Monday, March 3, 2014: Bridge name, UMaine basketball, Great Northern Paper power

Bridge fences

Enough is enough. Its about time we gave this bridge a break. When people want to end their life, they come to the Penobscot Narrows Bridge. Its about time they put up some safety rails and fences to stop people from jumping off this bridge. They put up those fences in Augusta, why not here on this bridge?

Lets stop this by installing some high fences so that it will be impossible for anyone to climb over. It will be a lot better to see those fences than to see the Coast Guard pulling a body out from under this nice bridge.

Eugene Bowden

Bucksport

While the University of Maine mens basketball team admittedly has a history of being not very good, this season has brought about new lows. With only three wins in America East this season, Maine has dropped to 337 out of 351 Division I programs in a well-respected college basketball power ranking list at http://www.kenpom.com. Its time for there to be accountability for their overall lack of competitiveness, and that accountability starts at the top. On behalf of Fill The Steins Nation, its time for University of Maine Coach Ted Woodward to resign.

Woodward is now in his tenth season as coach. In that time, the teams overall record is 116-174 (40 percent winning percentage) and 65-95 (40.62 percent) in America East. Maine has had one winning season (2009-10) during Woodwards tenure and has seen the win total decline in each of the last four seasons.The level of patience shown for Woodward by the athletic department is admirable. However alumni, supporters and fans eventually deserve to see sustained competitiveness.

Maine will never be a basketball school; hockey will always come first. That doesnt mean we should accept a mens basketball team that is uncompetitive more often than not. Both John Giannini and Rudy Keeling took Maine to the conference tournament final as Maines head coach. Theres no reason to think the right coach cant do that again, particularly in the traditionally weak America East. After a decade of mediocrity-at-best, Woodward has proven to not be that coach.

Brian MacLeod

Falmouth

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Monday, March 3, 2014: Bridge name, UMaine basketball, Great Northern Paper power