LOOK: Media members, fans rip Urban Meyer's long-overdue apology to Courtney Smith
After not mentioning Courtney Smith, the alleged victim of a 2015 domestic violence incident involving former Ohio State WR coach Zach Smith, Urban Meyer finally tweeted an apology to her on Friday evening.
However, many fans and media members felt Meyer’s apology was too little, too late, especially since so much time had passed following his underwhelming statement on Wednesday.
As you can see below, fans and media personalities took to Twitter shortly after Meyer’s apology came out to rip him for the timing:
Nearly 46 hours later, Urban takes a mulligan. https://t.co/q7hFiwcMfT
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) August 24, 2018
Urban let his awful performance linger for nearly 48 hours and issues his apology at Friday news dump time. 🤷🏻♂️
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) August 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/GabeDeArmond/status/1033116407767031808
The chances that Meyer wrote this statement are roughly equal to the chances that he wrote the Bible. https://t.co/5OzcOqw1Pb
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) August 24, 2018
Better late than … wait a minute, I still don't understand why it was this late. https://t.co/s4xVQjBGRW
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) August 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/KyleJacobs/status/1033112692217839617
*sees Urban Meyer releases a statement to clarify previous quotes*
Alexa, play "Too Little, Too Late" by JoJo
— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) August 24, 2018
Given his extensive memory issues it’s very impressive that Urban Meyer remembered to do this. https://t.co/gGMF0X4h0a
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 24, 2018
— Brian Dickey (@BLDickey) August 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/SoIllHusker/status/1033121829379092480
— Fenzel Washington (@MrFent22) August 24, 2018
Very little about this situation has been handled well, and that continued on Friday evening, when the Buckeyes tried to use a Friday afternoon news to slip his apology out on Twitter.
Meyer’s reputation has taken a serious dive in the wake of this scandal, and as he serves his three-game suspension, his future in Columbus will continue to be debated.
