Thank God. Now hopefully the AD doesn't wait too long to get another coach in. These kids deserve to be able to form a relationship with their new coach so that at least he knows their names BEFORE camp...

Tis’ a glorious day in the Sassy Jack household! Coach Wehner has done the right thing for the kids and this program as I truly feel that he was/is the worst coach in the history of coaching at any level (including 3-4 year old Youth Soccer).

As for the seniors, this is an opportunity to take the “Bull” (nay Bull Voelker?) by the proverbial horns. Lift, Eat, Grow.

God bless the men and women conducting these interviews. May the road rise to meet your feet and may the sun shine warm upon your buttocks and until the search is over, may baby Jesus hold you in the palm of his hand.

P.S. please tell me that the School Board has no say so in this search as I feel that they are completely incompetent. God Bless.

Sasafras, do you think our AD is competent to make that decision? I think Dr. Lutz should decide....

Oh and by the way. I love reading your posts.

Unfortunately my friend, I do not believe that Vice Sortino should have any hand in the search. In my most humblest of opinions, his competence to be our Athletic Director and do right by all of the student athletes of our glorious school, runs out the moment he puts on his pants to go to work…I would like the decision to be made by Dr. Lutz so he can claim fame to building the dynasty that I know in my heart of hearts Baldwin will have!

I am, and hope others are as well, excited for the change. God Bless you today, loyalbaldwinfan.

I am very excited for this change... God bless you also, Sasafras Jackson

A few things, first off jump off the Bull Voelker idea is Bull stuff. For lots of reasons. 1st being an administrator at the MS the amount of time you have to put into a H.S. head coaching position it would take away from his duties tied to the middle school kids. Also he would not beagle to be at practices till well after varsity practice has started. Not to mention that he is tied to the same loosing history of this program, as a player and Asst coach.

The new coach should be hired by a new A.D. If Randy Lutz wants to do interviews it should be for a new A.D. Since Vince took over ad the A.D. almost every program has had below .500 programs or right around .500 with very few exceptions. The Pride Is NOT Alive! All he is good at is politics.

this is a good day

That's right Michael.

Well said, Michael! Your diarrhea of the mouth is spot on.

Sasafras just to clarify, I agreed with Michael when talking about our AD only. I do not really know Voelker:)

Rumor has it that the coaching candidates include: Wagner, Voelker, Terry Smith, and Mike Silanoff.

Natalie Randolph "being a woman has nothing to do with it"...I love the game! Keep an open mind and heart before the contract is signed. Love gives back and disgrace leaves a foul taste and room for much waste...put that in your evaluation process! Respect is earned and returned 9 times out 10 and we win more ways than one! GO HIGHLANDERS!

Terry Smith or Silanoff would be good.....

three of the four are tied to baldwin go outside baldwin no ties to anybody

If they choose Wagner they might as well be ready for another 4 years of losing. But he might be the pick because his family is owed favors. Baldwin need to get rid of anybody that had anything to do with the current football program. And that includes the AD.

Capone is a great canidate

Where is Yannessa when you need him?????

I"m not sure which "character" I enjoy more Ms. Sassafras Jackson, or Manti Te'o's girlfriend. I'm going with Sassafras, because Uncle Helix is always up to something crazy.

My son said they also let the High school principal go today. Any one know if there is any truth to this?

Thanks, I just showed him the story. Rumors fly fast with the students.

Hopefully, they will do EVERYTHING they can to get Terry Smith. Baldwin Football has been nothing but a losing program since the 90's. One section championship does not make a program, a wining one. There is more talent roaming the halls of BHS not playing football than there is on the fid. it's not a mistake that Baldwin wins in youth football from the age of 8 up till high school and then doesn't win more than 4 or 5 games each year. Personally, the ENTIRE athletic program AND AD needs gutted. There is no better man out thre to accomplish this other than Terry Smith. He is Baldwins only chance to have successful sports programs in the future. If you doubt ANYTHING I said, do some research. It's all fact.

Gateway recruits and has always recruited under Terry Smith. He draws the talent.

maybe they should get some of the past and present youth coaches then they coach to win

I wonder why one of my comments vanished off this page? Robert do you know?

Gateway HS Football Coach Files EEOC Complaint With District

October 22, 2012 6:35 PM

Robert- in my previous post I simply asked a question concerning an article I had read. Not sure if this is considered law suit or complaint but it was filed..

