Two candidates to be UGA’s AD: McGarity and Williams
Carla Williams (right) could well be Georgia's next AD. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
Georgia is again in the market for an athletics director, and it’s safe to assume Vincent J. Dooley won’t be riding to the rescue. (Michael F. Adams would rather eat a charbroiled rat than turn to Dooley.) There seem two logical candidates. Both are Georgia natives and UGA, and one of them a UGA employee. The two:
Greg McGarity: He’s from Athens. He played tennis under Dan Magill at UGA. He worked his way up the athletics department chain of command under Dooley. He left in 1992 to become an assistant AD at Florida, and he’s now Jeremy Foley’s chief aide. He’s wildly popular among Georgia fans, and his background of having worked under two of the best in the business — Dooley and Foley — would make him the odds-on favorite. Except for this:
Adams is still Georgia’s president. McGarity was viewed as a likely successor to Dooley back in 2004 but wasn’t hired. The thinking then was that he was viewed by Adams as a Dooley loyalist.
It’s possible that, six years later, the president has softened his anti-Dooley stance. It’s also possible he hasn’t. In which case, the leading candidate would be …
Carla Williams: She’s from LaGrange. She played basketball (as Carla Green) at Georgia under Andy Landers. She has a PhD from Florida State. She has worked as an assistant AD at Vanderbilt. She has worked at UGA as assistant AD since 2004 and has been regarded as a rising star in the nation’s second-most profitable athletics department.
It was Adams who, with Damon Evans in 2004, appointed the first African-American AD in SEC history. Williams would be the first female athletics director the conference has seen and would surely meet with in-house approval.
My guess: Carla Williams.
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Kirby Smart
July 4th, 2010
8:57 pm
A man of my experience will not take a pay cut; rather, I will demand a huge raise to ride to UGA’s rescue.
POAD
July 4th, 2010
8:59 pm
Man the ribs were good.
Now, Pick AD that believes more in Education and the Rule of Law. Get all the Dawgs back on the leash and undercontrol.
Crimedog
July 4th, 2010
8:59 pm
What about Regent Lebron’s main squeeze, the Gymnastics babe?
Logic 88
July 4th, 2010
8:59 pm
Crying, crying? What kind of AD did UGA have? Plus his wife is more attractive than the tramp he picked-up.
Rosslyn
July 4th, 2010
8:59 pm
The choice should be McGarity. Please don’t hire Williams just because she’s black and female. It may look good on the affirmative action books, but do the right thing and forget about political correctness for once.
Mr Charlie
July 4th, 2010
9:00 pm
Todd, not ready to toss Richt just yet. I would like to see how this season plays out. If our D improves, and our new QB shows development, I was keep him.
Adams needs to pack his desk.
Touchin' Cotton
July 4th, 2010
9:01 pm
“…and has been regarded as a rising star…”
That is Pig-Latin for a hand picked yes man, or gal.
Mr Charlie
July 4th, 2010
9:01 pm
Crime Dog, did she get charged with DUI?
Taz in Vidalia
July 4th, 2010
9:02 pm
Two words: look outside. There are qualified outsiders who aren’t inbred to UGA.
Damon Evans
July 4th, 2010
9:03 pm
OBAMA help me
BillyBulldawg
July 4th, 2010
9:04 pm
Dave Hart is available and Coach Richt would approve.
Victoria Secret
July 4th, 2010
9:04 pm
Our red panties are currently sold out.
Please check back in a couple of weeks.
Delbert D.
July 4th, 2010
9:04 pm
@DogMan
July 4th, 2010
8:37 pm
“Delbert just grow up. damn dude. has it ever entered ur mindless mind that we need somthing more “outside the box” instead of the “old school”. This world won’t allow it. damn dude get a hot dog and drink a beer.”
I’ve had a few brews today (no driving), and a couple of hotdogs. I’m nevertheless confused. What am I supposed to argue about, thinking “out of the box instead of the old school”, or “This world won’t allow it?”
