The end of the Evans era came quickly
ATHENS — The same people who months earlier voted enthusiastically to give Damon Evans a new five-year contract moved swiftly Monday to end his tenure as the University of Georgia’s athletics director.
The executive committee of the UGA Athletic Association board of directors spent about 15 minutes on a conference call, voting unanimously to accept Evans’ resignation and approve a separation agreement that will pay him three months’ salary as severance and a $100,000 bonus for prior service.
The board’s action came five days after Evans’ arrest in Atlanta on a DUI charge and three days after the release of a police report with damaging details about the incident.
The settlement means Evans will get about $237,500, a small fraction of what he would have made under the contract he was given by the Athletic Board at a Feb. 3 meeting.
That contract, which was scheduled to take effect July 1, mere minutes after he was pulled over by the Georgia State Patrol, would have paid him $3.25 million over the next five years.
The contract required Evans to “act at all times in a manner consistent with . . . the appropriate moral, ethical and academic standards of the university” and gave Georgia the right to terminate it for a variety of reasons, including conviction of a “crime of moral turpitude.”
Evans said on the day after the arrest that he hoped to keep the job he had held since 2004, but by Saturday night, after discussions with UGA President Michael Adams, he told colleagues that he was out as athletics director. Evans met with Athletic Association attorney Edward Tolley on Sunday, signed a three-page settlement agreement and submitted his resignation to Adams.
Monday’s executive-committee teleconference was a perfunctory conclusion of a series of events that saw Evans, 40, plummet from the top of his profession.
At the February meeting, the Athletic Board expressed its enthusiastic approval of Evans’ job performance by giving him a new contract with a $110,000-a-year raise. At that meeting, Adams said of Evans: “He’s already become a nationally recognized figure in athletics, and we are fortunate to have him. . . I think he’s done an extraordinary job. . . . And there’s not been a whiff of impropriety during that six-year period. If you’re the president of an institution, that means a whole lot.”
Fast-forward to Monday, when Adams convened a to-the-point teleconference to end Evans’ tenure.
Fourteen media members gathered at the Butts-Mehre athletics headquarters building on Georgia’s south campus to listen to the call on a speaker phone and were ushered into the only conference room large enough to accommodate them -– the one in what used to be Evans’ fourth-floor office suite. The adjoining door to his private office was closed.
From the black leather chairs witha red “G” emblazoned on the back of each, you could look out the windows and see two major ongoing construction projects Evans championed — the massive expansion of the Butts-Mehre building and, in the distance, the renovation of Stegeman Coliseum.
Adams convened the conference call and quickly received a motion to go into executive –- closed –- session to discuss “a personnel matter.” Within 10 minutes, the committee returned to open session, and Adams announced Evans’ separation agreement had been approved.
“As I said on Thursday morning when I first learned of the situation, this is not an example of the kind of leadership that I expect our senior administrators to set,” Adams said. “I have high regard for Damon personally; I care deeply about him and his family.”
Adams added: “We acknowledge the many positive accomplishments of his tenure, including an increased focus on the academic success of student-athletes, the overall financial strength of the athletic department and the hiring of many very good people as head coaches and senior leaders in the athletic department.”
Adams would not entertain questions from the media Monday but said he will do so during a news conference Tuesday afternoon.
Within minutes of Monday’s conference call, Evans’ name had been removed from the staff directory on the UGA athletics website. In its place, the acronym “TBA” — To Be Announced — was placed beside the position of athletics director.
Evans was not on the conference call and has not returned repeated calls from the AJC the past few days. He provided a written statement Monday afternoon.
“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,” Evans wrote.
“It had been my hope since taking the [athletics director's] 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.”
Evans thanked his supporters, encouraged the athletics department staff to keep the student-athletes “first and foremost in everything you do” and concluded: “God bless and Go Dawgs.”
Bob Bishop, a long-time executive-committee member and retired Athens banker, told the AJC late Monday that he “never would have suspected” the turn of events involving Evans. “I was just totally amazed by the whole thing — shocked,” Bishop said. But he saw Evans’ departure as inevitable under the circumstances.
“There wasn’t any dissension in the Bulldog Nation that I know of, and certainly none on the board,” Bishop said. “I just feel sad for his wife and children and for him, too, quite frankly.”
Evans’ settlement will be paid from Athletic Association funds. Aside from three months’ salary, he’ll receive on Aug. 1 the $100,000 “longevity bonus” that was called for in his past two contracts. The most recent contract said he would be entitled to the bonus by staying on the job through June 30, 2010, and would receive it within 30 days of July 1, 2011.
