re: Meyer’s credibility takes another hit - Pat Forde

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He'll win games. He'll beat Michigan and win the Big10 for you. Perhaps even a NC. But you're indeed wise not to expect him to work through his contract.

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I'm not even sure I believe he'll succeed to that level.

I think Meyer is a fairly overrated coach.

Everyone will disagree with me and point to his success at Utah, and of course, UF, but his time at UF sans Timmy, not so brilliant.

Obviously it takes players to win, and I'm a big believer that talent wins about 95% of the games for you. But Tim was a once in a lifetime player at UF, and arguably one of the greatest CFB players of all time.

Can he duplicate that success without a guy like Tim? You can point to what he did at Utah with Alex Smith, sure. But he didn't exactly matchup with elite competition there and got a gift of a BCS bowl opponent in arguably the shittiest team to ever make the BCS (Pitt was awful).

Meyer is a pretty good coach, there's no denying that, but I think the legacy of him being one of the all-time greats is a bit overblown.