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Lambo, the teamвЂ™s place-kicker to open the season, said he told Meyer вЂњdonвЂ™t you ever kick me againвЂќ and said the coach responded, вЂњIвЂ™m the head ball coach, IвЂ™ll kick you whenever the I want.вЂќ Urban Meyer went 2-11 in his outing with the franchise, as the Jaguars fell apart on the offensive side of the ball following the teamвЂ™s bye week. Lambo provided the latest when he told the Tampa Bay Times that Meyer kicked him while he was stretching at the start of a practice. The Jags had way more drama than victories. вЂњWhatвЂ™s different about this thing is you have losses and you have drama,вЂќ Khan said then. LamboвЂ™s claim seemingly proved too much for Khan, who two days earlier said he didnвЂ™t want to make an impulsive decision on the coachвЂ™s future.

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Meyer simply never made the proper adjustments to the pro level. And it was just one of many head-scratching choices for the 57-year-old coach who found success at every college stop: Bowling Green (2001-02), Utah (2003-04), Florida (2005-10) and Ohio State (2012-18). Khan publicly reprimanded Meyer then, saying he needed to regain the ownerвЂ™s trust and respect.Д«ailing on his players showed just how out of touch Meyer was with NFL norms. He chose to stay behind with family instead of flying home with his team and then got caught on video the following night behaving inappropriately with a woman at a bar in Columbus, Ohio. One of MeyerвЂ™s most damning decisions came following a Thursday night game at Cincinnati in late September. Owner Shad Khan fired Urban Meyer after former Jaguars player Josh Lambo told a Florida newspaper Meyer kicked him during practice in August. He brought in motivational speakers and kept blaming assistants for the teamвЂ™s mounting losses instead of the grown men actually on the field. He splashed slogans and catchphrases around the facility, instilled gimmicks in practice and repeated his misguided belief that coaches coach for players and players play for coaches.

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MeyerвЂ™s biggest issues came off the field, where he tried to handle a professional team like he was on a college campus. As I stated in October, regaining our trust and respect was essential. вЂњI informed Urban of the change this evening. вЂњAfter deliberation over many weeks and a thorough analysis of the entirety of UrbanвЂ™s tenure with our team, I am bitterly disappointed to arrive at the conclusion that an immediate change is imperative for everyone,вЂќ Khan said in a statement.

Urban Meyer was fired as Jaguars coach after less than one season early Thursday morning. Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell will serve as JacksonvilleвЂ™s interim head coach for the final four games, beginning Sunday against Houston (2-11).

They averaged a measly 9.1 points in MeyerвЂ™s final seven games, which ended with a five-game skid. Meyer went 2-11 in his partial season, and the Jaguars really started to unravel on the offensive side of the ball following the teamвЂ™s bye week. Petrino resigned in December 2007 to take over at Arkansas. Meyer joins former Falcons coach Bobby Petrino as college coaches whose NFL careers flamed out in stunningly swift fashion. It was the latest black eye - adding to an already lengthy list of embarrassments - for the three-time national championship-winning college coach who failed miserably to make the transition to the NFL. Owner Shad Khan made the move hours after former Jaguars player Josh Lambo told a Florida newspaper Meyer kicked him during practice in August. Urban MeyerвЂ™s tumultuous NFL tenure ended after just 13 games - and two victories - when the Jaguars fired him early Thursday because of an accumulation of missteps. Ride with the heavy underdog in this AFC South battle вЂKlowntownвЂ™: Jaguars fans make good on clown-gear protest promise Trevor Lawrence seals JaguarsвЂ™ upset win with a kiss

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