As part of the settlement, Evans released the university, the Athletic Association and the state “from any and all claims.” Evans and UGA agreed to make “no statements . . . which are disparaging, critical or negative toward each other.” Evans agreed to return all university property, including vehicles provided for his use, before noon Tuesday. And Evans “will receive a reference mutually agreed-to” by him and Adams.
Adams promised to discuss “the future leadership of the athletic department” on Tuesday. He likely will outline an interim arrangement for the department’s operation as well as the process for finding Evans’ successor.
Major-college athletic-director searches typically take months to complete, usually involving search committees and/or executive search firms.
When Evans was chosen to succeed Vince Dooley as Georgia’s athletics director, a search committee interviewed five candidates and forwarded three of them to Adams for final interviews.
The finalists, in addition to Evans, were Lee Fowler, then athletics director at N.C. State, and Eric Hyman, then AD at Texas Christian. Fowler was forced out at N.C. State last month, and Hyman now is athletics director at South Carolina.
The other candidates interviewed by Georgia’s search committee in late 2003 were Greg McCarity, then and now Florida’s associate athletics director, and Mark Lewis, then General Electric’s vice president of Olympic sponsorships.
In-house candidates for the job this time could include Frank Crumley, the executive associate athletics director who has gotten much credit for the Georgia program’s strong financial performance; Carla Williams, the senior associate athletics director and a former UGA basketball player; and Arthur Johnson, the associate AD for internal operations.
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106 comments Add your comment
Paddy
July 6th, 2010
12:27 am
Now we can move on and look forward to football!
Dawg House
July 6th, 2010
12:39 am
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Dawg House
July 6th, 2010
12:44 am
Captain Renault: I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.
– from ‘Casablanca’
You Stupid Rednecks
July 6th, 2010
12:46 am
Which is worse: The AD getting a DUI, or the dozens (hundreds?) of fans who defecate on the campus grounds to celebrate each home game? You’ve got great traditions up there in Athens!
POAD
July 6th, 2010
12:55 am
Being Drunk & Stupid ain’t OK @ UGA starting July 1, 2010. Only current UGAA members are Grandfathered in. Zero tolerance from now on for anybody new to the UGA Family.
Dawg House
July 6th, 2010
1:03 am
The Evans episode, through the comments posted on this weekend, has revealed that racism (from readers both black AND white) is unfortunately still deeply ingrained in our state. It’s unfortunate and ultimately embarrassing.
SICKnTired
July 6th, 2010
1:12 am
@ Dawg House I sadly concur.
Meow
July 6th, 2010
3:03 am
You Stupid Rednecks – Can’t agree with you more.
Woof woof?
bitter race divided nation
July 6th, 2010
3:44 am
here we have a A.D. who actually makes a bold statement and demands perfection within the program. he damon evans steps away with his dignity and allows the program to continue without a hicup, yet there are those writing today that still play the race card, some people just cant get over a black man making the right call, i would have done the same including take that hott chick panties off, look stop you fools that have a problem with a black man in a high position taken a tumble. white folks are use to there leaders fu—-g up and blacks need to learn to deal with the bill clinton like behaviour. p.s. i did not have sexually relations with that women, good luck damon
Bamafan
July 6th, 2010
4:27 am
Evans and Mike Price could tell a few stories about being drunk and stupid!!
CoastDog
July 6th, 2010
5:17 am
Wow, brdn. Having to watch every foe’s fans wearing/waving red panties for who knows how long is going to be more than a hiccup. Sounds like you are proud of Evans instead of embarrassed. I don’t get it. He “stepped away with his dignity?” Really?
Where the Bodies are Buried
July 6th, 2010
5:26 am
Dead things need to be buried or they stink worse and worse. It’s time to lay this issue aside and place it where the bodies are buried. Damon Evans did an outstanding job at UGA. What was inside him eventually came out and it wasn’t pretty. He issued his apology, his name has been removed from the staff directory, he is vacating his office. It is now time to not look back but to look forward to a new chapter. Michael Adams is not likable at all but he will cover his tail and get a quality AD that he can and will control. I think it is time for UGA boosters and fans to take a closer look at Adams and the way he operates. He has the AA in his hip pocket, the board of regents (with all the free perks and smoke blowing) in his corner. He is the man few can stand and wish he would disappear. Evans is gone, the body is buried but the stench coming from Michael Adams is worse than with Damon. What would it take to get rid of Michael Adams?
