Radakovich “entrenched” at Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech athletic director Dan Radakovich denied a report that Tennessee was interested in making him their next athletic director.
Volquest.com, a website devoted to Tennessee athletics, reported on Friday that the Volunteers were interested in hiring Radakovich as their athletic director until the NCAA report came out on Thursday in which the Yellow Jackets were stripped of their 2009 ACC championship in football, put on four years of probation and fined $100,000. In the report, the NCAA said that Tech tried to manipulate player interviews with investigators and that Radakovich had improper conversations with football coach Paul Johnson regarding an on-going investigation.
Radakovich’s name has been linked in the past to many openings, including the a.d. job at Miami.
“I don’t know where this comes from,” Radakovich said. “I’ve never spoken to Tennessee. I’ve got enough on my plate here. I wish them well with whatever they are looking to do.”
To eliminate any nuance, Radakovich said that neither he, nor anyone representing him, has spoken to Tennessee, or anyone representing the Vols, about any position in Knoxville.
Radakovich said on Thursday that he is entrenched in Atlanta and hopes to work at the Institute for as long as President G.P. Peterson will allow.
– Doug Roberson, AJC
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BigpapaDawg
July 16th, 2011
2:30 pm
UGA UGA UGA UGA
juvenal
July 16th, 2011
3:04 pm
4 X 0=0
Um, ah, uh, .........name one bowl or ACC Championship that CPJ has won
July 16th, 2011
3:28 pm
CPJ is not looking good using the above math friends. He has not performed at the highest levels . He has been befuddled in all three bowl games and Iowa, a team of slow, white boys whupped GT up and down the field in front of 31,000 Iowan snow birds. GT in the first half had 21 total yards!!!!! Dwyer had -26 !!! Nesbitt – 16 !!!
CMR has at least been in 3 Sugar Bowls, two Cap One bowls and he has won three titles in the SEC with two overall SEC championships. He did finish # 2.
CPJ? Has not won anything of worth in the ACC. Look at his official record, math boy.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Um, ah, uh, hey Math Boy
July 16th, 2011
3:41 pm
Clemson? I did not name Clemson because unlike LSU, Iowa and UGA and VaTech
(keep in mind UGA spotted Hokies about 24 before we roared back to stomp them in the Chic Fil A Bowl) and Miami and FSU have been CONSISTENTLY good to very good over the last few many years. 15? +
UGA was awful in two of the last 15 -18 years BUT is STILL one of the top 10 or 12 winning prgrams over the last 15 + years and ALL TIME # 4 in bowl wins.
Clemson? What have they done in 31 years?
Besides …………….. the world knows that the CPJ wishbone only works well vs Furman or Chattannoga U or Elon College or U of Charleston,etc.that do not have Defensive side depth which is a key. CPJ knows that it works in small boy ball but in the low to mid low level ACC it is a 5-6 system at best.
Afterall, CPH has YET TO WIN anything in the ACC ………………..NOW LOOK at his rec ord Yellow Jackets. Howdaya like him now????????????????Hmmm???
Enoy your THIRD PROBATION in like 23 years GT !!!
No more 9 out of 10
July 16th, 2011
4:44 pm
One thing that seems to have escaped everybody’s notice here, although maybe the dawg fans are just ignoring it, is that the final 3 games of 2009 were VACATED. That means, win or lose, they were “never played.” So that means that the dawgs did not beat the Jackets in 2009, and CPJ’s record against CMR is OFFICIALLY 1-1. Pretty small consolation, but still…….
wxwax
July 16th, 2011
4:58 pm
About three days ago Dan Radakovich was using Georgia Tech as a stepping stone.
I think that little career plan just took a dramatic u-turn. It’s going to be a while before a school bigger than Tech offers him a job. The way he handled a fairly simple issue was a huge error in judgment.
