The Jerry Baldwin Saga: 1998-2020

[KACajun]

Parrott you have turned into a spin doctor for the university, journalistic integrity out of the damn window. This is very upsetting.

Answer these questions:
1-did walker have influence on lee's changing course after his second year?
2-did lee (walker) knowingly put the entire athletic department in jeopardy, when they chose this path?
3-what is the guaranty that these players won't leave the program if lee stays?
4-why did it take so long to make this decision?
5-How many games will give lee a new contract?
6-what does Lotief, Robe, and Bustle think about a bunch of 19 & 20 year old basketball players having this much influence over their teams postseason future.
7-How does walker think this decision will negatively impact the RCAF kickoff?

[CajunFreak]

_ Josh, respectfully, you are wrong, this is an AIG bailout plain and simple. A new coach would have retained 100% of the players.

Lee is the culprit and Walker is billing him as the hero.

For 2005-06 Robert Lee willingly sent the APR down into the 600's a score so low that even if followed by 3 perfect years, cant get you back to the required 925.

Why didn't he put Rhett Hebert on scholarship, a huge boost to APR, instead he kicks him off the team.

AIG: All I Got _

Not to mention... They are acting like that by retaining Lee we are assured to avoid the APR hit, but the worse case scenerio is retaining Lee and players transfering and still enduring the APR fiasco! Why can't anyone else see this as a very real possibility? If and when this happens the University adm. will look far worse than they already do!

This APR thing is far from over and by retaining Lee it is not an absolute remedy. This university & athletic department continues to treat the symptoms of the disease and ignore the real cancers!

Josh, can you or someone in the media pound on this very real issue. Jay, the news channels, & now the newspaper are now ignoring this very likely scenerio.

[UL_Cajuns]

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Parrott, I am very disappointed that you wrote this article.

[zephyr]

The bottom line is this. Nobody knows what is going to happen with players leaving the program since all we've heard are rumors. I would say there is a better chance of players leaving if Lee were to leave but I can't be certain. I too, was upset of the decision but I didn't envy D. Walker in this one at all. I don't know how you measure the lower attendance levels likely to be encountered next year vs. potential fallout on all athletic levels IF players were to leave. If several players did leave and they let Lee go, I'd bet that those coaches mentioned earlier would not be too happy about the decision. I think if this were one year later, I think the obvious choice would have been to get to fire Lee and move on after we would have survived the 4 year APR probation period. Its also interesting to remember that coach Evans is who helped put us in this position, not necessarily Lee. By focusing on the high school route that Lee has adopted, I'm not sure how this has hurt the APR as many suggest but I'd rather that than the alternative.

[HOUCajun]

I think you are being way to tough on Parrot. Questioning him in that manner because you disagree with him (I disagree with him on this issue btw) is not fair. He has done nothing since he's been here to lead us to believe the university influences his opinions.
Just because we disagree with him does not make him unethical.
I also consider he has access to more information than we do and hope that will prove this seemingly bad decision to be the right one.
I don't believe this will happen but wouldn't we all be happy if our basketall team went 24-9 and dancing? I'd rather be wrong on this issue and see the team suceed with Lee. As I said though I really don't think that will happen.

Parrott you have turned into a spin doctor for the university, journalistic integrity out of the damn window. This is very upsetting.

Answer these questions:
1-did walker have influence on lee's changing course after his second year?
2-did lee (walker) knowingly put the entire athletic department in jeopardy, when they chose this path?
3-what is the guaranty that these players won't leave the program if lee stays?
4-why did it take so long to make this decision?
5-How many games will give lee a new contract?
6-what does Lotief, Robe, and Bustle think about a bunch of 19 & 20 year old basketball players having this much influence over their teams postseason future.
7-How does walker think this decision will negatively impact the RCAF kickoff?

igeaux.mobi

[KACajun]

_ I think you are being way to tough on Parrot. Questioning him in that manner because you disagree with him (I disagree with him on this issue btw) is not fair. He has done nothing since he's been here to lead us to believe the university influences his opinions.
Just because we disagree with him does not make him unethical.

igeaux.mobi _

Parrot gave his opinion and I gave mine. It seemed as though Parrot was doing damage control for the university.

[zephyr]

_ Parrot gave his opinion and I gave mine. It seemed as though Parrot was doing damage control for the university. _

Or maybe giving it an unbiasd opinion once he sat down and reviewed all of the facts. I, too was disappointed in the decision but I also see why the decision was made. Its not an easy spot to be in and I think that in a different year, he would be gone with no problem.

[KACajun]

_ Or maybe giving it an unbiasd opinion once he sat down and reviewed all of the facts. I, too was disappointed in the decision but I also see why the decision was made. Its not an easy spot to be in and I think that in a different year, he would be gone with no problem. _

Did you learn anything new from this article that you didn't get from Jay on Friday?

[zephyr]

_ Did you learn anything new from this article that you didn't get from Jay on Friday? _

Didn't hear a word of Jay's show. But as a "somebody has to be blamed" society and fanbase, I think people would have been just as upset if Walker would have fired Lee, the rumors would be true and we lose several players thus destroying our APR since we are still on the probationary period and teams such as Baseball and softball would lose out on post-season status. Can you imagine the backlash there. If Lee has another woeful or even just average year next year (what is the difference), he's gone and they don't have to use private funds to buy him out thus giving us more money to pay a good coach more. Its not the ideal scenario and I do not want Lee here but the alternatives could be much more crippling to the entire athletic dept. and I think that is what Parrott is trying to get people to understand.

[anhil8tor]

_ Didn't hear a word of Jay's show. But as a "somebody has to be blamed" society and fanbase, I think people would have been just as upset if Walker would have fired Lee, the rumors would be true and we lose several players thus destroying our APR since we are still on the probationary period and teams such as Baseball and softball would lose out on post-season status. Can you imagine the backlash there. If Lee has another woeful or even just average year next year (what is the difference), he's gone and they don't have to use private funds to buy him out thus giving us more money to pay a good coach more. Its not the ideal scenario and I do not want Lee here but the alternatives could be much more crippling to the entire athletic dept. and I think that is what Parrott is trying to get people to understand. _

Given our track record, had we lost out on post season play in football, we would have won 10 games this year and gave bustle a charlie weiss deal.