BuLLdawg
July 6th, 2010
5:30 am
AltamahaDawg, tell us again how this is :
“The university will not be harmed by this”
“The University of Georgia didn’t go get a DUI”
“Going to come out of this without a scratch”
You missed the whole entire point AltamahaDawg in your rush to pooh-pooh this as bad for The University of Georgia (while being the 1st to run in here and give Georgia tek heck for Little Joey Hamilton’s DUI (and drugs in his vehicle and leaving the scene of the accident.))
The University of Georgia Athletics Director hired when Michael F. Adam$ fired Vince Dooley, married to a gorgeous wife with lovely daughter and handsome son, had a Pantiless Skank’s Red Panties between his legs at midnight celebrating his new contract of $3.25 million dollars 2 hours from his home, and asked the State Trooper to take them to a motel, while admitting that he was taking her home, drunk.
1 of every 6 Google Searches Friday were of Courtney Nay Fuhrmann here in this city of 6 million.
This is a very bad reflection on Michael F. Adam$ who installed this yes man. He fired Vince Dooley for this. The University of Georgia is the laughing stock of the entire nation that we allowed him still drunk to sit in front of the fabled G and say he wanted to keep his job and apologize.
You are a hypocrite, so is he and so is The University of Georgia.
the former Mrs Evans
July 6th, 2010
6:05 am
he got more than he deserves
dagnabit
July 6th, 2010
6:23 am
Mrs. Evans will get it all. Damon Evans drunken episode may be over with. The red pantie defense will never go away.
Reality Check
July 6th, 2010
6:24 am
Does this effect recruiting anyway?
fred
July 6th, 2010
6:37 am
adams is a nerd turd … he has caused countless problems ….. leave our state and take leeburn with you …….
Dr.Phil
July 6th, 2010
6:52 am
Shows how easily these board of directors can deceived! The fans knew this was a BAD hire to begin with because it was made for political correctness and not by hiring the most qualified person! Hope they don’t make the same mistake twice!
FBI
July 6th, 2010
7:22 am
President Adams needs to remember that Vince Dooley served our university as A.D. with dignity and honor, and might still be doing so if not for him.
BDAWG
July 6th, 2010
7:29 am
Can we please end the Damon Evans discussion? He’s gone, let’s move on. Let’s talk about football and football recruiting. Big time players still out there. Can we lock up some of the big time players we need or will we miss out again? Vince Dooley is the past. He was a good coach and A. D., but let’s move on to someone that can take this program nationally and win championships.
Private eye
July 6th, 2010
8:07 am
On further review, moderate it into the trash, please. Thanks.
Douglas
July 6th, 2010
8:09 am
I met Damon and his family in the past year on several occassions — he was very down to earth and always willing to talk to anyone. It is sad that he made this mistake but these nasty comments are totally uncalled for. He made a mistake — admitted it — took responsibility for it — how many other folks try to blame others? He is still a Georgia Bulldog and alumni and he did a great job while he is AD. This board just goes to show how many ignorant folks still exist in this world who have absolutely no class at all.
bye, bye, miss american pie
July 6th, 2010
8:15 am
Heard Lane Kiffen, is applying for the AD job….
Not Being Sarcastic
July 6th, 2010
8:23 am
All I care about is if the Dawgs win their football games. The AD, Prez, Coach, Players, Graduation, Salaries, Morals, Ethics, Injuries, or Opponents does not amount to a hill of beans. Just win the damn game and the money rolls in and everybody is happy. Soothing, Blissful, Winning.
CONFEDERATE DAWG
July 6th, 2010
8:28 am
AJC WE GE IT, ; HOW MANY DAYS HAS IT BEEN NOW? DAMON EVANS OUT! GOT IT. CAN YALL MOVE ON AND TELL US ABOUT RECRUITS OR PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY STILL AT GA NOW?
MOVIN ON DOWN THE LINE DAWG!
ONELOVE GA
William F. Casey III
July 6th, 2010
8:30 am
Damon Evans made the right call for Damon Evans’ future career prospects and UGA avoided further humiliation. This old, die-hard GT fan invites Damon to join a wonderful fellowship and get his life in order.
i used to love her, but its all over now
July 6th, 2010
8:33 am
yeah, had this happened to another SEC school, uga fans would be waiving the panties.
but instead, we try to deny and deflect. funny how that works….
thank you, Damon Evans, for making us the laughingstock of the conference.