I do not think the link went through..Article written by CBS Pittsburgh

Yes that is one of them. I just wanted an update on that. Lawsuit or complaint I wanted to inquire on the status of this legal action. Just checking...

Unfortunately, the baldwin football program will be the same it has been in the past decade, a losing one. It is not the coaches or the AD, it is the players who are not dedicated enough to have a winning season. It is the simple fact that Baldwin football players do not have as much pride and dedication as they did in the 90's.

Johnnyfootball this is a pretty original screen name that you probably came up with after the Heisman huh! What is your basis for this absurd statement? I have been taking my son for 2 weeks at 0645hrs on M/W for QB/WR work. They have had good turn outs for these workouts. and they have been lifting M-Thur for over a month. If you are implying the kids don't want to win your an idiot who make blanket statements with no facts to back anything up. If you played in the 90's what did Baldwin do so great in the 90's. Baldwin has 1 yes exactly 1 Section title. So if this is when you played "johnnyfootball" I would not be bragging cause I see no WPIAL Titles on the football flag in the gym. These kids want to win and have won in previous years. Football coaches can motivate and make kids believe they can accomplish more than they think they can... that is part of coaching kids! Go back and live in your "glory days" of Baldwin football of the 90's.

PITT, being that I have played under Coach Whener for 2 years (awkward for you... guess u made a blanket statement) i think you can say I know what I'm talking about. As for WR/QB practices I have been there to and let me say there are very few kids that take it seriously. Most screw around and avoid coaches help. As a matter of fact one day there was so much screwing around the coach actually canceled it because no one listened. As for the weightroom, there are (on average) 20 kids that come to lift and get better. 20 kids is pretty sad. Plus, those that do come down rarely do anything besides once again, screw around.

Not that I agree with Johnnyfootball on 90% of what he says, but he is on to something. The kids that are there are dedicated! Let me start with that, some of the staff that was there was dedicated. It's the kids that are not there. It's the percentage of the 800 boys in the school that are not on a high school sports team, that should he there. Also just because you lift does not make you better. An old college football coach once said "weights don't push back". Lifting also just makes you slower if your not adding to your skill set, IE D. Brown's 40 time I bet went up from his freshman year till his Sr. year. Just watch the film, you don't even need to clock him. Also with out hand fighting like a wrestler lineman are just bigger, not better blockers. With out tight ends playing basketball they don't improve their skill set. More kids more sports.

Thank you somebody with brains. There are kids on that team that are extremely dedicated. Then there are those that socialize during lifting sessions and screw around because they simply don't care. They may want to win but the don't have pride and determination. As for not getting enough kids, it is simply because people are lazy. When asked to play football most kids would say no because there are "summer practices."

Dedication starts with a good leader. I know for a fact there are kids on that team that are heart and soul football players. New coach, new year! All these kids will be looked at with a new pair of eyes and I guarantee these kids are gonna see alot of changes in their positions. From QB to safety.....

Maybe kids are sick of going to practice all summer and then when the games start they stand on the sidelines and watch the same players lose. Week after week, year after year. It gets old. Good riddance to this "Coach" and hopefully his entire staff.

By the way, how in God's name did this Coach get named to the Big 33 staff? I guess that just shows you what a joke that game is.

the AD is terrible he needs to go

what we need to do is go down to texas and get a good soild football coach with character. No excuses, no explaination, just win football games and get us to Heniz field and hersey park.

Terry Smith, recivers coach Tempel University as of today. Congratulations Wagner. You are all we have left :/

ugh

Robert- Do you know of any news on applicants for the Coaching Position? Could you keep us updated?

They opened all position for a reason. They do not want anyone form teh current. We need someone in here with head coaching experience, there are many ggod canidates out there. Smith would have been great, but you also have Jim Ward, former McKeesport head coach, Jason Rossito, former East Allegheny coach, although he did not win, he has experience needed, Tim Syhoda from Canon-Mac, a lot of potential canidates.

But have any of these people applied???

Coach Wagner doesn't have the experience to be a Head Coach, he may have been titled as an Offensive Coordinator, but Coach Wehner called EVERY play. OC was just a title and a favor. Coach Voelker cannot as an administrator. Guess that's why we are where we are. Admin needs to look outside, not sure who has applied, but it was and is time for a change. Will they be offering a job with this position? That may attract some great outside talent.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, stop the Bull Voelker campaign!!!

Any new updates?