Oddly, he doesn’t yet seem to understand that.
chalkdawg4
July 16th, 2011
5:42 pm
I am an attorney. If a judge were to tell me not to tell someone something I would damn sure not tell them. I don’t care what my future relationship would be with whoever I witheld the information from. In this case the relationship of DRAD to the NCAA was very similar to a judge/attorney relationship. i.e. you don’t screw with them under any circumstances or your credibility will be forever blown. It also appears that the attorney hired by Tech got them in a lot of trouble also. I am a Ga grad with 2 ex-wives who were Tech graduates. Great gals who gave their all on the field of play. Can’t help it now if I was young and a you know what. Love UGA and think a lot of Tech. I would love to see one of my kids go there.
My point is this. DRAD violated the most basic of policies in any professional setting. Always tell the truth and your word is your bond. I am sure he told the investigator that he would keep the information private. He did not and the investigator got blasted by his boss. I find it shameful that DRAD still has a job.
This is a minor violation that resulted in huge penalties due to your incompetence, arrogance, and untruthfullness. I can’t imagine a much bigger screwup for an AD than this.
Here's a guy who failed math class...
July 16th, 2011
8:26 pm
Um, ah, uh, hey Math Boy
July 16th, 2011
3:41 pm
———
Make your mind up. Is Iowa an athletic team (as you claimed in your 11:03 and 3:41 posts) or a “team of slow white boys” (as you posted at 3:28)?
What Iowa is
July 16th, 2011
9:08 pm
What Iowa is …………is a team that was slow but they athletically manhandled GT’s silly lil middle school O.
Clear now? One more point ……………GT is AGAIN HUMILIATED because they are just like the Atlanta school system …………………thugs, liars and chears.
Is this the third or fourth NCAA Jail House for y’all in 23 years?? Wow. CHEATERS and THUGS ………………just like on Ethel Street.
Nothing to show for it either. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHA
What vacating means
July 16th, 2011
9:13 pm
To the sad, illiterate, dateless punk that suggested for GT to vacate a game was to suggest that UGA did not win in 09 vs GT, so UGA did not get that win. Sad.
No moron …………………..GT LOST that 09 UGA game like they have maybe 15 or 16 or 17 times over 20 years vs UGA and maybe 24 or 25 times over 30 years. A loss is NOT vacated …………….moron …….only wins LIKE THE 2009 ACC TITLE GAME. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
It is time to add the years up and review
July 16th, 2011
9:20 pm
Counting Bobby Dodd in 1967 and all the way to this date, GT has employed maybe 9 or maybe 10, 11 football coaches in like 43 years. Sad. LOOK IT UP FOOLS.
Dodd, Carson,Fulcher, Lewis, Curry, Carson, Ross, CPJ, O’Leary w/ his FALSE RESUME and one or two other losers like Pepper Rodgers and a few more that I cannot recall. That IS sad for a program so proud until about 1960.
That works out to be a new coach every 4 years or so and CPJ is nearing that fateful 4th year at GT. If he does not win 5 or 6 games, you all will can him and it will start all over. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
No more 9 out of 10
July 16th, 2011
9:48 pm
@What vacating means … sorry, bubba, but vacating means the same for a loss that it means for a win. If a player is ineligible to play and still plays (which is what the all-knowing NCAA) is claiming, then it is the same as never having played the game. It is NOT a forfeiture, which would be what you are claiming—-in fact, the game does not count. So, silly as it may be (and I grant that it is silly), UGA cannot claim that as a win. In the same sense, Clemson cannot claim to have beat Tech in Tampa. As far as the NCAA is concerned, the game never happened, and Clemson wins the ACC championship by default.
Jorg'e O'leary
July 17th, 2011
5:37 am
The Ncaa can’t bring closure to the football factory school investigations so they pick on a weak victim to validate their existence. Really, all of this BS over 312 dollars? Someone needs to punch these jack asses between the eyes..
Paddy
July 17th, 2011
8:00 am
If there is an appeal process, they need to use it. Outlandish penelties for minor infractions. Someone at the NCAA got their nose out of joint and Tech is paying a heavy price.
Go Dawgs
I will try one more time ......
July 17th, 2011
8:55 am
To the moron that is suggesting GT’s vacating of certain games is for UGA to NOT COUNT the 09 pistol whipping of them. Ok, yeah right. Dumb this moron is. Public school boy??
Moron …………………was it GT that was handed this humiliating NCAA sentence or UGA???
