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So how long until Urban finds himself on Nick Saban's staff?

Urban just became 'Next HC at ND'. Or LSU.

Some information or disinformation about the victim is getting out there that makes her sound bat sh!t crazy.   Not sure how The OSU is going to handle it but it's going to take a while.  Like weeks if not months.  

Though it’s objectively good to be nice to people – or at the very least to not be actively offensive – political correctness will never be a practical way to fix this about the world because its spirit of scolding is egotistical and off-putting, making it right for the wrong reason, which naturally causes the objects of its scolding to double down.
We deserve a more humble formula than “HOW DARE YOU, and now that I’ve stolen your attention, guess who also knows the best way for you to live?” Because even if the person saying HOW DARE YOU is correct about something that really matters, their style comprehensively fails. (...) Turns out that "It's not what you say but how you say it" wasn't just a lesson for toddlers.
Unfortunately, the schism between these two sides has become one of the most entrenched aspects of modern western identity and has fueled a sizable chunk of our current volatilty. And tragically, these fights that seem so meaty and essential are usually empty. I.E.: there are good people on the non-PC side who aren't being offensive for offensiveness's sake but rather to spite the PCers for thinking they had the right to be so sanctimonious about anything in the first place.
As for me, I'll admit I lean progressive on most matters, but I see PCness as a sickness and believe that finding a more patient and non-judgy way to express that "being a dick is fine if you're into that but actually, man, just try not to" is one of the most important upcoming social revolutions.

I think we’re at a point where it’s sometimes hard to get a handle on exactly what PC means anymore. At best, it’s sort of a frenzied call to action/shaming oft attributed vaguely to one part of the political spectrum (trying to avoid full-on politics, should delete if I stray)
At it’s historical root, it seems like a brand of seeing the world, usually trying to see it for the better and not trying to hurt others (maybe certain others?), but delivered in a holier than thou way. The opposite not-PC was something to be indulged in, mirthfullness about the world that was somehow self-satisfying. 
But the thing is, everyone has feelings and gets offended about different things. There’s certainly some stuff that is objectively “politically correct” that some “un-PC” folks will get very offended by. Hopefully we find a way to turn down the vitriol. (Lord knows, sports fans are among the most finely sensitive humans imaginable. We’re all not that different)
Now let’s turn to this case: what’s PC here is ... at its root what? Is it the idea that hitting a women and supporting is so explosive it should cost people dearly?(probably not based on that wall at OSU) Is it the believing the woman at all at face value? Or is it the speed and the way it turns to 11 so fast? I suppose the root would be that believing someone who says they got hit is “PC” and the un-PC thing would be to ask, are there a lot of women who fabricate these things? 
Or is it that PC has become a catchall for a kind of frenzy that links to a sort of vague sense of impropriety?

PCness has become a political crowbar.  Maybe it always was.

The weird part is un-PCness has evolved into a far more effective one. 

It’s a bit disingenuous to say we have one side of the story with the text messages and pictures, unless you believe they are made up. Urban’s wife, the Director of Football Ops wife all allude to the disgusting behavior of an absuive spouse, on top of those text messages stating it’s a known thing amongst the coaches. Heck, Zach smith’s own text even acknowledged it by saying he had sought treatment for it, followed by saying he would destroy her.

Urban knew. Just last week at media days he said he and his wife discuss everything. He brought her to help counsel Smith and his wife while in Florida for the 09 issues. Should we also ignore the Cleveland paper noting the multiple times police came to the home.

That is one persistent scheme by a spouse with no real end game, until now. Courtney dragged the family through a 9!! year conspiratorial plot to bring her husband through the mud just now. All in the name of losing the income source for her and her family. I have trouble reconciling that.

And to push the no charges thing after all we have elarn d about domestic violence is sad. I wonder why the wife of coaching legends grandson, in a football crazed town wouldn’t pursue a very public court process? Note, he is the sole income earner for the family at $400+k a year. Take a look at the comments about her photos on brett mcmurpjy’s Facebook page and tell me why she wouldn’t have reported sooner.


https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/1024703004849532928?s=12

Let’s not lose site of who the abuser was (Zach Smith) but a lot of individuals are to blame for where this has landed in the last week.