To me, thinking “out of the box” “instead of the old school” would be, *don’t hire somebody based on a succession tree that is treated like the English royal family and various princes with red and black blood.*
As to “this world won’t allow it,” it seems to me to be a comment on the rigid belief/faith of the masses in anything but the royal succession won’t be considered.
I’d choose to think out of the box.
Damon Evans
July 4th, 2010
9:04 pm
Nick Saban help me
Lance
July 4th, 2010
9:05 pm
Whoever over at Florida hired Billy Donovan and Urban Meyer is a genius. That’s what it takes to be a great AD, hire the right football and basketball coach, head coaches that finish #1 in the country in football or basketball.
Common Sense
July 4th, 2010
9:05 pm
Why don’t we hire the most qualified person that will be respected on campus and abroad? Should it be a male? Yes. The reality is football is the money sport. Football is what you think of when UGA sports are mentioned and it always will be. Football will always be a man’s world. On another note, to even mention the new AD needs to be African American and to bring diversity into the picture is nauseating. Simply hire the best for the job…period.
one more change that we need to count on
July 4th, 2010
9:08 pm
I for one, would like to see Adams gone. Yes, Dooley was ready to go, I think. This is not about Dooley in my mind. It is about Adams’s two lousy decisions ………….J Harrick and now Damon. Adams has missed the mark on these two and in fact, Andy Landers needs to get gone. He has not done anything since the fricking 70s or early 80s. Adams has missed the mark as President. What has he done for UGA??? Fund raising is about it.
This AD thing is not big deal. Back a few years ago, ( 20 yrs? ) the top dog at GE and his highly paid top FEMALE administrator were in a similar thing and both got gone from GE. Both were at the very, very top of management pyramid too, possibly CEO pre Walsh days. International news that was. GE has not done much lately. Immel will go next.
In 8 months this too will pass.
Go Dogs
Affirmative Action=Nepotism
July 4th, 2010
9:09 pm
Mr Charlie – While we may have differing views, thank you for engaging in a civil manner.
Your point about having successful parents is basically my point. Let’s try this example, if a student does not perform well on the SAT and would not otherwise be accepted into ABC University, but the parents are successful and have power, the student will be admitted solely based on the parents influence= Nepotism.
Conversely, if a minority student does not perform well on the SAT, coupled with not having successful parents with power and influence, if the student is accepted = Affirmative Action.
Anyone who has ever been hired/accepted into college based on who they know and not what they know, sadly that is nepotism. Anyone hired/accepted into college because of race/gender and not what they know, sadly that is affirmative action.
I think many people are so quick to disparage affirmative action that they fail to realize they themselves are beneficiaries of nepotism = affirmative action.
Georgia Tizzle
July 4th, 2010
9:09 pm
Courtney Fuhrmann for AD. She clearly knows what it takes to get the job done.
Delbert D.
July 4th, 2010
9:10 pm
Looks like the multi-posers have hijacked the discussion.
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July 4th, 2010
9:10 pm
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Pi$$onaDawg
July 4th, 2010
9:10 pm
Bradley did you cut me off for tonight? What did I say that was worse than the stuff on here now?
Tiger
July 4th, 2010
9:12 pm
Quit crying, Damon. Have you seen how much my flings cost?
'94 UGA Grad
July 4th, 2010
9:16 pm
What would it take to get rid of Adams? Who holds him accountable? He obviously is not a good judge of character (i.e. Jim Harrick, Damon Evans). Those 2 hirings right there would be enough for most people to get fired. He is also one of the most pious, arrogant, greedy, money hungry persons on the planet. Don’t get me wrong, I’m proud of my alma mater just not of its president.
True uga fan
July 4th, 2010
9:17 pm
Damon is a classic example of what happens when you put an unqualified and inexperienced pe son is a job. Pick a qualified, exoerienced person with business skills, even if they are white.
