Status update

[PDDuke85]

Jim,
I’ve appreciated all of your DBR writings. Best of luck always.
I’ll catch you on Twitter.

[Bob Green]

This is a big loss for DBR. Thank you very much for all the great articles you’ve contributed to this site. I will miss your coverage as you are both a great Duke fan and a talented writer.

[hallcity]

I look forward to reading the book or books you’re going to write. Thanks for your reporting for DBR.

[MChambers]

Jim,

I'm so sorry to hear this, because I've greatly enjoyed your articles over the years. As others have said, I hope you will still contribute on the forums.

Best of luck with your other projects.

Matt

[Hartford Dukie]

Jim - What a poor, short-sighted decision on SBN's part. You are such a mainstay of DBR. Totally enjoyed your articles and great posts on the forum. Will greatly miss your writing. Very much hope you'll still post. Good luck with everything - and a big thanks for all your contributions to Duke sports.

[SouthernDukie]

So sorry to hear about this, Jim. You were one of the main reasons I decided to start posting here. I highly respect and appreciate all that you’ve done for the Duke community, and especially for the Duke basketball program. Your insights and writing will be missed.

I hope you have a wonderful life going forward.

[YmoBeThere]

Definitely a sad moment in DBR history.

@jls1950ral for those that use the blue bird.

[arnie]

Jim,

Also reiterating all that’s been said, your articles will be missed. Competition for on-line ad revenue is intense and am surprised SBN wouldn’t work with you.

[Skydog]

A big mistake by SBN - any amount of Jim Summer writing is better than none. Please keep posting here if you can.

[jimsumner]

Well, this is unwelcome news.

Is there a reason the poster named jimsumner wouldn’t be allowed or wouldn’t care to post occasionally on EK, as different from the essayist named Jim Sumner, whose articles/essays will no longer appear on the front page?

No, I can still post here. But I'm going to take a hiatus for the foreseeable future. My choice. Still processing things. I'll float down the stream for awhile and see where I end up.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Thanks so much for ALL of your contributions, Jim. It's not a stretch to say that DBR wouldn't be all that it is without what you've given.

[rsvman]

A big mistake by SBN - any amount of Jim Summer writing is better than none. Please keep posting here if you can.

This!


Why not capitulate to a guy as talented as Jim? I'd be happy with one article a month, for example.

Whoever decided to let Jim go made a moronic miscalculation of epic proportions.

[gumbomoop]

Big loss for us. Best wishes on the book and other projects.

Somehow I missed your posts on Slavery, Succession and the Civil War. If you get a chance, maybe you can point me in the right direction.

Don’t seem to be able to link the thread, but you can find it in Off Topic, p. 84, starting on 5/7/16. The thread has some brief discussion of “real Southerners,” then a good bit of military history, and gradually turns to a discussion of the secession winter of 1860-61. And that then leads to some consideration of Lincoln, the logic/illogic of secession, honor, and power. Impossible to summarize, not to mention unfair, as I was one of the participants, along with jimsumner, Olympic Fan, swood1000, others.

It was ... lively.

[Indoor66]

I too will miss your articles with their well written insights. Further, I will miss you wit which has been such a wonderful contribution here. My best to you in your ongoing endeavors. Please keep us informed.

[TruBlu]

No, I can still post here. But I'm going to take a hiatus for the foreseeable future. My choice. Still processing things. I'll float down the stream for awhile and see where I end up.

A glimmer of hope. Don’t stay gone too long. We’ll be missing you.

[1Devil]

I will miss your writing. Your game recaps were the best.

[OldPhiKap]

Big loss for this community. Best of luck, Jim. Now over to twitter to follow….

[ClemmonsDevil]

Ugh! I hate this. I always read your thoughts before I would even discuss mine with anyone. Just and incredibly insightful writer and I will miss your writing.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

Jim,

Thank you for all of your great contributions. Like many others, I have shifted most of my attention to the boards but it is your writing that kept me checking the main page. It will be missed. I hope at some point you come back to the boards as I enjoy your perspectives.

Best of luck in your other endeavors and let us know what you do as I know there are a lot of buyers here.

[Native]

Thanks for all of your contributions, Jim. You’ve made DBR a much better place.