AJ Thelen kicked off team at MSU

falcons86 · Post by **falcons86** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:19 am

Kinda interesting...here's the story

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=117464

GO FALCONS!!!!

Tech83 · Post by **Tech83** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:45 pm

From reading the article, it is not to hard to guess that he isn't making the grades to remain a student-athlete.

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:55 pm

Tech83 wrote:From reading the article, it is not to hard to guess that he isn't making the grades to remain a student-athlete.

From this exert from a different article, it doesn't sound grade related at all. Sounds more like irreconcilable differences between coach and player. http://www.uscho.com/news/2005/03/06_010219.php

Sunday night, Thelen told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "I feel the coach has double standards for certain players. I definitely was confident in my schooling and academics was not a problem. I've been eligible all season and would have been next season. He's set in his ways. I tried to work with him and he tried to work with me and it didn't work out."

Thelen was considered to be having a disappointing sophomore season, and there were whispers of his unhappiness in the program. He contemplated turning pro last summer, but ultimately returned to school.

Comley called out Thelen before the season started, saying he was out of shape and didn't have his head in it.

pdt1081 · Post by **pdt1081** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:00 pm

Tech83 wrote:From reading the article, it is not to hard to guess that he isn't making the grades to remain a student-athlete.

Also from the uscho article:

According to the shcool, Thelen's scholarship will still be honored as long as he remains in school and is academically eligible.

PGY Tiercel · Post by **PGY Tiercel** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:01 pm

The first article stated that he could keep his scholarship as long as he kept his grades up. Meaning they will take his scholarship if his grades fall. If they were already down, then the scholarship would have been pulled already for that reason, without giving him the chance to keep it.[/i][/list]

Tech83 · Post by **Tech83** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:03 pm

Ugh!!

This could just be one ugly situation between player and school. I wonder how much of this is about the school/coach not having a winning season in the CCHA (12-13-3) for the first time in years.

pdt1081 · Post by **pdt1081** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:01 pm

Story just posted on uscho:

http://www.uscho.com/news/2005/03/08_010231.php

Seems drinking was the cause of dismissal. Hmmm...18 year old drinking.....

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:38 pm

pdt1081 wrote:Story just posted on uscho:

http://www.uscho.com/news/2005/03/08_010231.php

Seems drinking was the cause of dismissal. Hmmm...18 year old drinking.....

Damn 18 year olds.

Next thing you know they'll want to drive cars, and get married, and vote, and go off to war. . . .

The thing that is disturbing or shocking to me is that he was drinking the night before a game. That is totally inexcusible for a division one athlete, especially one with a pro future ahead of him.

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:52 pm

Sounds like the wheels are falling off in East Lansing!! Couldn't happen to a better program. Can't wait for it to happen in Ann Arbor....some day.....

And DD, you are right....TOTALLY UNEXCUSABLE. He can blame the coach all he wants, but it sure sounds like Comley did the right thing!!

GO FALCONS!!
TWO WINS IN TWO GAMES!!!