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The Urban Meyer era in Jacksonville gets started this afternoon with the Jaguars taking to the road to face Houston in their season opener.
Just how well Meyer will fare at the NFL level remains to be seen, but there are plenty of skeptics when it comes to how his style will translate to the professional game.
According to CBSSports.com reporter Jason La Canfora, Meyer’s start with the Jaguars hasn’t been particularly smooth and team morale is not great heading into the season.
On anonymous source with knowledge of the situation told La Canfora of Meyer, “He has everyone looking over their shoulders already. He becomes unhinged way too easily, and he doesn’t know how to handle losing, even in the preseason. He loses it and wants to take over the drills himself. It’s not good.”
Said another source: “You can’t freak out about preseason games and belittle your coaches — on a staff you handpicked — every time things don’t go your way. It’s not going to work here.”
Will Meyer be able to get his players and coaches on the same page this season?
Only time will tell, but plenty will be watching the situation in Jacksonville closely.
"Chris Wallace covers college football for Saturday Down South. He has covered college athletics for multiple newspapers and also worked previously for Rivals.com and GolfChannel.com."
