilize" so often so as to not have to use "dealt with properly, with both compassion for the female victim and stern discipline for the knucklehead on his staff".
The more I see Urban speak the more I realize he has a very small and deceptive vocabulary.
It's irritating the guy interviewing acts like Urban Meyer is guilty of domestic violence...Urban Meyer is a football coach not a marriage counselor for Zach and Courtney Smith. I'm so tired of everything always getting blamed on the football coach. The media knew about all these allegations in years past so why didn't they do more. How can you win when you get blamed for trying to help but then if he didn't help he would have been asked why didn't he do more.
same thing i keep asking - why is Urban being asked to do something that the family courts and LE did not feel was appropriate - disciplining Zach Smith, and Rinaldi and Finebaum et al questioning why Urban did not contact Courtney Smith is bizarre - Employers do NOT normally contact employee's spouses about marital woes - would be inappropriate
He enabled one of his coaches to continue to abuse after he found out. Almost as bad as the crime itself!!!
For anyone saying "his job is to coach football" well as you have heard every single coach (especially at the amateur level) say their job is to teach their players to be men. For Urban to say I was trying to stabilize their family yet know absolutely nothing about them and that the coaches know nothing about one another off the field is one hard to believe and two if true, irresponsible because you are giving parents a promise to take care of their child and that includes your coaching staff. Not a good example to not even seemingly try to get to know the coaches that are influencing the kids he recruited. If you think he didn't know about NINE police reports you're insane. If it was your sister or mom getting beat and some dude was hiring and rehiring him I bet you'd hold Urban more responsible for some of this. IMO
Over 3 million subs and they can't do better than 720? Where is the 1080 or 1440?
Amen! I wanna hear lies in 4K!
@SquidBag well. Urban isn't lying but yes you made a very good point lol
Wow they are acting like he hits his wife
The media version of water boarding. What can the guy say and do to get everyone to just move on? Enough
A) Pierre, you really need to educate yourself and learn how to read and write complete and grammatically correct sentences so people will take you seriously. B) You do realize Zach Smith was never arrested, and never charged with any domestic violence. C) Courtney Smith's own mother, former friends, and the Powell police department (that will be testifying on behalf of Zach Smith in a few weeks in a court of law) have stated they do not believe her, rather they believe Zach Smtih. D) Courtney Smith has a proven track record of abusing drugs and alcohol and anger management issues throughout her marriage. E) Courtney Smith never worked or held a job, even to this day, rather living off the income of child support from Zach Smith's coaching job. F) Courtney Smith has previous stated to both her family and former friends in person and by social media that she was "going to get Zach and bring down Urban", on more than one occasion before this carefully planned story was released by her in August. God gave us all a brain and the ability make reasonable decisions and determinations, so I would suggest you try using it sometime Pierre, instead of following along with the rest of the herd of sheep gullible enough to latch onto the far left leaning media platform masquerading as a sports network by the name of ESPN... remember.. the E stands for "Entertainment" in ESPN for a reason. Ohio State suspended their coach to appease the masses in this #metoo and politically correct era we now live in, nothing more. Those are the facts.
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John D Blake I absolutely agree with everything you just said!
Very well stated, John! People can be so mean without really looking at all the information first. I stand with Urban on this.
when you say "god" and "gullible sheep" in the same sentence hahaha
I agree with everything you said concerning Zach and Courtney and if Meyer would have just owned what he knew this would have been over a long time ago. Urban's issues are self inflicted by lying to the press and digging the hole deeper every time he says something since then.
what did urban Meyer even do wrong lol
He lied to the press and when caught had said more stupid things trying to cover the initial lie. All he had to say to the question at media day concerning this is i can't discuss it right now and it would have been over but no, he had to lie about it when everyone new he was lying about it.
strtngfrsh ur lying
Tyrone Biggums 😂😂😂can’t stand the truth huh
Cornhusker fan I put Urban Meyer in as high regard as Tom Osborne through the years he made some tough calls with his players and staff, he never turned his back on them and tried to do what was right. It seems to me and I believe Urban has and will do what he feels is in the best interest of ALL the people he is responsible for. There is not one person except Tom Rinaldi who doesn't know and always makes the RIGHT? decisions. If he was recruiting my child if his actions in this were any different I wouldn't let him in the door. Good luck to you Coach Meyer and Tom Rinaldi you are not very good at what you do, has anyone ever told you, you are a poison snake in the grass?