Disingenuous?    I find that point of view more than a little bit troubling  
I don’t know of anybody who is questioning whether Zack Smith physically abused his wife.  
But to say that his boss should be fired for without knowing whether he reported it to his superiors, what he knew and when he knew it, well that’s just ridiculous  
If you watch the tape of her interview around 11 minute mark you’ll notice that she admitted that for a very long time she did not share the physical part of the booths with anybody because she was embarrassed and I understand that sentiment. But wouldn’t you like to know at what point did she exactly review the physical abuse part of it? And would you like to know what the police told Ohio State authorities when they investigated that incident? Wouldn’t you like to know if they’re feeling was No presumption of guilt based on the evidence and they were not willing to press charges even if she was? And wouldn’t you like to know at what point did Meyers wife reveal things to him? And then wouldn’t you like to know what he did or did not do about it? Are those not fair and reasonable questions to ask on behalf of a person who did not directly do anything wrong but whose life and career could go down in flames?

That's right. Everything hinges on whether Meyer reported up. I might add one more caveat, though, and that is if he didn't report up because he says he never knew**, then that wouldn't clear his responsibility either, because it was his job to know things like this.

**(this is probably just a silly 0.01% scenario, since none of us seem to be able to fathom how he wouldn't know)

Well said. I would further add the question of “what” he knew- so in other words, how much things were filtered to him.  
If things were kept from him or watered down, I would feel like not only is he accountable for creating or allowing that culture- but potentially some other coaches or administration should be held accountable as well.  

I think we’re at a point where it’s sometimes hard to get a handle on exactly what PC means anymore. At best, it’s sort of a frenzied call to action/shaming oft attributed vaguely to one part of the political spectrum (trying to avoid full-on politics, should delete if I stray)
At it’s historical root, it seems like a brand of seeing the world, usually trying to see it for the better and not trying to hurt others (maybe certain others?), but delivered in a holier than thou way. The opposite not-PC was something to be indulged in, mirthfullness about the world that was somehow self-satisfying.
But the thing is, everyone has feelings and gets offended about different things. There’s certainly some stuff that is objectively “politically correct” that some “un-PC” folks will get very offended by. Hopefully we find a way to turn down the vitriol. (Lord knows, sports fans are among the most finely sensitive humans imaginable. We’re all not that different)
Now let’s turn to this case: what’s PC here is ... at its root what? Is it the idea that hitting a women and supporting is so explosive it should cost people dearly?(probably not based on that wall at OSU) Is it the believing the woman at all at face value? Or is it the speed and the way it turns to 11 so fast? I suppose the root would be that believing someone who says they got hit is “PC” and the un-PC thing would be to ask, are there a lot of women who fabricate these things?
Or is it that PC has become a catchall for a kind of frenzy that links to a sort of vague sense of impropriety?

It's a fair and standing question. 
Trying to distill it into something that is broadly consistent here: To me, PCness is any reaction that notices some disappointing or hurtful social habit and can't help but respond as holier-than-thou. It's probably seen as almost exclusively belonging to the left. But I like the definition to be broader to emphasize that the entire problem is the sanctimony ... and arrogance isnt restricted to either pole of the political spectrum.
As for this specific case, I suppose my definition would say that what is PC about it is:
(a) even when we don't have enough facts to *know* the woman is being honest, to acknowledge when the claim of DV is credible and recognize that because this is a pressure point, women in these situations often have their credibility targeted without merit
(b) and then the holier-than-thouness ramps the noise on this to 11 reeeeally fast.
But option A is probably interchangeable. It's probably also in the PC category to say that:
(a) harboring or ignoring a serial abuser damages communities and in either case is the leader's fault
(b) and then the holier-than-thouness demands a scalp