The headline you will read the most is about how Urban Meyer didn’t know who Aaron Donald was while he was coaching the Jags.
That isn’t surprising because it is a good headline, and that is what mainstream media is looking for, but they are also burying a much bigger and more disturbing story.
If these stories are true that is being reported by The Athletic, it appears that Meyer because black players are dumber than white players and only have the capacity to be athletes.
More than Meyer’s coaching quirks, the way he treated people particularly troubled some in the organization.
Not long after veteran receiver John Brown signed with the Jaguars as a free agent, he ran the wrong route in practice. To correct the mistake, Brown, who is from Florida, and rookie quarterback Trevor Lawrence ran through the route again after practice. Meyer walked up to the pair.
“Hey, Trevor, you’ve got to slow it down for him,” Meyer said, according to sources. “These boys from the South, their transcripts ain’t right.”
One of his players had missed an assignment during a preseason game, leading to a busted play. Meyer was enraged when it happened. A day later, he was still fuming. If the mistake ever happened again, Meyer warned, he would cut every single one of them.
“And do you know what would happen if I cut you guys?” Meyer said, according to four people in the room. “You couldn’t get a job paying more than $15 an hour.”
The implication that his players were capable of little more than playing football left some angry, others offended. “I lost all respect for him after that,” a veteran player in the room said.
This was before Meyer got his grind on with Cayman Nebraska at the bar.
This is a stereotype that has long been said about black athletes and black people in general, so it isn’t surprising to hear it once again.
Sad, but once again not surprising.
Flip the pages for Meyer dancing with Cayman Nebraska.