William F. Casey III
July 6th, 2010
8:33 am
NOT BEING SARCASTIC: you must live a very limited and self-centered life. As my Mom used to say: “more to be pitied than censured.”
Perry Mason
July 6th, 2010
8:34 am
Douglas – You are right. What sad is alot of people on here are serious. Wouldn’t you like to coach or teach their children.
SimpleDawg
July 6th, 2010
8:38 am
The events of this past Wednesday, and the inevitable dismissal, has nothing to do with race.
This has more to do with a person who lost track of who he is, who’s important in his life, and who he represents. He became “10 feet tall and bullet-proof”……and he started letting the little head make the plans for the evening. Bad move.
Now, he’s lost his high profile, high dollar job. He may very well lose his family. It is a very sad story, and now it’s the catalyst for the shallow and insignificant to poke fun at a rival on a different level…..or even worse, it brings out those wanting to make this a commentary on black folks screwing up grand opportunities…
….well, all kinds of people screw up grand opportunities every day. There’s nothing funny about any of it.
Resist the urge to pick up the stone.
TONE
July 6th, 2010
8:41 am
anybody think they are going to hire the most PC candidate for AD now no matter what ? I am thinking that’s what will happen
sbeck
July 6th, 2010
8:51 am
You drank. You drove. You lost.
CONFEDERATE DAWG
July 6th, 2010
8:54 am
HOW ARE PEOPLE GOIN TO CALL GA RASCIST? WE PUT A BLACK MAN IN CHARGE AS OUR AD. DID FANS STOP SHOWING UP? NO WAS THERE AN OUTCRY TO REMOVE HIM? NO. WHAT WAS GA REALLY GONNA DO AFTER THIS. HUGS GOT FIRED FROM CINCY FOR JUST A DUI. PRICE GOT THE BOOT. EVEN GEORGE OLEARY JUST LIED ABOUT WHERE HE PLAYED 30 YEARS AGO. THEY ALL GOT THE AXE AND NOT EVEN A BUY OUT. COME ON YALL GOT A BLACK PREZ! YOU CAN MOVE ON NOW. YOU HAVE BLACK TV AND THE NATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. ITS A JOKE PEOPLE STILL PULL RACE ALL THE TIME. ALL DAMON HAD TO DO WAS HIS JOB WHICH HE WAS VERY GOOD AT. DRIVE HIS NEW BEAMER MAKING MORE THAN DAMN NEAR EVERY PERSON IN GA WHITE OR BLACK. HE COULD EVEN HIT UP ATL AND PULL YOUNG WHITE HO’S. HE JUST HAD TO DO IT WITHOUT DRIVING DRUNK PLAIN AND SIMPLE. ITS 2010 WHITE PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE AINT GOIN ANYWHERE. AS AMERICANS YALL NEED TO JUST TEAM UP AS THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE PLANET AND GET TO GRINDING. EVERYONE STOP COMPLAINING. KICK BACK A HUNDRED YEARS WHEN PEOPLE USE TO BUST THEIR ASS ALL DAY AND NOT SIT ON FACEBOOK ALL DAY.
ONELOVE GA
COME ON DAWGS!!!!!!
GriffDawg
July 6th, 2010
8:54 am
Hunker down you red panty hounds
willdave
July 6th, 2010
9:10 am
Wow. Absoulutely incredible. Again some of you are trying to turn this into a race issue. If Adams and the UGA Athletic Association were motivated by race, they never would have hired Damon as AD in the first place. They certainly never would have extended his contract. Indeed, at least two of the candidates they are now considering to replace Evans are African-Americans.
Come on, man. Let’s stop trying to play this racism excuse all the time. The simple fact of the matter is, the head of one of the most successful and prominent college athletic programs in the nation cannot conduct himself at any time the way Damon did last week. Period. I don’t care if he or she is black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American–whatever. UGA had absolutely no choice but to remove this man as its AD.
Bama in Atlanta
July 6th, 2010
9:13 am
Does this mean Damon Evans will be on the next “Celebrity Apprentice”?!? Or, after Mrs. Evans is done with him, he could be on “The Bachelor”!
