"I thought at the time that it was a chance for everybody to clear their head, including myself," Meyer said. On Wednesday, he said he had discussed the travel arrangement "way in advance" with Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke. Meyer said Monday that he had some "concern" over players reacting negatively to the incident, mainly his not returning with them on the team flight. On Tuesday, however, Khan released a statement in which he called Meyer's actions "inexcusable" and added that Meyer had to "regain our trust and respect." "You get a lot done when you're in a personal space with people." "In my opinion, you don't get much done in a team meeting," Meyer said. Meyer said he opted to address players in their position meeting rooms Monday so that he could talk to them in a smaller setting because he likes "to get in their space." He added that he's "not much of a team meeting guy" because he finds it to be "a big environment" and said he has followed that approached throughout his career. STEPHON GILMORE: Seven potential landing spots for star cornerback OPINION: Jacksonville Jaguars owner should have known hiring Urban Meyer would lead to this
"I apologized for being a distraction in a huge week coming up, especially after they made so much improvement from Week 1 to Week 4." 3 is to give them everything possible to be successful and get them a great locker room and get the heck out of the way. 2 is to motivate them and bring out the greatness in them. Had a very pointed conversation with them, owning a stupid mistake that I made, and that the job of a coach is, No. I also met with the team Monday, individually, and then today. "The message is loud and clear and (one) I agree with. "I had at least three or four conversations with Shad," Meyer said Wednesday. The incident has drawn harsh criticism against Meyer, who stayed behind after his team fell to 0-4 following a 24-21 loss against the Bengals rather than taking the team flight back to Jacksonville. Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer held a team meeting Wednesday to apologize for an incident in which he was filmed at an Ohio bar when a woman who was not his wife danced on him.Īnd for the second time in three days, Meyer publicly apologized to Jacksonville's players and team owner Shad Khan.
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