The Question Of Urban Meyer

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The Question Of Urban Meyer

...Continued from yesterday:  

    There's been no joy in Buckeye Nation since last week when Ohio State University Football Coach Urban Meyer - well loved, well respected, and OSU's  winingest coach in forty years - was suspended over the Zach Smith domestic abuse scandal (See yesterday's post).

     Here in Central Ohio the story continues to dominate the news, local radio talk shows, and conversation among the citizenry, many of whom are still in shock over the chain of events that continues to unwind.

     Here's a much-condensed synopsis of the convoluted case:

  In 2015 Courtney Smith, soon-to-be divorced wife of Ohio Sate wide receivers coach Zach Smith, here with Smith during happier times,

...called the police on her estranged husband for assault and harassment and told the responding officers that her husband had abused her on multiple occasions. No charges were filed; however several weeks later Courtney Smith again called the police on her husband, at which time Smith was issued a restraining order.
       In 2017 Courtney Smith called the police on her ex-husband, at which time the police issued Zach Smith a warning for criminal trespass; again,no charges were brought against Smith.
      In May of 2018 Zach Smith was charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass against his ex-wife.
          On July 20 Courtney Smith was granted an order of protection against Zach Smith.

           On July 23 ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy dropped the bombshell story in which Courtney Smith talked about being abused by her ex-husband.

    Later that afternoon Zach Smith was fired by Urban Meyer, who publicly offered no reason why he'd fired his wide receivers coach.
          On July 24 Urban Meyer denied to the press any knowledge of the 2015 accusation of domestic abuse against Zach Smith. Meyer expressed puzzlement that anyone would make up such a story.
             On August 1 Courtney Smith told Brett McMurphy that in 2015 she'd told Urban Meyer's wife, Shelley, that Zach had assaulted her and that Shelley had assured Courtney that she'd tell her husband, Urban.

          Later that day Urban Meyer was suspended with pay.
         On August 3 Urban Meyer confessed that he had, in fact known about the 2015 domestic abuse against Zach Smith and that, while he didn't fire Zach Smith at that time, he followed the correct procedure for reporting such an incident to the proper Ohio State University authorities.
         Urban Meyer is now under investigation by Ohio State University. The university has hired an outside independent panel of investigators, led by high-powered former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White,

...to determine what Urban Meyer actually knew, when he knew, and what he did about the 2015 abuse allegation against  Zach Smith.
          And so the person on trial in this story of domestic assault is not the perpetrator, Zach Smith, who, at this point, is little more than a secondary character on the periphery of the story line,

...but Urban Meyer, who, though up until now has been considered the best of coaches and best of men, may well lose his job and his legacy over the  private misdeeds of a 33-year-old underling.
         Is that fair?
     That is the question that continues to be begged, discussed, and pondered, sorrowfully, here in Buckeye Nation. 
         To be continued...

References:
http://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/zach-smith-urban-meyer-timeline-domestic-violence-allegations-ohio-state-florida-courtney-smith-ex-wife/qdgwf1d3j9n41skbguxgqsql0

https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/08/03/urban-meyer-statement-tweet-zach-smith-interview-media-days

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180806/woman-leading-investigation-into-ohio-states-urban-meyer-is-familiar-with-high-profile-cases

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24265385/ohio-state-faq-know-urban-meyer-zach-smith-investigation