Urban Myer is a very loyal person sometimes in life u can be guilty by the company you keep, I still think he's a person with good intentions also someone's who is very compassionate, I pray he'll be able to move on from this situation regardless if the picture they try to paint is disrespectful.
I like the fact you're looking for the good, but this aged like egg nog
You can tell this entire interview Urban knows that the allegations from Courtney are all bullshit. He didn’t want to say but Shelly was trying to appease Courtney and her drunken lies of abuse when she more often then not was the instigator of the fights and confrontations in her marriage. Easy to read that by her interview and by Zach’s.
Buckeye Derrick oh hi zach
Blaming the victim. Look up and just TRY to Éducation your asses. Sick pos
Heather Smith because I don’t buy into everything someone says as true I’m blaming the victim? Dumbass bitch.
ESPN is about as good as cnn. Leave the guy alone. ESPN let’s talk about sports.
if domestic violence is occurring its the coach job to intervene and find out information about the issue but urban shouldn't have to apologize for this situation its basically courtney smith fault for not reporting nor charging smith with domestic violence and zack would have been fired a long time ago and this scandal at ohio state wouldnt be going through this shit right now
What, so on top of coaching, delegating responsibilities, overseeing all other coaches, recruiting, media stuff, game prep, and so on and so forth, now coaches have to investigate and intervene in DV situations? C'mon man, it is not the coaches job to intervene. He can get more information but then the situation should be handled by law enforcement, human resources, counseling department or anyone that is qualified to actually help in a DV situation.
She wanted that free paycheck...amazing how all this came out after she practically set him up to get fired...as I’ve said before the only thing Meyer did wrong was to actually hire Zach
Did you listen to the interview? He couldn’t interview anyone or ask questions or contact Courtney. There was a police investigation, so he was told stay out of it, and we’ll get updates from police. Police came back and said there was no domestic violence, just a messy divorce with child custody issues. That is when Urban decided to get Zach counseling to help stabilize the family. The other option would’ve been to fire him when it was found he didn’t do anything, and that would send his family into even more upheaval.
What else was he supposed to do?
And it’s not Courtney Smith’s fault either...in Ohio, if the police see any signs of domestic abuse at all, they are required to file charges. Even if Courtney refused to press charges herself. So this was completely out of her control once police were involved. They are the ones who investigated and then told the University it wasn’t domestic violence.
Alexanderthegreatandterrible Its the coaches duty to get information on something so serious that could lead to someone being injured or dying. im not saying to dig deep into personal matters but find out the little details into the issue he just cant sit and let this happen meyer is known for giving too many chances and that chance he gave smith almost cost him his job at Ohio state even though it was courtney fault for staying with this dude after being strangled while she was carrying his kid.
OH!!!
It's insane and ridiculous how serious ppl take college football in this country. Don't get me wrong, I watch it and enjoy it myself, but certain parts of the country take their fan loyalties to a bunch of 18-22 yr old kids playing football to an extremely unhealthy level.
Been that way for 100ish years. That's the way they like it so get use to it.
He gave the perfect answer to the "who should protect CS" question. It was in no way whatsoever Urban's responsibility to protect CS. Start this whole issue from that premise and you arrive at a different place other then the fake outrage.
Its still not Urban's responsibility to protect CS. Period. It was ZS's, and her friends and family responsibility end of story.
They failed her. Not Urban Meyer. Her being a victim is not a consequence of Urban Meyer's actions.
@Thinking X yeah I know what happened at Florida. Nothing...because it wasn't an issue there. If it were, Jeremy foley should have been suspended and ESPN would have had a convoy headed to gainesville, but SEC. ...
@Thinking X yeah the culture and racism against black Qbs. YOu can just ignore the fact that there was 34, 36 and over 40 arrests made under muschamp...now go blame meyer for all the arrests under mcelwain too while your at it.
Dolt.
@Thinking X "huh? " fucking truth sucks, don't it? Truth is gainesville was a shithole long before meyer and continues to be.
Suddenly you need glasses or a q tip? Maybe both.
Tom Rinaldi is a clown.... I’m not even an Ohio State or Urban Meyer fan but this is a joke. ESPN butchered this whole situation. Kudos to UM for not punching Rinaldi out
He was suspended for getting the stinky finger from a drunk student!
he is lying he knew it was domestic violence , why would Courtney Smith lie about her former husband attacking her . he should have been fired years ago, these are the type of hard questions that should have been asked a long time ago, he seems to still have no remorse/ sympathy for Mrs Courtney Smith even as he is answering the questions, any other coach would have been fired on the spot if they were caught lying and covering up
ESPN, go do an interview w/ Courtney pls.
urban didn't do anything wrong to courtney. he enabled zach, but he didn't do it so he would mistreat her. infact, he tried to help him to help her, financially at least.