Chip
July 6th, 2010
9:24 am
Should have never did what you did to Dooley.
mitch
July 6th, 2010
9:26 am
Hate seeing UGA giving him a dime.
wiley
July 6th, 2010
9:28 am
Come on UGA fans we know you can’t just move on. This is a big deal and you will face a great deal of red panties at your away games this year. I guess its good to be optimistic but this cant just go away when you want it too. Oh I cant wait for the UF game…
BIG PAPI
July 6th, 2010
9:33 am
Damon’s a smart guy. He’ll figure it out. To hell with all yall haters! Comes round goes round.. The end.
watchingGA.
July 6th, 2010
9:34 am
It is hard to view this as racism. The guy made a stupid mistake. However, it is important that Blacks who are in prominent positions realize that acts of stupidity do not help themselves or their race. The board, in this case, had no choice other than to fire Mr.Evans.
Crimedog
July 6th, 2010
9:42 am
Adams hired his friend Jim Harrick, who was not known for running a clean program. Adams admitted Tony Cole, who is now in federal prison. Adams hired Damon Evans as his personal puppet. It will take years for the University to recover from Adams’ “leadership.”
Pago Pago DAWG
July 6th, 2010
9:51 am
The lib quota system says UGA “has” to hire a woman this time..Pretty sad.
bo Williams
July 6th, 2010
9:53 am
As for Ga. police officers (and arrest of Evans), I attended a Ga. Police Officers/Sheriffs convention in Atl many yrs ago. I clearly remember walking down the hall of my hotel and seeing those guys in their tank-top shirts openly drinking confiscated liquor from Mason fruit jars and playing poker with the money on the tables. Hipocracy still alive and well in Ga.
RxDawg
July 6th, 2010
9:54 am
I just found out this am that Carla Williams is a coworker’s sister in law. That’s pretty cool.
SICKnTired
July 6th, 2010
10:01 am
@ confederate dawg & @wildave
You are missing the point. NOONE black is claiming the situation is Racist. The racisim has entered with the comments. That are being made on here. That he was never qualified! That he was a PC hire etc etc.
Comment on those please. or is it just easier to only reply when a spade is called out?
BIG PAPI
July 6th, 2010
10:04 am
when youre white it’s right when youre black you better watch your back – nuff said!
keep dreaming dogs
July 6th, 2010
10:05 am
You WISH the red was forgotten…right Alt?
SICKnTired
July 6th, 2010
10:07 am
As for being the laughing stock of the country:
We are not that important. Most people only care about thier school and could care less about what happens in Athens.
Get a F*ckin life. It’s not the end of world, in fact I am more concerned about how the secondary will shape up than I am about what happened with Damon. In fact I bet UF, GT et al are more concerned about that as well.
And if some idiot swings a pair of red panties (that he probably had to buy) in your face just share the laugh and point to the score board (unless we happen to be losing then feel free to punch him in the face) and keep it moving.
Are we Dawgs or a bunch of P~ussies?
And for those of you who continue to play race games and promote ignorance (and for those of you who don’t speak up when it is obvious) U S*ck Balls!
Perry Mason
July 6th, 2010
10:08 am
Big Papi – Keep making excuses!
Sweat Socks
July 6th, 2010
10:10 am
It’s amazing how many of these comments read like the old ‘Snuffy Smith’ cartoons!
I'm a Dumb@ass Teabagger
July 6th, 2010
10:10 am
@PAgo
What is the liberal quota system you tea bagging redneck. One black hire in the History of the Program? The history of the conference?
U were a waste of your mommies panty waste.
PMC
July 6th, 2010
10:13 am
I just find this situation incredibly disapointing. Evans had the Athletic department doing big things dragging them into the 21st century. Updating facilities, being proactive, improving academically…etc. He was doing a great job and just through it away casually without thinking. I’m disapointed for him, his family and for Georgia.
I’m thinking or hoping with Carla Williams pedigree she might be an excellent choice moving foward to build on the mostly good work that Damon Evans did in his tenure.
Bucky Belue hand it to Herschel
July 6th, 2010
10:16 am
The power of the P takes another man down, woof woof Kincade for AD so I can get away from him, go doggy style I mean go dawgs!
Delbert D.
July 6th, 2010
10:18 am
8:23 post: “All I care about is if the Dawgs win their football games. The AD, Prez, Coach, Players, Graduation, Salaries, Morals, Ethics, Injuries, or Opponents does not amount to a hill of beans. Just win the damn game and the money rolls in and everybody is happy. Soothing, Blissful, Winning.”
Oh, what a *great* idea. Drop the affiliation with the University, and just become “the Dawgs.” Finding a place to play might be a problem, since Sanford Stadium is owned by the University of Georgia.
