Responding to Heather Jordans post : If your home towners know Shawn Walsh, it is because he worked 16 - 20 hour days, 7 days a week, and moved this program from yawn to national championship, mainly through the sheer force of personality. That made him media fodder. That is why your local folks have heard of his name. If you want facts, you wouldn't have half the success, or half the youth hockey programs or half the game revenue or half the national attention without Walsh. If he was, as Heather alleges, half the problem, he is more than half the solution. The mission of UMaine, officially or unofficially has always been excellence. He worked hard toward that goal, and is back working hard toward it again. Give the man a chance. Representative Mayo is welcome to his opinion. I continue to be amazed that he doesn't seem to be listening to what I hear is the majority of his constituents, and dropping the issue. Most people I speak to, (and contrary to my public self, I have a wide range of interests that take me all over the state) believe that Coach Walsh has done his time and should be welcomed back. They believe that if a person is sincere in apology, and has been dignified in punishment, they deserve the chance to redeem themselves. He's done that. Drop the issue.