Is this an interview or “who want to me a millionaire”
Urban is THAT YOUR FINAL ANSWER !!!!
Why should he have to tell anybody about the detainment of employee who has not been charged, so he’s not obligated to tell anybody about an incident did you need to get out of peoples lives and quit ruining innocent peoples lives. That means both parties and the story.
I HATEEEEE this interviewer. He is being very agressive and it makes me want to backhand him.
Let's be perfectly clear here Urban Meyer is a football coach not the police or judge. It is not the responsibility of an employer to investigate domestic violence in the home or play marriage counselor. That is the venue of the police and courts. In fact, if Urban had fired the coach over simple allegations he could have put himself and the whole program at Ohio State at risk. Holding an employer responsible for what goes on in the home of it's employees sets a very dangerous precedent.
At what point do people take responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming others? I don’t understand how Meyer is culpable for the private actions of an employee.
Ok. It’s over. Urban has been lambasted ENOUGH! ESPN hates Ohio State and especially does not like Urban Meyer. It’s obvious.
Time to MOVE FORWARD.
Go Bucks #BeatTulane
Jason Davis LOL more like #beatmywife
Everyone keeps complaining about Urban doing this interview, but I can understand where he’s coming from. It would drive me crazy to be falsely accused of something I was steadfastly against at my core. I would feel compelled to try and clear my name and get the truth out. And yeah, it may make you look bad to those who’ve already made up their minds against you, but I totally understand him on this. It’s something he’s gotta do for himself because it’s haunting him that people believe he would turn his back on domestic violence.
If you truly listen to him, and you’ve followed this story closely (not just national news/ESPN), you’d understand that believing Urban isn’t even a question.
He didn’t know most of the crap going on with Zach. He knew about a few work related issues, and he knew there was a messy divorce going on in 2015 where police determined there was no domestic violence. The first time that an actual police protection order was placed against Zach in 2018, Urban fired him immediately. It was AFTER that when he was asked questions at media days, and then the ratings hungry talking heads decided to go crazy with a total non story. They reported one side, and facts were twisted and delivered in ways that made them seem more inflammatory than they were. This was a complete witch hunt from the start, and from someone living in Columbus, getting ALL of the reporting on the situation, it was sickening to see the narrative that was put out nationally.
This is a classic case of someone trying to do a good deed and having it come back to bite them in the ass. Urban did nothing wrong.
I don't understand why Urban Meyer won't even mention his scandal about kicking a Jaguar Player at practice. This interviewer is clearly avoiding all questions regarding his time in Jacksonville.
This was way before Jacksonville
let it go ESPN. it's over, you are beating the dead horse here.
tom kept attacking him always asking the next question with like unreasonable things and just the way he looks at him and starts asking the next question
The reason this interviewer is so mad is because he saw his pay check then he saw urban Meyers pay check
It disgusts me that you still allow this man on television.
I knew that this was Urban’s final year at OSU
Lying Buck Eyes... Eagles modified song
This same abuse must have continued at Marshall and Temple. How was it not recognized by both of these major programs when it must have continued?
- No matter what side you fall on this issue, one thing is for sure!... Urban Meyer LOVES his job at Ohio State, has fought for and jumped through hoops to remain the Buckeyes head coach, and like it or not, this may very well be what strengthens the program for decades to come! In the long run, the whole situation with the Smith's could actually IMPROVE recruiting at Ohio State and the program overall. How you might ask? Well it wasn't too long ago that the recruiters and pundits for other college teams used to tell the top prep talent all sorts of rumors in order to keep them off of Ohio State's campus. False rumors prevailed, many may have been based on Meyers unexpected exit from Florida, but also included fabrications about early retirement, testing the NFL, Meyer looking for a new challenge, as many negative recruiters did their best to imply that Urban Meyer wasn't in Columbus for the "long haul". After all, he did simply flake out at Florida and skipped town, right? But a funny thing may have happened in the aftermath of the Zach and Courtney debacle.