I'm a Dumb@ass Teabagger
July 6th, 2010
10:22 am
@ Perry Mason
All the negative comments about the black guy and you comment pick that one to comment on? Et tu?
Masters & Johnson
July 6th, 2010
10:23 am
RE: “The end of the Evans era came quickly”
According to Courtney, so did Damon.
I'm a Dumb@ass Teabagger
July 6th, 2010
10:24 am
@ M&J
Hella funny
Clean House
July 6th, 2010
10:37 am
UGA makes headlines again with another player arrest. No institutional control whatsoever ! This program has become a circus with nothing but a bunch of clowns running the show. FIRE THEM ALL !
Larry Munson
July 6th, 2010
10:40 am
Look at the Jailbirds falling from the sky !!!
Say it aint so !
July 6th, 2010
10:44 am
Kick that thug off the team ! Zero Tolerance Today !
BIG PAPI
July 6th, 2010
10:48 am
Perry Mason is a coward who is not willing to face reality! A real punkass of sorts!
BIG PAPI
July 6th, 2010
10:50 am
The arresting officer acted swiftly and decisively in containing the interracial mingle. We can’t have none of that in the dirteeeee now can we?
Obama caused...............(Oh hell it's all his fault)
July 6th, 2010
10:53 am
Where is the love, compassion, and understanding we all need tohave for one another. If your brother falls you pick him up dust him off and put him on the right path.
You don’t kick a man when he is down. A Real man helps you realize the error of your ways and prays that you see how to find redemption.
A coward waits till you are down to pile on with the masses because he is too weak to do it while you are standing tall.
Avenger
July 6th, 2010
10:56 am
confed. dawg. What’s this We Crap? We didn’t do any thing. As for the Black president, minorities and young enlighten white got him elected.
Big Boys Dont Cry !
July 6th, 2010
10:59 am
With the new arrest of football player Jordan Love CMR needs to tell him Bu Bye!
herschel walker, the red panty stalker
July 6th, 2010
11:08 am
LMFAO!!!!!!!
oledawg
July 6th, 2010
11:09 am
It’s a good thing Georgia doesn’t have to travel up to Durham and play Duke in basketball this year. Try and imagine the fun the “Cameron Crazies”, would have with red panties. It would be hilarious, yet relentless. Bye Bye Damon—–don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
SEC Football Maven
July 6th, 2010
11:18 am
The Evans episode is what happens when a young, inexperienced, unqualified person (of any race) is put in such a high position. Evans didn’t earn the position; he was given it by Dooley for two reasons: accommodate racial political correctness and reinforce Dooley’s position as de facto AD and Grand Pooh Bah.
Next time, the AD should be someone with proven UGA program long-term loyalty, 20 + years experience, unquestioned morals/ethics. Dooley is as much to blame for this as Evans. By doing the politically correct thing, Dooley did exactly the wrong thing — for UGA and for Evans.
Tom
July 6th, 2010
11:27 am
Is the name of that other womanizing drunk still next to the great Harry Mehre’s on the front of the UGAA building? If it is, why was Damon shown the door?
Hypocrites.
Obama caused...............(Oh hell it's all his fault)
July 6th, 2010
11:35 am
Dang it. Another “Thug” got arrested!!! For shooting fireworks!!!!!! Fire everyone.
BTW what ever happened to the tech guys that almost burned themselves to death?
Just Asking ?
July 6th, 2010
11:37 am
Was the $90,000 2009 BMW 750i a vehicle provided for his use by UGA ?
…….I hope not.
I agree
July 6th, 2010
11:40 am
SEC Football
Maven,
…………..You are absolutely correct.
Crimedog
July 6th, 2010
11:49 am
Dooley was fired because he refused to appoint the gym coach, who was living with married Regent Lebron, as assistant AD. Dooley had absolutely nothing to do with the hiring of Evans. Adams hired Evans to add to the politically-correct block on his resume. Adams’ political hires have not worked out, but this fact hasn’t fazed Mickey in the least.
Obama caused...............(Oh hell it's all his fault)
July 6th, 2010
11:50 am
Can you give me any other examples of PC? Damon was hired did a great job. No Issues. No Complaints. Was his only sin being Black?
Let’s see. He ushered in more Money than UA, UF, UT, GT, ETC ETC more than Vince (Love Him to Death) ever did. But he was not qualified?
What makes you “qualified” to judge his qualifications? Your donations? Your Ethnicity? Your Superior attitude?
