Brady Quinn: “I know for a fact, whatever was said about the Marvin Jones things didn’t happen. I know for a fact about that. Are there potential leaks coming out of Jacksonville? Probably. But there have also been people who have been angling or trying to take shots, or basically put out this story that it’s not going to work since day 1 since Urban Meyer got there. That’s my issue with all of this, the media never gave Urban Meyer a chance. A lot of the media members who have no relationship with Urban Meyer or any other college coach for that matter hate the fact that they would have to 1) develop a relationship with someone new again. And 2) I feel like there’s this sentiment where college and the NFL is like the minor leagues and big leagues. So when you have a coach who comes up like Kliff Kingsbury, whose done so much and has gotten better every year, the media at the NFL level hates to admit it because they don’t like to admit the fact that THAT can be done… There’s almost this sense of ‘Well, we’re the big leagues, and you can’t just come up here and be successful.’ Instead of hearing him out and waiting to see how it looks, they’re trying to push him out before he’s even given a chance. I feel like the media has had it out for him. I know people who are personally and emotionally frustrated with the fact that they haven’t gotten as much access in Jacksonville. People who have worked in that market for a long time and haven’t gotten access to him, and now they have an axe to grind. And that’s how they have handled things in Jacksonville, purely because they haven’t gotten a sit-down, or they haven’t gotten time with him. Think about how catty that is. But that’s how the media is now, they use the ‘power of the pen’ like a personal vendetta just because their feelings are hurt instead of being professional about it.” (Full Segment Above)
Listen to Brady Quinn and Lavar Arrington, two former college stars and NFL players, discuss on Fox Sports Radio’s ‘2 Pros and a Cup of Joe’ why they think embattled Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer might be the victim of a media hit job that is being flamed by the disdain former college coaches absorb when they make the jump to the NFL.
Check out the segment above as both Arrington and Quinn detail their experiences in NFL locker rooms when it comes to players and assistant coaches trying to bounce the head coach out of town, and using the media to leverage their own self-preservation.
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