Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer said it was a “very tough call” to fire assistant coach Zach Smith, but made the decision in the best interest of the team. Smith was dismissed on Monday, three days after an Ohio judge issued a protection order that forbids him from getting within 500 feet of his ex-wife, Courtney. “The most important people in our program are our players,” Meyer said Tuesday morning at Big Ten media days in Chicago. “We’re very clear of our expectations. We decided to make a change. “… I do understand the value that the Ohio State University is bigger than all of us. It wasn’t just my decision. It was other people I relied on.” Smith was charged with criminal trespassing after a dispute with his ex-wife in May. He was also investigated in a dispute with his then-pregnant wife in 2009 when he was…
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