I’m just asking..
Obama caused...............(Oh hell it's all his fault)
July 6th, 2010
11:55 am
@ Crimedog
What is the politcally correct Block of hires? I really do want to understand?
What other hire was there? What groundswell was there to hire a Black AD? I never heard any. We were just as shocked as you were. But obviously Adams knew what he was doing. Because DE did a great job professionally.
Now his personal life is another story.
Help me out please? I always strive to understand the other sides view point!
Face it Dixie is dead and gone!!!
July 6th, 2010
11:57 am
nuff said
Yeahcomeon.
July 6th, 2010
12:05 pm
Mr. Evans forgot that he was not bigger than the institution. But I’m surprised that you doggie fans aren’t excited about his fall- now you can go back to business as usual in completely trashing your school campus with garbage, liquor bottles, beer cans, feces, urine, and everything else you leave behind to show your true classless colors. Plus, you don’t have to worry about watching that buzz killing ‘Public Service Announcement’ before kick off every home game. You should be grateful that maybe you can get back to ‘business as usual’ in Athens!
Mr. Evans didn’t make a mistake. He deserves all the ‘kind’ words that have been posted about his episode because he showed his true character. I hope Mrs. Evans puts on her best pair of Hobnail Boots and gives him what he’s got coming. Shameful!
Ignorant WVEE FM Listener
July 6th, 2010
12:07 pm
Damon Evans!
Let all these haters be your motivators!
These haters don’t realize they only make you STRONGER!!!!
Keep your head up D E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paul in RDU
July 6th, 2010
12:08 pm
Interesting comment by Adams when talking about Evans leaving
“…including an increased focus on the academic success of student-athletes…”
I presume that he’s implying that Dooley had a “lessened focus” on the academic success of student-athletes.
Face it Dixie is dead and gone!!!
July 6th, 2010
12:14 pm
Paul he didn’t have the same focus! I was there. And if our parents didn’t care, the school didn’t care past staying eligble.
Clever Hannity Listener
July 6th, 2010
12:15 pm
It’s Obama’s fault.
SSIgator
July 6th, 2010
12:22 pm
Now another arrest of a UGA football player – because he did not give his middle name to the police officer after being caught shooting off fireworks. Question – Did he not know it? Or is there now a crackdown in Athens to get rid of the sub-standard iq’s on the football team? Either way UGA in the summer certainly entertains – it is the gift that keeps on giving.
Clever Hannity Listener
July 6th, 2010
12:31 pm
I am not racist!!!! I hired “A” Black Guy!!!!! Some of my best friends are white err i mean Black.
BIG PAPI
July 6th, 2010
12:39 pm
damon was back-up flanker at UGA and majored in finance. he got his MBA from missouri in sports management. he worked as director of eligiblity and compliance for the southeast conference (SEC) in Bham, AL b4 dooley called him back to athens in 1996 to become the asst AD. he worked under dolley until adams pulled the plug and appointed damon the new AD in 2004 and the rest was history.
Russ the Mascot
July 6th, 2010
12:40 pm
How much money do I get when they shove me out the door?? I’m going to talk to my lawyer. This is no way to treat a little dog just because he has a black spot on his a%%!!
AltamahaDawg
July 6th, 2010
12:53 pm
Intersting that McGarity was not even on the short list handed Adams. I have wondered if he was assumed willing back then, why 6 yrs later he still has not moved from his spot as #2 guy. Surely there have been offers.
And BuLLdawg , come see me in a week, and then in a month , and tell me how big this story is. How bout that. Not sure where the University has any hypocrisy in this either. He got fired. I’m sorry you didn’t get your pound of flesh, but you can send him hate mail if you feel better.
And how exactly am I a hypocrite? Everything I said was going to happen in this situation was dead on, right down to the timing. Where did I say something and act or say something the opposite regarding this situation. You do know what Hypocrite means, right. I dont know what gives you the idea that I was the first (if ever) to rush and say anything about Hamilton. To be honest I am not even sure I knew he had a DUI. Just completely fabricating stuff to prove you point as usual. Yey I know goggle “hypocrite” so you get an idea what that really means.
Or…For example, calling a certain player a complete waste of a scholarship only to claim a few month later you were the one, and only one, saying all along how he should have been starting (back in the timeframe we were wasting a scholarship on him according to you). And in doing so scold everybody from jumping on the “bandwagon”. THAT would might pop up in a google search of hypocrite.
