COLUMBUS, Ohio — Urban Meyer worked for seven years in a building named for a man whose final act asOhio State’s coach was to punch an opposing player. That served as a daily reminder for Meyer, who has always cared what people thought of him, and who will carry that into retirement. After his first news conference back from his three-game suspension in September, when Meyer spoke for an hour and answered every question about what went wrong in his handling of fired assistant coach Zach Smith, Meyer was singularly focused on if he’d made his points. Retiring to his office, he wanted to know how it had gone. Did it help? Did fans understand what he was trying to say? Had he explained that he’d handled Smith in the way he thought was right at the time? Had he done whatever he could to repair his program and his…
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