After Urban Meyer was at an Ohio restaurant earlier this month, one of the first people he talked to was . Not only have the two known each other for more than 15 years, but they're , so it's not too surprising to hear that the coach ended up having a conversation with Tebow in the aftermath of his embarra sing incident.During Tebow revealed that he offered some advice to Meyer during their conversation."This is a very disappointing, frustrating and honestly heartbreaking situation," Tebow said. "My advice to him was to apologize, to admit it, to learn from it and to never, never repeat it."Meyer clearly took Tebow's advice, because he ended up apologizing multiple times. After a half-hearted apology on Oct.
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Cedric Mullins Jersey ! There was an error proce sing your subscription. "I had a very pointed conversation with the team owning the stupid mistake that I made," Meyer said on Oct. 6. "A job of a coach is No. 1: the health and safety of a player; No. 2: motivating them and bringing out the greatne s in them; No. 3: give them everything po sible to be succe sful and get the heck out of the way. I apologize for this distraction."
Eddie Murray Jersey Although Meyer has sounded remorseful during his public interviews, it seems that he sounded even more remorseful during his conversation with Tebow."Coach shared with me that this was one of the hardest times of his life. He apologized, but he didn't need to apologize to me," Tebow said. "I know this has weighed so heavy on his heart. He is hurting. I do think, for some of the guys, he will have to earn back their trust and respect." Jaguars owner Shad Khan made the some point in his statement about the situation, that Meyer is going to have to earn back the team's trust and respect."I appreciate Urban's remorse, which I believe is sincere," Khan wrote. "Now, he must regain our trust and respect. That will require a personal commitment from Urban to everyone who supports, represents or plays for our team. I am confident he will deliver."Tebow also pointed out
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