Urban Meyer fought for his job, has shown his love for Ohio State, and possibly out of this mess, has shown to all future recruits he is NOT going to leave, possibly can't leave, and now all of those future athletes considering Ohio State will know for decades to come that Urban Meyer will be there, coaching not only for their time in Columbus, but for multiple decades as well after they leave the Buckeye State. Future generations will know that Urban Meyer is NOT going anywhere, and in a strange way, this situation could make the Buckeyes much MORE talented in the future, "Scary talented", with even more of the top talent heading to Columbus for the coach they KNOW will be there. An interesting possibility out of an otherwise troubling situation.
ESPN was fine with Auburn paying Cam Newton's family to steer him to Auburn, but tries to destroy Meyer because of an unproven allegation that an assistant coach smacked up his wife. One scenario constitutes cheating and the other does not. You can decide which is which.
He has no jurisdiction dude after he fired him. What steps did you?
Meyer
Who did he shoot again? Oh wait.🙄
Death penalty lol...they didn't grill the POTUS this much
Coach apologized for the mistakes he made. No more apologies is necessary. Go do your job. Those without mistakes cast the first Stone.
Urban
Everyone is saying how bad Tom is with the interview but look at how Urban keeps avoiding questions. I mean seriously, the average human remembers a TON, and especially you would think a coach would remember almost everything. And yet Urban countlessly said he couldn't recall. It told me that he was likely lying.
Because what happened between Zack and his wife is not something the media should have been asking Urban about. Has Zack, his then wife, and there families. Urban has nothing to do with someone else private life.
Urban Legend
Urban Cryer
If I call someone I’ve never met before bad names will I get likes?
I tweeted to Zach Smith's attorney Brad Koffel this morning with no response yet, but would it NOT be totally inappropriate for Urban even if he wanted to, too contact Courtney Smith relative to her marriage difficulties - I am NOT familiar with many employer bosses that reach out to any of their employees spousal partners to discuss their marriage difficulties - just NOT typically an employer's place - I think it would open the employer to a host of legal issues .... the only reason this case is getting so much attention is because a high paid very successful well known football coach is involved ... Urban's own family and their strong presence is the best indicator that Urban is a fine fellow - the same case probably cannot be said of Zach Smith - but Urban's conduct from my view has been commendable ... and if you listen to the commentary of his current Buckeye football team starting with Dwayne Haskins - Urban is turning out many model citizens - let the man do his job
My boy Urban turned a blind eye to murder at Florida.. because character matters dawg
When I say Urban you Say Meyer
not tom rinaldi's finest hour
Tom Rinaldi you are hurting your career and reputation by involving yourself with the Finebaum's in chasing this non story - I have enjoyed many of your stories over the years but anybody with any commonsense knows that Urban is a minor player in Zach and Courtney Smith's marriage woes - employer's should NOT involve themselves in their employees marriages ... and Urban being asked to involve himself when LE and the family courts deemed it inappropriate to do anything to Zach Smith is incredulous
This interviewer needs to just ask him, "Urban, did you do it?" He keeps hinting at it but we need an honest answer if Urban did it. And if he did, he should be held accountable.
actioncomics
Did what?
If you need a honest answer about anything the last person you'd want to ask is Urban Meyer. It was his lies that put him in this position.
We need to know how he was involved in this case. There might be a whole level of information that he is withholding, like was he the one that did it. I think he owes it to the taxpayers to repay that debt, if he did it. And if not, he should go scott free, as we all agree.
Did Suburban Meyer use precious funds from the school to somehow make this whole thing happen? Okay!? Did the school have him on their payroll?
I've got the Red, White and Blue running through my veins, friend!
Looking back why would you ask the same freaking questions over and over again.
He was actually trying to do Urban a favor and come clean but for the most part he just kept digging the hole deeper.
Thanks for clearing that up for me for a second there i thought Urban Meyer was on trial and not Zach Smith!!! GO VOLS!
Old Tom acts like Meyer assaulted the guys wife. Jesus its not his job to protect the guys wife she has to do something the police cant make the university fire the dude.
Got dammit espn!! If you don’t stop reporting about sports news on your sporting news network i’m gonna click on your youtube videos and complain about it!!!
Thinking X lol. it sure is tiger, it sure is. you are so smart you would burn cereal.
Thinking X lol
NFL > NCAAF !
I made a mistake, I did not lie!! Bwahahahaha😂🤣😂🤣 what a baffoon!!
stfu
G McK Back you know you’re going to get attacked for this comment. Buckeye fans are so deluded they don’t even know how sad and pathetic they look to the rest of the world. I know I’m going to get slammed for saying yes… They have spent so much time doing exactly what happens in DV, to shame the victim… They’ll do anything so pathetic
O-H...Ohioans have nothing else to live for lmao...
