There is one undeniable NFL coaching commandment: You cannot hide from your own shortcomings.
You can deny them. You can ignore them. You can redirect them toward others or even lie about them. But eventually, the on-field product and the culture off it get chiseled into the epitaph hanging above your permanent record. And whatever you personally did to facilitate both will ultimately define your reputation.
Urban Meyer might come to see that someday. That day is not today.
That’s what resonated in his first expansive remarks after his firing, which were made to the NFL Network, the same outlet that dropped a significant bombshell on him and that he claims reported inaccuracies about his tenure.