Me jumping on Hamilton…..then stating that the University would be able to handle this embarrassing situation and not suffer any damage.r really? Thats what you came up with. You are just grasping at anything to try to get me lately.
I’m not too surprised that you would be one to crybaby about what some rival fans are going to joke about for a while. You are of cource, pretty thin skined.
AltamahaDawg
July 6th, 2010
12:57 pm
Is it a state law to have a middle name? I knew several folks who don’t. What did the boys ID say?
5IML
July 6th, 2010
1:11 pm
Regardless of his after hour indiscretions, Damon did a great job as AD of UGA. For those who disagree, let us wait and see where his replacement takes UGA in the next couple of years. I hope she was worth it, and I hope Damon was drinking topshelf.
WTF
July 6th, 2010
1:32 pm
I want a job where I can screw up that badly and get a bonus! I know he did some great things at Georgia but what real choice did they have? They could have stuck with him but when you’re the AD of a major SEC school (same as a CEO over a large company) you can’t act that idiotic.
Diehard
July 6th, 2010
1:47 pm
Damon has given “panty raid” a whole new meaning for the Bulldog Nation. It will go down in sports history as the fastest and most expensive (personally) panty raid ever. Thanks for the memories, Damon. Wonder where your seats will be at the home opener?
Kat
July 6th, 2010
1:48 pm
UGA player’s charges may be dropped. Police chief calls football player’s arrest ‘breakdown in communications.’
Now you guys can leave this little freshman alone.
McDawg
July 6th, 2010
2:20 pm
Folks, I’m as disappointed and upset about this situation as all the other Dawgs out there. But let’s set two things straight. Damon didn’t just make a “mistake”. A mistake is when you multiply 2 times 3 and get 8. He made some terrible CHOICES with his life. Many of the choices we make in life have consequences, and the consequences of his terrible choices were that he lost his job, as he should have, badly hurt his alma mater, and caused untold damage to his family and his marriage.
The other point that needs to be straightened out is that most of us Dawgs do not feel that his selection as AD 6 years ago was done out of mere political correctness. While I thought it was terrible how Adams treated Vince Dooley during that time, Damon Evans proved to be a good AD. He showed himself to not only be a capable leader, but an excellent administrator during these last 6 years, and had apparently not given anybody reason to question his personal life until this happened. Which makes his incredibly quick fall from grace all the more incredible. What a sad ending to a troubling episode!
Clever Hannity Listener
July 6th, 2010
2:22 pm
@ Russ the Mascot. It’s your fault. You were the “other Affirmative Action’ Hire (black spot) they were talking about. Dang it!
What were your qualifications to replace Uga.. Speaking of that where were you on the night Uga passed away? I know you did a great while on the Job, but you obviously got it because your @ss (no pun intended) is not white
Answer me you half
Bring back the White Sheets, Dixie, and Jim Crow!
July 6th, 2010
2:25 pm
Yea Russ where were you?
Old Gold
July 6th, 2010
2:35 pm
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July 6th, 2010
2:36 pm
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Old Gold
July 6th, 2010
2:37 pm
Over never mind. This computer is just too complicated for me.
AltamahaDawg
July 6th, 2010
2:48 pm
come on man, give it another shot.
The Autobiography of Damon Evans
July 6th, 2010
2:49 pm
DAMON EVANS: When “Keeping It Real” Goes Wrong
Curious George
July 6th, 2010
3:03 pm
Do you think Courtney and Damon will break up over this little incident?
5IML
July 6th, 2010
3:10 pm
If UGA was more nationally respected, Damon could get his own reality show out of this.
Instead he got:
1. Embarrassed
2. Fired
3. His license suspended
4. (Potentially) Divorced
Sweat Socks
July 6th, 2010
3:29 pm
Will Courtney stick around? Yeah, she really seems the stable type.
Tim Worley
July 6th, 2010
4:15 pm
Can we tailgate on North Campus now?
CONFEDERATE DAWG
July 6th, 2010
7:02 pm
WE AS IN AMERICANS THAT LIVE IN AMERICA
Ivan Cohen
July 13th, 2010
2:48 pm
When AJC does its year end review the Damon Evans matter will surface once more. Someone out in Hollywood is looking to make a movie out of this, the names will be changed to minimize the risk of lawsuits. She may be out of lockup by then, Lindsay Lohan could portray Courtney Fuhrmann, Blair Underwood could portray Damon Evans. Movie will go right to DVD and be sold in the discount department of video stores.