re: The Senator hits another one out of the park in this blog post...

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What's grating is that the quotes seem to be both tone-deaf to what is bugging the fans and ignorant to how the current spending market is working. But short of changing their philosophy, I really don't know what else McGarity could say that would be better here.

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I just think he struggles with public communications honestly. When there's enough criticism out there, you can't just brush off peoples' concerns. And yea, it's a rough situation for him and I'm not going to sit here and even pretend I'd do any better at all. That's one thing I hate about public positions like that and one reason I'd never want one, you may very well be right but, unfortunately, how the message is delivered becomes almost as important as the message itself. Once it becomes a recurring theme and gets attached to you (like being "cheap" has to him), it's near impossible to shake it. Just look at Bobo for instance, he is still shat on all the time for his inconsistent playcalling early in his career. It's not fair but it is what it is.

It did kind of make me laugh that he says he is insulated and doesn't hear any of the criticism yet he basically rattles off the exact things people criticize him for. I agree that they're getting their bang for their buck, probably more so than any other SEC team honestly, but if that's what they're after as a top priority then they need to just admit it. Don't say you want championship caliber teams then rattle off several championship caliber teams and say that you don't spend as much as them because they've had more success. Especially when that's what you're being criticized for. I think he knows that wouldn't be the best selling point at the next fundraiser though.

TL;DR: how you communicate is almost as important as what you communicate and if getting your bang for your buck is your top priority, just admit it.

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What we need is some big time boosters

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Not sure that we have big time sugar daddies beyond
Leebern...we do have some very wealthy alumni but
spending their money on UGA FB is not their highest
priority.

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The Georgia Way morality play is a smokescreen to appease the contributing supporters without having to spend the money necessary to operate championship athletic programs.

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This comment wins. Anyone who honestly
believes we are doing things the "right way" is kidding himself. It's a front to maintain status quo.

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quote: John Calipari is dead on: “Administrations win championships.” Sadly, I’m in the camp that believes that McGarity is doing exactly the job he’s asked to do. Until the old guard, stuffed shirt, scriveners and misers in B-M die off and are replaced by progressively-minded folks who understand the nature of the modern CFB landscape (the “arms race”), the The Georgia Way will be alive and well. ADGM will continue to do his best Scrooge McDuck impression, high-diving from the vault, spitting a stream of gold doubloons like a fountain. Red Panties aside, I think Damon Evans was our best shot at keeping up with the SEC Joneses from a culture standpoint. Right now, we’re no better than facing a room full of Montgomery Burnses who are making the calls on the IPF, coaching salaries, etc. Paying our current coach(es) more isn’t going to accomplish anything right now, anyway. They’ve already shown they can come within striking distance of a NC appearance (’02, ’07, ’12) with B-M holding the status quo, so you’ll never convince the AD’s office that they’re doing anything wrong – we’ve just been unlucky in that regard. The problem with most of the seasons where Lady Luck has appeared to spurn the Dawgs can often be attributed to the team not being adequately prepared for all 14 games. Even when they fire on all cylinders and curb stomp a Top 10 Auburn team, they come out flat against USCjr and send the band & cheerleaders out to play against the Gators. THAT is a deficiency in coaching. I’m pro-Richt, historically, but I know that the killer instinct that ignites teams to win championships isn’t there to the level that it needs to be, because after all, our HC is very open about the fact that “there’s more important things in life than football.” The galling subtext of McGarity’s (paraphrased) “Of course we don’t have what LSU, Bama & Auburn have – we don’t spend that kind of money” is that they’re totally fine with 9-3, 8-4 seasons if it keeps a steady tide of cash rolling in. Once something puts a dent in the bottom line, then it will generate enough attention to warrant DISCUSSING changes. All the while, our neighbors to every side will continue finding ways to stack crystal footbalils. (I don’t know what to call the God-awful CFP trophy. The Belk Bowl champ’s trophy is more elite-looking than the gold-toned parentheses monstrosity).

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Evans was even a bigger puppet than McGarity.

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The Georgia Way morality play is a smokescreen to appease the contributing supporters without having to spend the money necessary to operate championship athletic programs.


This comment wins. Anyone who honestly
believes we are doing things the "right way" is kidding himself. It's a front to maintain status quo.

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This might be true to some extent but there's no doubt that UGA has higher ethical standards regarding athletics. Blame or congratulate Jan Kemp or whoever but it is what it is.

It is also a reality that UGA admins have chosen to focus on academics as a much higher priority that football. They would likely argue that if they had more money to spend aka donations, then they would be able funnel more into the football program. In light of their budgeting priorities, I could not really argue with this perspective. They are spending at a level balancing priorities which has kept our university profitable. Our football program has been competitive under Richt and close to championship level on several occasions/seasons.

It appears we need more investment in the football program to get it over the hump to consistently compete for championships. However, given the current budget, what funding needs to be reduced in order increase the budget for football? Give their priorities, it won't be anything academically related. So again, I would suggest that we need an infusion of cash from a new source with football strings attached.

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And frankly, Dr. Harrison likely made the more beneficial choice regardless.

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Yea, I can't argue with him. Would have no problem giving UGA athletics some but if I was giving a ton of money, it'd be primarily to the academics side of UGA and MCG. That money he gave is going to help MCG a lot with offering scholarships (and they really need more of those). Sounds like MCG was fine with there being strings attached too because I'm pretty sure Dr. Harrison was pretty specific with how it could be used.

We had thugs before all those kids were kicked off, and I promise you we still have thugs now. We have bagmen; we have kids that do drugs; we have kids that cheat in school. Kick three guys off the team for smoking pot; I'll show you three more who smoked and haven't gotten caught. Booting the pot smokers off doesn't make us superior, it makes us dumb. Our roster is filled with pot smokers either way.

Not to mention inconsistencies over the years. Montez Robinson was arrested for domestic battery three times before finally getting kicked off the team. Three. What makes domestic battery a more agreeable offense than smoking dope? And crowell was caught with weed before the Florida game a few years back and his suspension was conveniently pushed back to the next weekend when we played St Mary school for the blind.

The Georgia Way is a fictional tale penned by McGarity where Richt is the main character.

This post is full of stupid not sure where to start?

If our roster is full of pot smokers why are we kicking
off starters?Couldn't we have found someone else besides
JHC to kick off?

Why did we sit TG when A&M and FSU basically gave the
NCAA the finger for just about the same infraction?

How come we don't recruit kids that kicked out of
other SEC schools?Our competition certainly does
when we kick out players.

If you don't think we have higher standards for disciplinary
issues and failed drug test than just about every other SEC
school you're delusional

Are you saying that we're covering up failed drug test?
Domestic battery issues?How come John Taylor got
kicked off the team if that's the case?BTW he is being
recruited by Bama for next season.

Idk Jeff, if Richt had 20 more analysts Murray probably doesn't get that pass tipped and we win.