No, the 2009 stomping of GT and CPJ will be on UGA’s books. They were not mentioned in the CHEATING inquiry ……………….only GT and their scandalous cheating ……………like Atlanta public schools are. Failures, along with Marta and Obama ……………aka THE JOKER.
Fair Play
July 17th, 2011
9:58 am
UGA sat AJ Green preemptively and cooperated with the investigation. We took a season on the chin, limped off, and to hopefully rebound this season. Tech on the other hand, played ineligible players, STILL LOST to UGA then won the Another Crap Conference Title and followed that up with a stink of an Orange Bowl game against Iowa. Sucks when you cheat and still lose to UGA and in your big time bowl game in the spot light! Tech graduates are the only people who think they have any integrity. Tech has proved to be an elite technical school when a $312 mistake turns into major violation. Only the North Avenue Trade School could figure out an equation to fit that!
YellowJacket
July 17th, 2011
10:17 am
Dan is the man. He’s staying right were he belongs. Screw the naysayers.
YellowJacket
July 17th, 2011
10:19 am
Oh yeah, the mini-pups suck.
GT, MARTA and APS
July 17th, 2011
10:36 am
All 3 losers, all 3 in denial and all 3 in need of lawyers. All 3 involved FRAUDULENTLY in upwards mobility but still failing efforts for inner city youts. All 3 begging folks to come in and view their product. All 3 very dangerous places to be.
All 3 should be closed.
headley lamar
July 17th, 2011
11:27 am
Two major violations in the last few years. One of the dirtiest programs around. And he is firmly entrenched?
You must be proud Tech fans
GeorgDuh Tech
July 17th, 2011
3:35 pm
What a fool its wins that are vacated not games.
Einsteindawg
July 17th, 2011
5:45 pm
While I’m certainly not a Tech fan nor an attorney, I would think that GT has a pretty good case against the NCAA. Things like “due process”, “legal representation”, “intimidation”, and “habeas corpus” comes to mind…but, what do I know.
Jacket93-Panther98
July 17th, 2011
10:50 pm
Sorry the see that the NCAA is attacking my alma mater. Great news though, my MBA is from State and cannot wait to go the the dome!! Get your tickets today and join the huddle!!
Disgusted
July 18th, 2011
9:02 am
As a lifelong Tech fan, alumni and season ticket holder I am absolutely disgusted by this continuing criminal behavior at my beloved alma mater.
Vacating wins again? In less than 10 years? We need to send a message ourselves to let the NCAA and other programs across the country know that this is not what we are about.
We should dissolve both the football and basketball programs for a 5 year period to let everyone know we are serious.
Dawg Creator
July 18th, 2011
9:10 am
Dawg fans must be on drugs…only fans that can look at a pile of s..t and see a clay pot. Reality check…UGAG is a very bad team the last 4 years…every year we hear” We will win the SEC” “we will be 11-1…ect ect. You guys crack me up on how good you think you are and how your season really ends up. You will be lucky to become bowl eligible this year. Reality check is this…UGA has become the laughing stock of the SEC……period
Your daddy
July 18th, 2011
9:55 am
@ Dawg Creator -
Last I checked, UGA has about a 26 win advantage against your cheating thugs; and even that includes the 3 games where it was known Yech used non Yech students on the field.
The SEC is the NFL of college of CFB while the ACC is the girls freshman team.
Enjoy vacating unearned wins yet again; tool, and choke on it.
R.W. Gweed
July 18th, 2011
10:28 am
I thought people associated with Georgia Tech are suppose to be smart. Now you’ve lost your ACC Championship and it will be very difficult to win another one.
Maurice Jefferson
July 18th, 2011
10:33 am
This guy (Dan Radakovich), has had enough chances, get him OUT! Why is not Mark Price a basketball coach at TECh?
jasco
July 18th, 2011
11:02 am
The NCAA representative had no right to ask Radakovich to not discuss the inquiry with the head coach. We are still citizens of the US where the accused has every right to know that he is being investigated. As usual the NCAA overstepped its bounds in what could have been a minor problem. I believe that the NCAA has many more important problems including their own organization which should demand their attention.
Incidentally, I have no attachments to Ga Tec.