MAC
July 4th, 2010
9:21 pm
Vince Dooley was one of the most over rated college coaches ever. If Herschel Walker didn’t show up, he would have been another Tommy Tuberville. Deal with it.
UGA Fan
July 4th, 2010
9:23 pm
I’m just so grateful we don’t play Duke. I can only imagine the abuse we would take up there during a game—somebody dressed up as a pair of red panties and being chased by somebody else dressed as . . . . well, you get the picture.
BDawg
July 4th, 2010
9:25 pm
Why am I not surprised that the comments are mostly bigoted and racist?
Y’all should be embarrassed.
East Atlanta
July 4th, 2010
9:29 pm
The new AD should be African-American to be a role model for all the African-American players at UGA.
BillyBulldawg
July 4th, 2010
9:30 pm
Dave Hart wants the job.
Dr. Phil
July 4th, 2010
9:31 pm
Being political correct is really stupid! McCarity would be the best choice! If Adams makes another poor choice…fire him!
Mr Charlie
July 4th, 2010
9:32 pm
Affirm,
Affirmative Action is the law of the land, so if a few trolls bash it, don’t let them get under your skin.
I remember a scene on all in the family where Archie was complaining to George Jefferson about a black guy who got hired on the dock via Affirmative Action. He said:
“I did not need no G** D** affirmative action to get me my job”. Edith said ” THAAATS RRIIIGGT ARRCCHIIIEEE, YOUR UNCLE GOT YOU YOURS”. (I miss the day when we could laugh at ourselves.)
That was in 1972, so nepotism/affirmative action has been recogonized by the establishment for a long time.
But the fact is, nepotism will always have a leg up on Affirmative Action, because government legislation will never overcome good role modeling a quality involved parents.
However, I assure you, the Obama girls have a future full of opportunity equaling the Bush girls, so it is evolving from a race to more of a class issue. Our system ain’t perfect, but it is the best around.
Sadly, the bigger picture is beyond alums
July 4th, 2010
9:33 pm
Folks, Adams wants to sell UGA as one “properly enlightened southern university”. He can point to all of the affirmative action deals in place and that will get the fools like a Barabra Streisand or a Sean Penn to write checks. Neither of these two entertainers graduated from any university, I suspect BUT they have MONEY and that is where Adams comes in. He is a fund raiser and he need all of the liberal window dressing that he can get.
Poor, unqualified kids get into , Vandy, Duke or Harvard or Georgetown or Yale. This fact makes the well off alums so happy. If kids come from rich families, then they too get into a Yale. I have two relatives, one in Duke and one in Georgetown and they both rich daddy/mommy and both dumber than rocks. Both will graduate from these two schools. They use the pass fail system. Anyone can graduate once they are in these schools. This is where Adams wants to take UGA. He wants it to be a top quasi public, private type of school. Fine with me. I am retired and I am a UGA grad.
We do not want white, middle aged, EXPERIENCED BUSINESS men as an AD, …………..we want black women with 6 fatherless kids and that is what it is all about in this political world. In the end, now at 61, I would like to see about 3 or 4 more SEC titles soon ( over 10 -12 years? ) and one NC …………..then, as an early 70s UGA grad, I will hang it up and care less.
Go Dogs.
Mr Charlie
July 4th, 2010
9:34 pm
Logic, the Irony is, I think he is much more qualified to do an impactful “you booze, you lose” anti alcohol campaign.
Urban Meyer
July 4th, 2010
9:36 pm
The lastest African-American role model was a bust! How about the best qualified American!
Pi$$onaDawg
July 4th, 2010
9:36 pm
This could be a fun couple of weeks watching UGA get turned down possible AD’s.
