Sprints Is Dissecting Damon Evans' Apology Because There's Not Much Else // 07.06.10
by cocknfire on Jul 6, 2010 1:13 AM EDT
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(Naturally, I come up with that when the story is almost over.)
Mea (almost) culpa
Here is Damon Evans' resignation statement and "apology" to the UGA community:
I would like to once again offer my sincerest apology to the University of Georgia people -- the president and administration, athletic staff and coaches, fans and supporters, and especially the student-athletes. It had been my hope since taking the job in 2004 that I would have a long career at UGA. But because of a serious mistake in judgment, that won’t be the case and I understand that I have a long road to rebuilding my reputation and career. I do want to thank all those who have supported me and the Athletic Association over the past six years and would encourage all those in our Association to remember that they are there for the student-athletes. Keep them first and foremost in everything you do. God bless and "Go Dawgs."
Maybe it's just me -- actually, it's not -- but that doesn't seem like a very heartfelt and contrite apology. There's no sign in there that Evans agrees with the decision, which is perhaps not surprising but also shows a dense stubbornness. He obviously seems to know he did something wrong, but does he realize how big a mistake it was. And when he calls it "a serious mistake in judgment," does he even realize that it's his mistake?
It's over, though, which is really all that Georgia fans need to hear.
What's next?
Michael Adams is supposed to say so today at 2 p.m.
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Tennessee fans are pleased, to say the least.
If it's July, it's time to argue about Alabama's 13 18 eleventy billion national titles
Kleph defends Alabama's claim to at least 13 national titles, including most of the retroactive ones but not five "that have a legitimate argument for inclusion." (Which -- if you're going to claim all the ones that anyone has ever recognized, why not?)
However, in the spirit of good debate, Kleph does add this:
Our feeling today is that if you want to disagree with our claim to 13 National Championships is perfectly fine. We welcome the debate.
But as soon a you do, you best be prepared to lay out a reasonable standard to use instead -- and we're highly confident Crimson Tide will emerge on top by that measure as well.
Okay: I don't think retroactive titles should count. Period. I think that if you're going to have polls and similar mechanisms determine a championship, it ought to be polls of contemporaries -- people who actually see at least one or two of the teams play in a given week. (We hope, anyway.)
Alabama is far from the only team that recognizes retroactive titles, though, so the Tide might very well "emerge on top by that measure as well." But to me, it's hard enough to decide who is the greatest team in the current season without trying to do it for seasons that ended years ago. Besides, then you have to accept Darmouth and Lafayette as national champions. Yes, Lafayette.
Purple drank and gold
JaMarcus Russell, formerly of LSU, has apparently completed the process of throwing away potential and talent that many of us would kill to have. The trigger is alleged possession of codeine, but this is not something that should really surprise anyone who has followed Russell's tragic fall from grace.
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According to Wookieepoodia...
… the team with the most national championships is Princeton with 28. In fact, the Tide are only 5th on the list, behind the aforementioned Tigers, Yale, Michigan, and Notre Dame.
Oh, and Georgia has 5 national championships… so there’s that. Still zero for South Carolina, though.
An elbow from a fan ...
… whose team still has fewer championships than Pittsburgh, Minnesota and Penn — not Penn State, mind you, but Penn. Besides, it’s only four when you throw out the retroactive ones.
That said … I’ll take my current athletics director and zero national titles for now, thank you very much.
(This is all in good fun, which I believe is how you intended your comment.)
Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.
Absolutely, but I'll go ahead and give this to myself anyway.
I have to admit that, at this point, any trash talking by a Georgia fan does pretty much appear like Cousin Eddie mocking Clark Griswold because his little Christmas Lights aren’t twinkling.
It was his father-in-law
Art not cousin Eddie, I cant express my anger at you confusing a great scene in an all-time classic (sad face, shot of whiskey).
by otisnixon'sparty on Jul 8, 2010 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
please note that my article on alabama's championships...
is not a defense of those titles. there are innumerable books, articles and web posts doing that. instead it was an attempt to clarify exactly which crimson tide squads were included in the discussion, why they have that designation and then examine the reasons that this debate has emerged as it has.
Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.
All the National "championships" are mythical.
Anyone who uses National championships as a real measure of their school’s footbal program doesn’t know much about college football.
It doesn’t matter how many football games the SEC wins. We will always look down on you.
Especially if the most recent ones have come at the expense of the Big Ten
Right?
by PalmettoTiger on Jul 6, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
and the troll has arrived...
funny, i never saw the bridge.
Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.
Actually...
the most recent ones have come at the expense of the Big 12. Regardless, I’m not sure how it matters to the point being made.
It doesn’t matter how many football games the SEC wins. We will always look down on you.
One statistical catagory
And just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it less valid. And it’s the most recent one that was at the expense of Texas. The Big Ten has be the loser in the most recent ones (thanks Ohio St!!).
Now, shall we take it as already read that you are going to troll along with items that have nothing to do with athletics but claim they make you superior in athletics?
by PalmettoTiger on Jul 6, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
The one prior to Texas...
was Oklahoma.
Again, I’m not sure why it matters?
The National Championship is completely meaningless. Claiming it matters because everyone “agrees” on the system does make the system legit.
It doesn’t matter how many football games the SEC wins. We will always look down on you.
Sure, I think most people in Columbus agree that 2002
was meaningless. Miami will gladly take it.
But, if you think MNCs are meaningless then you have never seen the numbers on alumni contributions and enrollment increases that follow success on the field (and, in the case of basketball schools, on the courts).
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 6, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Obviously...
‘02 was a magically year. I’m not advocating that anyone give back their championships. However, they doesn’t mean they legit.
It doesn’t matter how many football games the SEC wins. We will always look down on you.
Ah, OK, yes, them too.
The schools agreed to a system that they would abide by. Because you don’t like the system doesn’t take away from it. The awarding of a BCS title is one catagory by which programs may be judged. A person who doesn’t see that “doesn’t know much about college football.”
Don’t you have a bridge to be hiding under?
by PalmettoTiger on Jul 6, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you
This is the point that BCS-bashers tend to miss — not that I’m a BCS fan, but that’s another point entirely. There is no rule for a “true” championship — no law, nothing in the Ten Commandments, nothing in the works of the great philosophers, nothing in treaties signed by nations, nothing in the bylaws of the NCAA (which could ban the BCS if it really wanted to). It might not be the best way of deciding a championship, and it’s a perfectly valid point of view to argue that a playoff is a better way of deciding things. Unlike some commenters from the Big Ten people, I don’t have to argue that another person’s opinion has no weight in order to feel better about my own. Calling it a “mythical” national title, going on about how they “don’t really count” — all of that is rhetoric, nothing more. There is nothing anywhere the gives one championship system any more validity. And anyone who argues that a playoff is the only “true” championship system and has that as their only argument for a playoff (unlike people like Dr. Saturday, with whom I disagree but respect for his ability to argue the point) need to find a point that doesn’t rely on them being the only arbiter of what’s fair and right.
Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.
You again?
Did Rivalry, Esq. kick you off their corner of the interwebs?
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 6, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess the whole Evans' thing has culminated
in the best possible outcome…for now. There was no trial, just a swift meeting, resignation and farewell statement. As T. Kyle King pointed out, Adams did handle that part of this whole sordid affair well and deserves credit. Now, the decision must be made to find Evan’s replacement. There has been much speculation regarding the top two candidates, especially in regards to “loyalty” issues which are way overblown. Adams can take some time as he moves forward. At the risk of this sounding like an endorsement, Adams must at least interview Greg McGarity. Having said that, we all know that Adam’s agenda doesn’t necessarily mimic the rest of the Bulldog Nation’s. So, we’ll wait and see what his next move will be.
Football season cannot get here soon enough. I shudder to think what the rest of the dog days will bring…no pun intended.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Besides fireworks arrests?
The usual: a slew of possibly intoxicated scooter drivers emerging from alleys with suspended or invalid licenses.
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 6, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like I made my post
about 5 minutes too early.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
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