RIffRaff
July 18th, 2011
12:23 pm
Dawg Creator – “Reality check… UGAG is a very bad team the last 4 years.” ……..Really??
Final AP Poll 2007
1. LSU
2. Georgia
3. USC
FInal USA Today Poll 2007
1. LSU
2. USC
3. Georgia
hahahha!!!!
July 18th, 2011
12:54 pm
@GT Fan…
Yes, you are ignorant if you dont want for someone to point out the most obvious fact that; Yech DOES in fact play in the most laughable conference in all of sports known as the ACC
Buzz Buzz
July 18th, 2011
1:32 pm
How did the AJC miss out on this story when it was right in their backyard?
Shame abounds in dowtown Atlanta
July 18th, 2011
5:33 pm
City schools, Ethel Street, City of Atlanta laying off folks and not honoring retiree pensions, empty houses, the gross failures of MARTA and now, GT’s basketball and football programs, GT students OD ing and doing drug transactions out of their car trunk, and their DE slapping his gal pal around, low graduation rates for inner city players,etc.
All have one thing in common …………………..SHAME.
Big Ol Stinger
July 18th, 2011
6:48 pm
Good Lord, dawgfan, Buzz Buzz, Shame Abounds, Headley Lamar etc etc etc.
All the same dork, totally obsessed with everything about Georgia Tech. Tell the truth dork, you couldn’t get in could you? Your posts are totally worthless, you add nothing to any discussion you enter.
Oh and by the way, your beloved UGA has six MAJOR violations, and is pretty high on the NCAA all time dirtiest programs (tied for third all time with about ten other schools), so give your BS a rest.
juvenal
July 18th, 2011
8:12 pm
Doug, who are thr bigger sham, nzaa or fifa?
Steve
July 18th, 2011
8:46 pm
I feel bad for the puppy fans they don’t have a chance in this coming season so they are over here trying to bash our program. I have a feeling we know who the source for the NCAA investigation came from. One of Burnett’s Dawg relatives. Puppydawg, do you guys have a tailback left? I figure there is still half a month left for a few more to end up in jail. UGA is sad so they have to come over here and to find something to cheer them up. Who will be your next coach when you start 0-2?
Can't spell cheat without T-E-C-H!!!
July 19th, 2011
9:01 am
I love the audacity of the nerd fans. Their program is yet again the laughing stock of college football and forced to vacate even more wins, and all they can do is cry about UGA fans making fun of them.
Last time I checked UGA OWNS you on the football in every way possible. Best come up with some new material to deflect yet another humiliating chapter in Yech football, tools
juvenal
July 19th, 2011
9:34 am
still haven’t beat us 8 straight……Doug, Ken, you guys wear your fingers out last week?
CheaterJacket
July 19th, 2011
9:39 am
I just woke up from a year long coma and went to visit the campus.
Where’s our ACC banner?
Where is the bronze statue to comemmorate Josh Nesbitt’s Heisman season last year?
One way to look at this scandal GT fans
July 19th, 2011
2:59 pm
I have a long time pal living up in Badger country in the Milwaukee area. He and I email almost every other day …………. both retired from the same firm. He is a huge
college football fan and BIg 10 fan and U of Wisconsin Badger man all the way. He hates me when UGA stomps his boys every so often in the Cap One Bowl or the Outback Bowl like we have about 3 or 4 times over the last 12-14 years.
Anway, he is simply not really schooled on the GT NCAA scandal beyond a blirp on TV and he is “unaware that GT has really any major history since the 1950s”. He does recall Bobby Dodd’s era, back in the 50s when he was a 6th grade or 7th grade middle school kid. He does recall an Orange Bowl stomping of GT in 2010 by a “slow Iowa team” but beyond that……………”GT has no real major bowl history”, he said.
Nationally, GT is just an unknown, folks. Rejoice in this fact …………… because, unless they live in Fulton County, or maybe Cobb or Dekalb, no one even cares about GT sports. Besides, in China or Sri Lanka or India or Vietnam, they do not play our brand of football, so even the great % of the GT students could care less.
See ?? The glass IS 1/2 full.
Gooooooooooooooooo Dogs, Sic em.