Drayton brought to tears by Meyer?

[Rasputin_Vol]

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GAINESVILLE - When Stan Drayton left UF to become the running backs coach at rival Tennessee, it ended a rocky working relationship with Urban Meyer.

Drayton said he was frustrated at Florida, and former Gators running back Anthony Gay can attest to that.

He left the team before the 2006 season due to multiple failed drug tests.

Before his career ended, Gay had a meeting with Drayton and Meyer and picked up on the fact that his head coach and his position coach weren't all that friendly.

"They ain’t like this," said Gay, holding up crossed fingers to visually describe it in a September interview. "They’re not even really tight. A lot of days, I've seen Coach Drayton shed tears before. Not in front of (Meyer), but right after practice because of how he acknowledged him, because of how he belittled him."

[Dawson]

Payback will be a witch.

[Rasputin_Vol]

Take it for what it's worth, considering the source is Anthony Gay.

[NCGatorBait]

another cryer thread? merged

[Jaytrain5]

This doesn't sound right to me.

Urban Meyer would never belittle someone. He's not smug either.

[dickens821]

Oh good lord.

[Business]

I'm not the most optimistic man on this site but......

Clawson, from a press conference I saw, strikes me as confident and dare I say a little bit cocky when it comes to his offense. I like that.

Now this comes out about Drayton. Good lord, to a man (if this is true) Drayton will absolutley want to rip Urban a new one next season. I also like that.

Revenge, Hunger, Emotions, Proving you belong, Humiliation all things that can either inspire or break a man when it comes to the big stage. To over use an already over used cliche' about Tennessee football: They play better when they have something to prove.

When and if Clawson is hired offically this guy will be very optimistic about the future of Tennessee football even with Fulmer at the helm. If we are to get the QB coach from Michigan color me excited as hell.

[dickens821]

Originally Posted by Business

I'm not the most optimistic man on this site but......

Clawson, from a press conference I saw, strikes me as confident and dare I say a little bit cocky when it comes to his offense. I like that.

Now this comes out about Drayton. Good lord, to a man (if this is true) Drayton will absolutley want to rip Urban a new one next season. I also like that.

When and if Clawson is hired offically this guy will be very optimistic about the future of Tennessee football even with Fulmer at the helm. If we are to get the QB coach from Michigan color me excited as hell.

[jhen713]

I believe we lost out on to QB coach from Mich. It looks like he is going to UCLA as an OC/QB coach and taking his 5* QB with him. IF we were only interested in him for a package deal then we are probably better off without him.

[rexvol]

Im not worried at all about our QB position, we have Crompton and Coleman for now. Next year Clawson can recruit his own guy. As far as Meyer not liking Drayton, Im sure he loved those 5 star guys he brought in. Notice how assistants at UF are jumping ship for the same position.

[jhen713]

I think Nick Stephens is the best pure passer we've got, but Crompton has more experience. I don't know alot about Coleman. We are doing pretty well in the QB department for the next few years.

[J.Quest]

Surely I'm not the only one a little skeptical about a guy willing to air soooo much laundry about his former employer. That goes on everywhere, but to make it so public is not good. What makes us think he'll be different here? Loose lips sink ships.

[utvolpj]

Originally Posted by J.Quest

Surely I'm not the only one a little skeptical about a guy willing to air soooo much laundry about his former employer. That goes on everywhere, but to make it so public is not good. What makes us think he'll be different here? Loose lips sink ships.

this is from a former player (and a blog)

[TNwoozie]

Originally Posted by jhen713

I think Nick Stephens is the best pure passer we've got, but Crompton has more experience. I don't know alot about Coleman. We are doing pretty well in the QB department for the next few years.

you will find out alot about coleman in 08 , I think there is a good chance he is the starter. And no I'm not from Chattanooga

[lawgator1]

First, as some of you have pointed out, the source of this information is a player kicked off the team for repeatedly failing drug tests.

Second, Urban Meyer does not strike me as the kind of coach who would keep someone around if he was that upset with the guy. Does that make sense to you?

Third, if Meyer hated the man that much and belittled him, etc., why would he have hired him to begin with?

Fourth, even assuming its all true, do you really think that the new RB coach at UT, with a grudge against the head coach at another team, is going to work any harder to win? I mean, if you need that as your motivation, at this level, to be innovative and win SEC football games, God help you the rest of the year when you don't have similar grudges to worry about.

I find the whole thing ridiculous, petty, suspicious, and in the end much ado about nothing anyway.