Troy Wingerter Nearly 40 years at Louisiana ...

[Turbine]

He survived Baldwin

[Cajun90]

I will stay out of the for personal reasons, but I don't know how "classy" he is being by going on every available media outlet and discussing the situation, you can see is disgust every time you see or hear him on the radio and TV, it is somewhat passive aggressive the way he is doing it. He is doing a fine job of staying somewhat political, but you can tell he is angry about the situation and will discuss it at nauseum. I personally think if he was being classy, he would just let it go. I do believe he is the scapegoat in this situation, but he is also the one that was ultimately overseeing that department, and someone had to take the fall. I don't think that Troy did anything personally wrong in this situation, but I do believe that the fact that the money was coded incorrectly is an accounting issue that had to be addressed. I deal with this all the time on how we code expense reports and ultimately, I approve or reject every single one of my employees' expenses and when something is coded incorrectly, I have to send it back to them to redo. If it went above me and was incorrect, I would ultimately be held responsible.

fyi, I have seen multiple supervisors/managers fired for the exact same thing. Not that they coded expenses wrong, but they approved other people's expenses incorrectly. This is not just a UL thing; this happens all the time in the business world.

You are probably closer to the facts than anything else I've seen posted. And unfortunately there will probably be more fallout. And no business (University) should ever be airing out personnel matters in public. That is just common business sense from a legal and ethical position. So Troy can say and do what he pleases but the University is right to just keep their mouth shut.

I do understand he has done great things for UL but that doesn't preclude him from making mistakes or errors in judgement that led to this situation. Any manager in business for any length of time has to deal with similar situations. Sometimes employees make mistakes that simply can't be overcome no matter their position, longevity, etc.