#LakersGang #highestpaidathletes #StephBless you're a misogynistic and unwanted racist piece of poop under the shoe of society. I know this because you post cowardly comments with no pic. Show your face, idiot. Meyer is dragging Ohio State down to his level. Deal with it.
#LakersGang #highestpaidathletes #StephBless you STFU loser
TimLee356 Loser. You and your disgusting coach!!😂😂
We had a runnin back a couple of years ago who beat his girlfriend and he was gone quick I believe when urban says he don’t mess with domestic violence
Carlos Hyde played, he just when into the draft after the season. All you buckeye fans make me sick to my stomach!!!!
Can I get a OH- IO can I get a OH-IO
Jason Davis No
Smh
Ohio st. Coaches tradition
he said its been years since contact with courtney smith, yet minutes later said he called her after zach was fired... 🤔
This interviewer is a wannabe Jim Gray 🤦♂️
Bruh this is getting old really fast
@espn Shame on you!
Y’all will be crying when we win the championship, it’ll be so satisfying to see y’all cry
Dear Urban: as a P.R. Specialist.. your failure to illustrate a droplet of empathetic concern for the victim is Shameful "NOT TO MENTION" Your Tone, Pace and Body posture isn't inviting for someone that is suppose to be a Leader of Men. Young impressionable Men.. Just take the L Urban keep it moving..
@@eyesopen9477 its not a criminal case!! if A woman sayz she was beaten By an employee and informed the employees higher ups and a contract specifically states the higher ups must address all allegations... well that's #EasyMath Urban is privileged... i get it.. still messed up tho
who is the victim? idiot
Urban and the children of Zach and Courtney are the victims here. End of story.
Smh...... can't support this guy and his foolery period...... None of the answers make sense.... You enabled a perpetrator of violence to be part of your organization and repeatedly cover for him.... You are lucky to still be coaching
Courtney Smith is a liar and manipulated this situation. This feminist inquisition was an embarrassment...
caracasaltavista STFU you lying sack of shit...
Courtney Smith is a lying witch and the Powell police will testify against her when Courtney has to defend her lying application (ex parte) for a CPO in front of a judge.
this interviewer is a goon
ESPN should change their name to shit stires URBAN Myer is the best GO BUCKEYES NATION
Urban is a scapegoat in this new "me too" era. I absolutely dont condone abuse to anyone. If this woman was being abused why couldn't she lift a finger and report her abuser to police? An arrest wld hv been made and a school investigation wld hv commenced. At this point a suspension wld hv been levied. I didnt relize Urban was a policeman. Ignorance is bliss here.
GO BUCKEYES!!!
Been a fan of College Football and Former Michigania and a Coloradoan Urban Meyer is lying through his teeth he didn't give apologize to Ms. Courtney Smith at all he should be fired without pay. Let that had be Tom Izzo, or John Harbaugh they would have been fired and they would've been drugged through mud people will turn back on them and no one wouldn't like them at all! The big ten is been soft on the Coach
Pierre, what do you make of the fact Courtney’s Mom is estranged from her daughter over this situation, and claims she’s made? What do you make of the fact that Courtney made numerous accusations of domestic abuse, but no charges were filed by the Powell Police? Is there a cover up by the Powell Police? I don’t know what happened between Courtney and Zack Smith, as you don’t know either. If Zack hit her, and the evidence supports that, then he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I believe you and many others are asking the wrong questions. You should be asking the Powell Police why they didn’t prosecute after the numerous complaints. The police were the one on the ground when the complaints were made, not Urban Meyers. With that said, I believe Urban should’ve fired Zach long ago, but Pierre, if Zach is truly an abuser would’ve firing him guaranteed the abuse to stop? My answer would be, no, it may have made it worse. Because now he’s not making $400,000 a year. An his wife was the cause of this, because abusers always blames the wife for causing him to abuse. Think about it.
@@bup2flo358 I agree with you on some sentences but Powell police they're getting pay the government and you know that .