I've heard Voelker, Squigglia, Wagner, and Burns are the internal candidates and KO's coach and Seton Lasalle's Coach are the outsiders.

Surely there are more canidates than just these folks? Has the job been posted outside the district yet? There are a lot of coaches out there, former head coaches, great assistants, all should be looked at. This is a great opportunity and I am not sure if any of those names are the answer.

As much as I think Voelker would be a good head coach for the football team let him stay with the basketball program. I would rather him be the Varsity basketball head coach and let Urmann go. And for God's sake please get rid of Sinning on the bench.

Apparently there is not a position in the district that will go along with the football job, so that eliminates many candidates. It is nearly impossible to win and compete in aaaa and especially in this conference if the coach isn't in the building establishing relationships and getting kids out. So, it appears things will not change at Baldwin.

Let's just hope whoever takes over drops the political BULLS#@T and hopefully nobody is related to the new head coach..........Maybe just maybe they will get some of these positions right, and the play calling will be better!!!

I never realized how many people have received coaching and teaching jobs and starting sports positions in our district because of who they are related to. I guess knowledge and ability just don't cut it, you have to be related to someone. That explains a whole lot about how certain kids are starters when they shouldn't be and how certain people are coaches and they shouldn't be.

The only answer to the coaching staff being replaced is ALL new names.By that I mean no former teachers or players . Outsiders are more likely not to have any ties with school board members,parents players.The new staff needs the same respect the Rooney's give Tomlin. They own the team but he's the boss.

The 2013 scheduled was recently released. Same opponents in the same order as last season, just flop the home/away.

Sitting in the basketball stands last night the talk was they will hire a former Seton Lasalle football coach for the job and it will be announced Monday. The talk was that was who certain parents wanted. Don't know if its true. Guess we find out Monday.

CERTAIN PARENTS? I guess the parents that hired him as their sons side coach (QB) coach a few years ago. That way its a sealed deal..... More politics I guess. Rumors are really getting around. Oh well, some things never change!!! I just hope for a good season for all... Note the word Rumor. I don't want to upset any of the sensitive ones.

I heard Perry and Kamberis got 2nd interviews and that Perry was offered the job as he has already started contacting some people about coaching with him. Wonder if they will vote on him this month or next month. Is this why he pulled his name from Char Valley?

Fighting Highlander- you seem to know all the juicy details.... Do you know who these individuals are that he started contacting?

Sortino has been an awful ad and this trend continues. He took one week to choose a football coach and its a seton buddy where sortino is an alumni. I can't imagine perry being able to have too much success when he is not in the building and won't be able to steal kids from bethel, USC or Lebo like he did at seton. Not to bash lower classification coaches but there is a big difference between competing in aa than aaaa and makes one wonder why he would pursue two coaches who have zero familiarity with aaaa football.

It was a big mistake not firing Sortino along with the coach. They needed to wipe the slate clean. This was the time to do it and it wasn't done. I have never heard one good thing about Sortino. What has he done to keep his job?

I am shoked that the Head Football job was never posted ANYWHERE! Not on the school website, not in the paper, nowhere at all. How can we expect to find the best talent if everything is being done under the table? Are the politics really that bad here, that we owe so many people favors? Is it even legal not to post job? Or is this business as usual here at Baldwin? There are some really good coaches out there with AAAA experience. Nepotism policy needs to be addressed or nothing will ever change.

I heard something about the Seton Lesalle coach having already been hired. Why has it not been announced? Does anyone have any info? Maybe Dr. Lutz could answer these questions because Sortino certainly won't.

I havent heard much on what's going on with hiring the new coach lately. Will it happen at Wednesdays board meeting?

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, stop the Bull Voelker campaign!!!

fighting highlander they opened the position because the coach has gone after two jobs and has not gave them an answer about next year. i thought we just had the same problem with the last coach.

That is a great point Greg.

Wehner applying for the McKeesport job is the straw that broke his back.

Now if they hire Perry, who has applied for at least the BW and CV jobs this year, they are right back where they started. He will be here until he can move on.

This whole process was fishy if you ask me. Job was only posted internally for a week as I didn't see it posted in any newspapers, then Perry pulls his name from CV and looks to be all but officially the next BW coach.

Wish our school could get a coach like Palko from West Allegheny. Our school board will hire someone that is owed a favor.

"New Football Coach for Baldwin-Whitehall on Wednesday": http://patch.com/A-1SNw