Dan Welch had plenty of chances and blew it. I think as the years go by Mr Welch
will realize the opportunity that he took for granted.




Carol White wrote:

> Larry,
>
> How do YOU know what Welch was recruited for?  And how do you know if he
> was a good student or a marginal student?  As a matter of fact Welch is
> not stupid, if he was a marginal student, Lucia would not have been
> interested in trying to get Welch to succeed!  Some intelligent people
> are just lazy or lack the proper motivation to handle everything on
> their plate. These people are called underachievers. It doesn't make
> them marginal or stupid.
>
> Welch just couldn't or didn't want to get it all together, had more than
> a couple of chances to make it right and didn't.  I applaud Lucia for
> standing his ground, even though it means the Gophers lose a good hockey
> player.
>
> -Carol
> GO Gophers!!!
>
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >
> > This is
> > big time college hockey and Welch was not recruited for his academic prowess
> > or given a free ride based upon his keen intellect and there are any number
> > of Minnesotans who would never be admitted to Gopher U with Welch's (or many
> > of his teammates) his grades and low test scores-so Lucia recruits to win not
> > to ennoble scholars. The hypocrisy of taking marginal "students" loading them
> > up with the rigors of a sport like hockey and then taking the athlete to task
> > is all part of the Faustian bargain that big time college athletics and
> > universities have made with each other-give me a break.