@Lord Frieza Christ boy bye
A) You really need to educate yourself and learn how to read and write complete and grammatically correct sentences so people will take you seriously. B) You do realize Zach Smith was never arrested, and never charged with any domestic violence. C) Courtney Smith's own mother, former friends, and the Powell police department (that will be testifying on behalf of Zach Smith in a few weeks in a court of law) have stated they do not believe her, rather they believe Zach Smtih. D) Courtney Smith has a proven track record of abusing drugs and alcohol and anger management issues throughout her marriage. E) Courtney Smith never worked or held a job, even to this day, rather living off the income of child support from Zach Smith's coaching job. F) Courtney Smith has previous stated to both her family and former friends in person and by social media that she was "going to get Zach and bring down Urban", on more than one occasion before this carefully planned story was released by her in August. God gave us all a brain and the ability make reasonable decisions and determinations, so I would suggest you try using it sometime Pierre, instead of following along with the rest of the herd of sheep gullible enough to latch onto the far left leaning media platform masquerading as a sports network by the name of ESPN... remember.. the E stands for "Entertainment" in ESPN for a reason. Ohio State suspended their coach to appease the masses in this #metoo and politically correct era we now live in, nothing more. Those are the facts.
The one guy slamming urban Meyer has the grammar of a second grader and looks cracked out. Go figure
"I didn't see the photos until a week ago.... or three weeks ago." Well, which is it?
I honestly don't think Meyer should be getting as much heat for this as he has, but he has and always will be a filthy liar.
Yeah it's no longer about a domestic dispute. It's about Urban lying about what he knew. He's brought this on himself.
he is lying outta his teeth to save his own skin, to save his job opportunity smh
You’re really reaching there. First and foremost, whether he first saw them a week ago or three weeks ago, it doesn’t make a damn bit of difference to anything in this story.
He’s been suspended that entire time, so it’s all happened after the fact. His point was that he wasn’t aware of any pictures until after Zach Smith was fired and the investigation took place.
Stop reaching and trying to look for something simply because you want it to be true.
Lindsay H,
You are right, it doesn't make a difference to anything in this story. My point is that this guy will lie about anything and EVERYTHING. He lies even when he doesn't need to.
LIke I said, he is taking way more heat for this than he should be. He is an unbelievable coach. But he is the liar of all liars.
Tj Mckenzie I’ll have to respectfully disagree. My personal view when he said one week and then immediately corrected it was because he was simply trying to say that he RECENTLY found out about pictures...and that he didn’t know of them prior to firing Zach. More than likely, he threw a week out there, and then simultaneously realized he should probably be more accurate, so he corrected it.
I’ve done that plenty of times...I’ll refer to something as “the other day” when it was a month ago.
I felt Urban was being very open and honest in this interview. The one thing he couldn’t/wouldn’t speak on was why Shelly didn’t share the texts with him. He said “she has her reasoning”. All of us in Columbus know what that reasoning is (Courtney is a nut case and Shelly was simply trying to appease her and settle the situation in those texts, but she didn’t actually believe Courtney. Just telling her what she wanted to hear). And that’s why Shelly wouldn’t share them with Urban. It was silly drama that she probably rolled her eyes at, and didn’t feel Urban should have to worry about it, so she didn’t tell him. Urban just can’t say that yet. Zach and Courtney have a court date coming up in a couple weeks here in Columbus, and the police department is testifying on Zach’s behalf, so hopefully the full truth will come out afterward.
Even if it does though, I suspect ESPN won’t report on it.
Same as they wouldn’t report that Courtney’s own mother went public and said Courtney’s allegations are false and she was the abusive one.
You Ohio State people need to stop thinking football and exercise some empathy for Courtney Smith. She, and her kids, are the ONLY consideration. If Urban Meyer is going to meddle in somebody's marriage, he needs to make sure he knows what he's doing. No charges and no arrest doesn't equal no abuse. In fact, it's more common to not have police involvement. Oh, how I dispose this guy.
You sound mad
Just so you know...in the state of Ohio Courtney Smith does not have to actually ask to have charges pressed against Zach...the police departments can override her decision and charge him if they believe a crime has occurred when it come to domestic violence...why do so many people leave that little sliver of information out? Because it F’s their narrative...
Smith-Mundts Modernization Act (Look into it) complete speculation void of evidence...she will have her day in court and it will be determined there...if the police did not do their job that is NOT Urban Meyers fault, nor is it HIS responsibility
stfu
Lol but you do have to laugh at how stupid these people look, and how their panties are all in a bunch...they can’t stand it. It’s so obvious. Some of their reactions are just straight up verbally abuse. Oh the irony on them. They look so sad
What is this? An inquisition? This ESPN nobody is condescending and arrogant.
How the fuck is it urbans job to protect courtney?
All I know is Tulane gonna lose and Ohio will cover 💯
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