UGA blog finds new home
Morning all. As I’ve said a couple of times this week, we’re converting this blog over to a WordPress platform and it will be a permanent move the first of next week.
Those of you who are regulars probably know that I’m not what you’d call techno-wizard when it comes to these things. But from what I understand the technology offered in this new format should make the blogging and commenting experience better for all. Of course, I’ll be learning as we go along, too. But I’m hoping to provide more pictures and video and things like that which should bring the blog more to life.
Of course, this blog is nothing without all you guys so I want to heartily invite (read: beg) you to come over to the new site by CLICKING HERE ON THE NEW ADDRESS and save it in your browsers. As of Monday, Feb. 23rd, this will be the permanent home of the UGA blog you so love or, in the case of some of you, love to loathe. If you’d prefer to copy and paste or just memorize, the new address is: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/.
See at the new place!
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Monday, May 14, 2007
Fine line for men coaching women
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well, it has been an eventful morning as I’m sure you all could imagine. Today was the day UGA released the report on the investigation of women’s golf coach Todd McCorkle. It started with me arriving at the office of public affairs early this morning and has continued since I first received the 57-page, mostly handwritten report.
Regardless of what some people might think, we media types don’t delight in this type of work. At least for me personally, it’s completely opposite. Lives are affected, sometimes they are ruined and, as anybody who holds a job can attests, it’s always sad whenever somebody loses one.
That said, obviously UGA thoroughly investigated the complaints of a few players and parents associated with Georgia’s highly successful women’s and it found too much evidence to ignore what was going on. As was detailed in the stories I’ve posted today, McCorkle resigned of his own volition. The recommendation of the office of legal affairs was for him to be suspended with a month’s pay and to attend anti-discrimination and anti-harassment classes. Of course, you know and I know that McCorkle’s ability to coach and recruit would have been effectively ruined under that scenario.
I talked to Damon Evans this afternoon — and you will hear from him in subsequent stories I file today and tomorrow — about the problems that sometimes face male coaches of female student-athletes. In a nutshell, Damon said whether a coach is male or female should be immaterial and pointed to the fantastically successful careers of women’s basketball coach Andy Landers, women’s swim coach Jack Bauerle and women’s tennis coach Jeff Wallace. There are simply professional standards that must always be upheld and certain subjects that should never be discussed under any circumstances.
So now it’s your turn. I’ve basically unveiled all the sordid accusations that were detailed in the report. Do you believe McCorkle was right in resigning? Do you believe UGA is wrong in retaining his employ, at least for the moment? Is all this the result of what is a PC modern society and have we become hypersensitive to such issues?
I’ll leave it to our columnists to tell you what they think. Tell me what you think.
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