It has been made abundantly clear to me that UVA Athletics does not want to say anything, publicly, privately or otherwise, regarding the finding of misconduct against associate head swim coach Gary Taylor.
I reached out directly to Carla Williams, the athletics director, and Todd DeSorbo, the head swim coach, on Monday to “make a suggestion,” as I phrased it in an email to the two regarding how the Taylor matter should be handled.
“UVA Athletics, and UVA Swimming, need to show contrition in this case,” I wrote. “It would only make sense for Ms. Williams to issue a statement noting that UVA Athletics is aware of the issues with Gary Taylor, note that he has received some sort of training, retraining, counseling, whatever is the case to help him deal with the issues that led to the probation, and have Gary make some sort of statement to the same effect…