I miss Dooley
July 4th, 2010
9:37 pm
Although Williams sounds like a damn good dog, and I don’t mean any disrespect, I think McGarity is the man for the job at this point. He should have been hired instead of Evans way back when, but we got what we deserved and have to move on. Since Greg has been at UF, they are a 3 time National Football Champion and have back to back Basketball National Championships. Hopefully Greg would like to bring the winning formula back to Athens that he was a part of at UF. We need a winner, we need scoreboard, we need McGarity. I think Williams is more than just a PC pick, she obviously has talent and is smart, but I don’t think you can have as much success rub off on you working at Vandy, and sad to say UGA, as you could working in the most successful program in the country. I really hope Adams makes things right by bringing Greg home, but something tells me that’s not going to happen. He really doesn’t care about the best thing for UGA athletics, he cares about the best thing for President Adams. Sucks for us.
Swampdawg
July 4th, 2010
9:37 pm
Group,
Trust me….The country is sick and tired of this “Politically Correct” Crap! (AKA: Affirmative Action.)
Delbert D.
July 4th, 2010
9:37 pm
“Adams has missed the mark as President. What has he done for UGA??? Fund raising is about it.”
Speaking of fund raising -
Rankings of endowments of universities, reported through 2009:
A few to calibrate on:
3. Stanford_____________$12.619 billion
7. Michigan____________$6.000 billion
14. Notre Dame_________$4.795 billion
15. Duke______________$4.441 billion
16. Emory_____________$4.328 billion *
55. U of Fla. Found. Inc__$1.010 billion
61. Ga. Tech Found. Inc__$944.3 million *
78. UC-Berkeley Found.__$759.3 million
83. Kentucky___________$696.8 million
101. Berry College_______$558.2 million*
125. U of Ga. Found._____$456.1 million*
* Top 4 Georgia universities/colleges
Source: 2010 National Assn. of Colleges and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute
http://www.nacubo.org/Research/NACUBO_Endowment_Study/Public_NCSE_Tables_.html
FLA DAWG
July 4th, 2010
9:43 pm
It should be McGarity but it will be Williams.
dexter
July 4th, 2010
9:44 pm
Colorado Dawg I am stationed at Fort Carson do you have tickets for the CU game if so how did you get them, I am getting the run around about getting tickets.
Mr. Turnip-Green Jeans
July 4th, 2010
9:45 pm
I’d offer Jessie Ventura the job. And yes, I’m a rocket scientist.
Pi$$onaDawg
July 4th, 2010
9:55 pm
Red White & Blue it is great to be an american. The neighbors have started the fireworks show. Wow it is pretty.
PissedDawg
July 4th, 2010
9:55 pm
David Greene or David Pollack for AD. I know it’s not progressive or PC, but 2 Damn Good Dawgs!!
GoDOGS1
July 4th, 2010
9:57 pm
Adams has just rode the coattails of Zell Miller’s HOPE scholarship. The fat azz was in the right place at the right time to take credit for UGA’s GPA and SAT scores going up due to free college for the masses. Boy! Did he ever spin that into his favor. The only thing Adams is good at is twisting and turning things to make HIM look good, no tthe Univ. of GA. The POS has squandered more opportunities than made for the Univ.of GA. ( See Restatis Eye Drops). The hog is about to have an apple stuffed in his mouth and BBQd once good ole boy Sonny P and his appointed BoR jackals are gone.
PissedDawg
July 4th, 2010
9:59 pm
What is this african-American Crap?? There are whites and blacks! Go Boortz!
FromtheBARstool
July 4th, 2010
10:01 pm
mark are you mad at we what did I say worse than the racist crap the others are saying.
Mr. Turnip-Green Jeans
July 4th, 2010
10:01 pm
Pepper Rodgers would be another fine choice. Hell, he was awarded a “Most Wonderful Person On Earth” plaque at the Liberty Bowl once.
He might be dead, lemme check..
Pi$$onaDawg
July 4th, 2010
10:03 pm
Enjoy Dawgs will check back later to see what happens tomarrow.
Phsuga
July 4th, 2010
10:06 pm
Matt Stinchcomb is by far the best option!