The Jerry Baldwin Saga: 1998-2020

[KACajun]

_ What has Lee's "path" done to lower the APR or endanger it in any way? What path are you referring to? Just curious. _

Maybe the reason you’re not more ____ed is because you don't understand what really happened? Lee got rid of half of the team after his second year, leading UL down the PATH of APR sanctions. My question is; did he do this knowingly and did Walker influence his decision? I have many more questions but I'll start there.

[KACajun]

_ KACajun, in the time I've been here I've shown that I'm willing to ask tough questions and demand answers.

Look at Robe and baseball last spring.

Look at Bustle back in the fall.

Look at Lee during the open-door/closed-door practices and player issues this basketball season.

Just because I haven't touched on some of your questions yet doesn't mean I don't plan to. I think some of you forget that I'm also trying to cover baseball and other UL sports, too. There are only so many hours in a day. David Walker has been unavailable for comment for the past few days after this decision was made on Friday. He was out of the office before 3 p.m. Friday. Tough to do much else when he's gone home for the weekend.

This week offers a great chance for me to ask some of those tough questions. There are some questions I will ask until the answers are provided.

And cm'on, CajunBoudin. No need to call people cats in this thread. _

You have written great stories about UL and you are correct about asking the tough questions, but today IMO you are completely off the mark. How can you come to the conclusion of "despite fans' frustrations, UL did the right thing"? You said yourself you haven't even asked the man in charge of this fiasco a single question about what happened. IMO this is lazy reporting, you are entitled to your own opinion and you have the platform to share that opinion with the masses, from here on out I will dismiss your opinion as unsubstantiated. Also, I have zero problems telling you all of this in person; I’m not hiding behind ____!!!!

[Turbine]

_ You have written great stories about UL and you are correct about asking the tough questions, but today IMO you are completely off the mark. How can you come to the conclusion of "despite fans' frustrations, UL did the right thing"? You said yourself you haven't even asked the man in charge of this fiasco a single question about what happened. IMO this is lazy reporting, you are entitled to your own opinion and you have the platform to share that opinion with the masses, from here on out I will dismiss your opinion as unsubstantiated. Also, I have zero problems telling you all of this in person; I’m not hiding behind ____!!!! _

Not fair

[TheRaginCajun06]

The university will see how the fans feel next year when the attendance is the worse than last year. We as fans have a voice. If the university saved money by keeping Lee they will lose money on attendance. Only the free UL student ID's will be there and not eating or drinking a thing.

We just added another 2-3 years on top of the damage to rebuild our basketball image!

This will never be a basketball town. You can fit 10,000 in that Cajundome if you really wanted to.

[CajunFreak]

_ That will be the first question I ask this week. And if I am continually stonewalled by the adminstration concerning those questions, I will make that known.

Again, and this is not directed at you CajunFreak, just because my opinion sided with the administration this time doesn't mean that will always be the case. My opinion happens to match their actions. Those who think otherwise know nothing about me or how to do my job. _

Thanks Josh!

[ManAboutTown]

_ You have written great stories about UL and you are correct about asking the tough questions, but today IMO you are completely off the mark. How can you come to the conclusion of "despite fans' frustrations, UL did the right thing"? You said yourself you haven't even asked the man in charge of this fiasco a single question about what happened. IMO this is lazy reporting, you are entitled to your own opinion and you have the platform to share that opinion with the masses, from here on out I will dismiss your opinion as unsubstantiated. Also, I have zero problems telling you all of this in person; I’m not hiding behind ____!!!! _

Maybe the reason we don't have "people on our side" (the fans side) is because we jump their a s s everytime they are 1 second late on things we "demand, and now!".
Josh has been the best we've had in a while, so lets be fair and give the man due time. The article head line is a bit frustrating, but most things are right now concerning this complete failure of a decision.

[Parrott]

How can you come to the conclusion of "despite fans' frustrations, UL did the right thing"? You said yourself you haven't even asked the man in charge of this fiasco a single question about what happened. IMO this is lazy reporting, you are entitled to your own opinion and you have the platform to share that opinion with the masses, from here on out I will dismiss your opinion as unsubstantiated. Also, I have zero problems telling you all of this in person; I’m not hiding behind ____!!!!

I didn't write "despite fan's frustrations, UL did the right thing." That's a headline written by someone else, so get that fact straight first before incorrectly stating what I did or didn't say.

While I have yet to speak with David Walker since I learned of the news, it's not because I just sat in the office doing nothing on Friday. I broke the news three hours before anyone else had it. After I got word of it, I was unable to get DW on the phone and he was not in the office.

What do you want me to do, make up quotes? Write what I think he would say? That is "lazy reporting." In fact, I tracked down both Lee and Rogers that same day for reaction.

And as for "unsubstantiated" opinions, the feeling is mutual.

[KACajun]

_ I didn't write "despite fan's frustrations, UL did the right thing." That's a headline written by someone else, so get that fact straight first before incorrectly stating what I did or didn't say.

While I have yet to speak with David Walker since I learned of the news, it's not because I just sat in the office doing nothing on Friday. I broke the news three hours before anyone else had it. After I got word of it, I was unable to get DW on the phone and he was not in the office.

What do you want me to do, make up quotes? Write what I think he would say? That is "lazy reporting." In fact, I tracked down both Lee and Rogers that same day for reaction.

And as for "unsubstantiated" opinions, the feeling is mutual. _

I would have held the Op-Ed until after I talked to Walker, maybe your OPINION will be deferent after that interview...

[ULBaby!]

I got no problem with Parrott or his articles - accurate, factual, informative, good reading, etc. What i wonder is why do we make a decision based on APR and post season play when we ain't exactly tearing up the post-season scene anyway?

Screw it! Fire 'em if they don't win and move on! So what if we can't go to a bowl? We haven't actually been invited in a while anyway.

It seems like we want to play the same old bad hand all night... in the words of an exceptionally unnatractive and probably obscure fitness guru of days gone by - STOP THE INSANITY! Shuffle, re-deal, and start the heck over.

Simple test to keep your job, Coach... WIN here or go somewhere else and try to win (if anyone will have you). As for the U, we'll hire somebody else, give him a shot and if he wins, we'll keep him (or watch him go somewhere else) or cut him loose if he doesn't.

Simple accountability. Nothing personal. Results talk, BS walks.

I've said my peice and counted to three.

[Parrott]

I would have held the Op-Ed until after I talked to Walker, maybe your OPINION will be deferent after that interview...

I wrote about my opinion based on the facts available. And I'll likely write another column after talking with DW sometime this week.

Don't expect this story to disappear from our newspaper anytime soon.