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Meyer should've fired him the second Shelley Meyer told him what was going on. In all honesty he never should've hired him in the first place because he is a terrible WR's coach.

Amen to the never hiring part!
Here is where I am confused and have questions:
The way urban worded his presser at big 10 media days, if you listen carefully was very strange.
Specifically he said I got a text the other night about the 2015 incident and we looked at that and there was nothing there
He didn’t say I’m not aware of it or never did he say I am not aware of other things
So I was wondering since Courtney Smith openly acknowledged that she did not reveal that the abuse was physical, because were she was embarrassed, what was Myers wife telling him if anything. Combine that with the fact that it seems like the incident in 15 was relayed from the Powell police to Gene Smith and that is actually how Meyer found out about it. He did make some phone calls and according to the Powell police there was No arrest-  and even Smith‘s name was redacted from the report so therefore, in addition to Zack Smith convincing him that there was nothing to it he probably didn’t think all that much of it    The text he got recently probably said there was an arrest and that’s probably what he meant by there was nothing there.
Either way, I don’t buy that Smith did not hit her. And at the very least Meyer is guilty of giving him way too many chances    

again why wait so long unless there are other motives that she may not wish to share or air out.Should have came out guns blazing at the time of trauma.Why did she have police/court records sealed?That's bullshit if you make room for one sides excuse then you better make room on the couch for the others.

she was still married at the time and he was the sole income earner for the family. An income that was north of $400,000 a year. That's a lot of money living in Ohio. Won't get ya far in South Florida or LA or NYC, but you can live really comfy in a nice ole big house with an affordable mortgage in Ohio. Could get a fricken mansion for $850,000 there- $850k will buy you a shoebox in SoFLa, LA, or NYC.
Not that hard to see why she'd stay around and protect his job. She finally had enough and left him. And NONE of this would have come out and he'd probably still be the WR's coach had the idiot just stop harassing her and violating the protective order she had put out against him.
It's literally all that f'in morons fault. He just stays away he's never arrested few weeks back, he never gets fired, and none of this ever comes out.

Look, I kinda feel bad for Meyer here.  And before anyone jumps on me, yes, I feel worse for Courtney Smith so save your shock and horror.

I'll save the shock and horror - you can save the your Jesus and I'm jack the Ripper take.Your right about one thing Meyer wanted them to settle their own problems.Hope it goes to court

Yeah, I'm not really sure what they are doing over there.  They fired most of their actual reporters and kept the blowhards and the cheap newbies.  Which is fine, but don't keep trying to report without reporters.

Then they threw a bunch of money at that Get Up show which anyone could have told you was going to fail miserably.

They just need to show live sports and cut corners everywhere else, people who like sports might have it on by chance if nothing is on, but nothing they put on save MAYBE Gameday is appointment viewing anymore.  We don't need you for our highlights and we've had enough hot takes.

The studio coverage that the league networks provide are SO much better, and granted they know their audience. ESPN keeps trying to cast a wide net and it's not going to work.  I think the NFL Network morning show accidentally does a better job doing what I think Get Up is trying to do.

“pretty easy decision to me

Sack someone in the athletic department - pay them off to take the fall

return to business as usual in the football offices”

Man, sports are gross sometimes

If the weight of evidence is so overwhelming she should have went for the jugular right there.Financially every divorce I've seen has favored the women/children and rightfully so in most cases.Unless the guy can prove otherwise.Courtney doesn't walk away with empty pockets far from it

Victims of abuse rarely act this way because of what they’ve gone through mentally and emotionally. I’m not saying this is definitely the case, but I’ve heard way too many arguments lately about how victims of abuse should have done more.

Powell police refusing to release the 2015 police report involving Zach Smith.

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180803/powell-police-refuse-to-release-report-involving-zach-smith

Powell police are refusing to release records of a 2015 incident in which Zach Smith’s then-wife accused him of assaulting her. Public-records experts say those files should be open to the public under Ohio law.

However,the cover pages of the report taken Oct. 26, which were released, note injuries to Smith’s wife, and that a kitchen knife, broken iPhone and two small USB drives were taken as evidence from Courtney Smith’s home.

Open-records experts argue that unless a case is being “actively investigated” it is considered closed, and that Mr. Smith already has been identified by city officials through other public records and in media reports.
“If they (police) haven’t done anything in a couple of years, then they should release the case file,” said Dennis Hetzel, executive director of the Ohio News Media Association. “It’s obvious who the uncharged suspect is. I think it’s kind of disingenuous on their part to withhold it.”

The city maintains the suspect “was investigated and believed to have committed an offense, but was not charged/arrested,” according to Megan Canavan, city spokeswoman.
Delaware County Prosecutor Carol O’Brien said she didn’t know why misdemeanor assault or other charges weren’t filed. She said she was disturbed by recent news accounts that Mrs. Smith might have been urged to drop charges at the time or to back off the allegations.
“It bothers me whenever a victim can be manipulated by anyone,” said O’Brien. “Any time you have a power imbalance — and yes, it’s often a woman — it bothers me tremendously.”