It is decidedly not a Shermanesque statement. And that preserves hope. Back in October Adams resigned as chair of the NCAA executive committee. Adams has always been more of a command-and-control aggregation of power type than one to voluntarily abdicate it, so it was widely speculated he stepped down in order to be a candidate to replace Myles Brand--and to avoid all the Dick Cheney jokes. Adams was replaced by Oregon State's president as chair of the search committee.
[Photo: AP/John Amis] pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseMaybe it's just wishful thinking, but the non-denial from Adams may be nothing more than faux-modesty. Adams seems dialed in to the details, so he may have intel on where the committee is headed. ''It will be a broad, open search,'' Adams said, ''but I think Myles proved that it's a good job for a university president and it's good for the NCAA to have the university president. I would not want to say that exclusively, but I think there's a built-in presumption that's likely.''
I would assume the next NCAA president will be in place by this summer, in time for the 2010-2011 athletics year. If he needs recommendations, there will be no shortage of heartfelt endorsements of Adams' candidacy for NCAA President.
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Don't forget that the Beloved Leader, Czar Mike, is a political communications major. He's up to one of the following here, all designed to cover his pasty rear end.
1. He knows, as an insider, he's unlikely to get the call. By disclaiming interest in the job before that becomes publically known, he makes himself look noble when someone else gets it. Sort of the "Sure, I could have taken that job, but my work at UGA is too important, therefore I removed myself from the search." Bill Campbell used this tactic when he denied he was interested in being in Bill Clinton's cabinet. He was never under consideration, but he made himself seem more important for "being a candidate," and more noble for reluctantly turning down the job he was never, and never would be, offered.
2. He thinks he's going to get the job, but he's not positive. Thus, his non-denial covers him if he gets the offer, and covers him as a "disclaimer" if he didn't (refer to example 1). If he gets the offer, he can simply shrug and say he didn't WANT to leave UGA, but duty calls, Cinncinatus responded to save Rome, etc etc. Noblesse oblige required him to answer the call of his country for the greater good, regardless of his personal comfort at, and love for, UGA.
the guy's a diabolical weasel, but he isn't stupid.
PWD,
Could this be a step in the direction of a playoff if the new president wants one?
as old member of the football team. I'd like to say
I don't like Michael Adams and I think Damon Evans is about the worst AD. I seriously think UGA's main problem is the suck ass AD
Another thing to consider is that UGA is going through its decennial SACS reaccreditation as a university & 'Uncle Mike' will do everything he can to make sure that he can steer & influence that, not to mention using it as a talking point for any potential interviews.
Not saying one way or the other whether he'll get the position, but another factor to consider in the whole thing.
Mike-Adams-to-NCAA Watch
I wouldn't normally make a deal of Adams missing a lecture, but he missed a significant one and has missed another that the University puts a lot of support behind in the last 2 weeks.
Today, on the 225th (when's the next time we celebrate that landmark? Right, never) anniversary Founder's Day lecture that I just left, Adams was conspicuously absent. He was also represented in absentia by the new provost at the MLK Freedom Breakfast, which the University greatly supports.
Nothing more than an observation for both, but you'd think you'd try to reschedule a meeting so you could make a 225th anniversary celebration as the president of the institution celebrating said anniversary.
Maybe conspiracy at this point, but there it is.
GO DAWGS!
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