Interesting. However, Meredith had already been given his walking papers by the Georgia higher ed board. He had been told he had one more year.
And, if true, this is somehow a dishonor because? What is the current average tenure of a commissioner of higher education and how does his time in Georgia compare to that average? A far more relevant question if we were still in the decision stage but we're not, so what's the point?
Yes, you are right in large part, though there were other things there, I am told. Kind of like Flemming, who butted heads with the car dealers at Southern.