Jasper is open, then it isn't, then it is again, then it isn't again (for now)

[dillonpanthers]

According to reports on Twitter, Jasper has reasigned Barbay. 

[Bulldogs92]

I just heard about this and JISD is making a huge mistake...

[Uncle Pig]

I don't get it; didn't they win the district this year and play pretty far into the playoffs?

[Bulldogs92]

Yeah. It's been that way ever since Barbay got there. He's the kind of guy that didn't see Jasper as a stepping-stone job and he would have been there a while. I can't cite a source, but I'm hearing that they want to split the AD and head coaching duties. It's disheartening to have to go through this again...

[The Icon]

David Thompson of the Enterprise tweeted that a School Board member informed him that no one has been fired and Barbay has meetings with the Superintendent and School Board on Monday.

[Bulldogs92]

2 hours ago, The Icon said:

David Thompson of the Enterprise tweeted that a School Board member informed him that no one has been fired and Barbay has meetings with the Superintendent and School Board on Monday.

I hope they find a way to fix this. Barbay might be the best fit for Jasper since Coach Walkoviak was there....

[AHUDDLESTON]

New superintendent in November from a large district with several high schools, 3 months later you get rid of a successful AD/HD coach? I don't know any details, but something seems off. I did some research and saw the Supe was not hired unanimously.

[geep06]

Group has been planning for a couple of years. Huge mistake!

[jimmyw]

15 hours ago, Bulldogs92 said:

I just heard about this and JISD is making a huge mistake...

I heard that they waited until registering to be on school board election time was up. I hope there is alot of write opposition in the election. Send a message. If I am not mistaken, Jasper has had a new superintendent three or four years in a row. Something isn't right in J-town.JMO

[CardinalBacker]

On 2/18/2017 at 2:16 PM, jimmyw said:

I heard that they waited until registering to be on school board election time was up. I hope there is alot of write opposition in the election. Send a message. If I am not mistaken, Jasper has had a new superintendent three or four years in a row. Something isn't right in J-town.JMO

That's not true. Skuza was there for several years. 

[WOSgrad]

14 minutes ago, CardinalBacker said:

That's not true. Skuza was there for several years. 

Skuza was JISD super from August 2013 until June of last year when he retired.  Gerald Hudson, the current super, was hired in November.

[AHUDDLESTON]

Just to put numbers to it: Coach Barbay - 2012 - 2016: 43 - 19 never fewer than 12 games in a season.

2007 - 2011 Jasper: 27 - 27 12 games one time, missed playoffs twice.

[oldschool2]

Word I got is that this has something to do with baseball.  I heard that the Jasper people are pretty crazy when it comes to their baseball.

[WOSgrad]

Well, I am getting a bit confused here. While David Thompson and Art Lay are claiming up and down the Coach Barbay was not removed on Friday, posts here, largely from the Jasper community seem to indicate that Coach Barbay was removed.

Do we know which it is?

[oldschool2]

He will have zero problems finding a job.

[WOSgrad]

59 minutes ago, oldschool2 said:

He will have zero problems finding a job.

No doubt, with his coaching record (118-72, 41-32 at Hull-Daisetta, 34-21 at Anahuac, 43-19 at Jasper) he will rise to the top of a number of coaching searches.

The question is will he have to?  I might be reading this completely wrong, but Coach Barbay currently looks to be the middle flag on a tug of war rope with Jasper ISD administration pulling on one end and the Jasper ISD Board of Trustees pulling on the other, leaving him in what could best be viewed as limbo. 

Whatever direction the district goes in, they need to come out definitively one way or the other and soon.  To do anything else would be patently unfair to Barbay as well as being disastrous for the athletic program, particularly the football part of it.

[oldschool2]

This will come back to bite them.  Good.

[dillonpanthers]

Yep...this may hurt them. He may give them the Fedora...they may keep him, then say screw this, I can find a better job. I don't need to work for a bunch of people who don't want me. 

[WOSgrad]

Well, according to a tweet by Thompson, the Jasper ISD super says that Coach Barbay is still employed with the school district.

[navydawg31]

36 minutes ago, WOSgrad said:

Well, according to a tweet by Thompson, the Jasper ISD super says that Coach Barbay is still employed with the school district.

He might be employed but is he still AD/HC or did he get reassigned?!

[WOSgrad]

2 minutes ago, navydawg31 said:

He might be employed but is he still AD/HC or did he get reassigned?!

You are asking the exact question that came to my mind when I saw the tweet.  And I don't know the answer to it.

[oldschool2]

38 minutes ago, WOSgrad said:

Well, according to a tweet by Thompson, the Jasper ISD super says that Coach Barbay is still employed with the school district.

 

Well, he would be even if reassigned.  Hence the work: REassigned.  But that's the point.  I doubt he's ok with not doing the job he was hired to do.  I hope he resigns last minute, takes all his coaches with him, and puts them in a bind. 

[WOSgrad]

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[oldschool2]

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Well I'll admit that the article makes it seem as though there won't be any changes.  I guess the old saying rings true.  Only believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear.

[navydawg31]

That last bit information on the article is interesting, leaves the door open on could be getting fired or nothing happening at all. The whole "At this time our plan is to evaluate everything," is very interesting... could be trying to budget cut or new supertindent could be trying to bring in their regime of people... but interesting to see where Jasper Athletics stands come Friday.