Indy Rutks ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
 
"On the ice, a player skating offside in a practice drill causes his
whole line to hit the ice to do five "burpees." A player who misses the net
with a shot must immediately do five pushups. Other stricter rules are for
off the ice: Get a misconduct and you'll sit the rest of the game; no
drinking on school nights; mandatory class attendance or else the whole team
gets punishment duty; anyone with less than a 3.0 grade-point average has
mandatory study halls; no baseball caps can be worn in class or during
interviews; players must sit in the first three rows of their classrooms;
players not on schedule to graduate in four years must attend summer
session."
 
Sounds like Lucia is taking the academic standards at Colorado College with
him to Gopherland.  Here's a question for everyone:  Will this hurt the
performance of the program on the ice?  Can you impose Ivy-League academic
standards on a large public university like the U of M and still expect to
contend for NCAA titles?  I'm all for players going to class and getting
good grades (that's what they're there for after all), but I think Lucia is
pushing the envelope just a little bit.  Anyone care to comment?
 
Brian
(GO SIOUX!!!)
 
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