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Mark from Archer, FL
John. This is my concern with hiring Meyer. You have very often said that college football is very different than professional football, that they are almost different games. If they are that different, then thinking Meyer will be a good NFL head coach because he was a good college coach is rather foolish. The Jags have been bad for so long. I do not think now is the time to take such a huge hire risk on someone with no professional football experience.
The Jaguars indeed hired Urban Meyer as head coach Thursday, making the much-anticipated hire official at 6:40 Thursday. There are many facets to the move – Meyer s past health issues perhaps most notable – and we ll undoubtedly discuss all of them here in the O-Zone in the coming days and weeks. And your question indeed is among the most-pertinent issues around the hire. Meyer, who coached Florida and Ohio State to a total of three national titles, is one of the all-time great college football coaches. If h