Let's start by saying I respect Urban Meyer as a great coach and a nice man and great father. The recent news was as unexpected to me as anyone. Not in the medical condition which I had reported on before, but the timing of the announcement.
This article is meant in no means to cast doubt upon the motives behind Meyer's announcement, but there are people who are asking questions that some see as not being \"polite\" to ask at this time.
So before the press finally cannonizes St. Urban the first, we must at least ask ourselves what we believe the answers are to a few questions and wait and see if Meyer gives us an answer on any of them.
1. Why now?
According to Kirk Herbstreet, Meyer says this is not life threatening and he has been dealing with it for four years. Why not tell the University privately, then tell the world following the Sugar Bowl game. Did he...
a. Just want to be the topic of conversation for the days leading up to it?
b. Want to use it as motivation to help inspire his team?
c. Learn something just in the last day or two medically that made it have to be brought up now?
2. He says it's stress related, so...
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