The 2010-2011 Terriers are Turning Into a Soap Opera...

...All we need are some evil step-siblings, a love triangle and some sort of evil leprechaun - like a sadistic lucky charms dude.

There really is just no other way to put it. The Saponari's getting booted. Vinny getting accepted and then rejected from BC. Sophomores Trivino/Chiasson getting suspended. Glass getting suspended and then tossed off the team - and now this: Andrew Glass and his Father responding to the dismissal, to which a current Terrier fires back. I advise you to read both of those Boston Hockey Blog articles before continuing reading this post, otherwise you won't get it.

First off, let's establish the fact that I thought the timing and manner of Glass' dismissal from the team to be a little odd. Why would Parker suspend a player, only to boot him off of the team a week or two later? Why wouldn't he have just tossed him off the team and been done with it? Unless Glass cussed out Parker or something of the like following his suspension, the timeline of events just doesn't make sense. It's not as if Glass could have missed/shown up late to any more meetings, considering all of that took place when players were home for the holidays.

Second, it seems that the truth falls somewhere between the Glass family story and the Parker/defending player story (by the way, I'd bet every dollar I had in the bank that the "unnamed Terrier" was either Joe Pereira or Dave Warsofsky - probably Pereira). There's no way that Glass was a perfect angel in all of this business, but it also seems unlikely that Parker had no other choice but to kick him off the team. Glass probably messed up in a moderate manner, and Parker - keeping with his "no bullshit" approach to this season - tossed him off the team to get rid of the problem before it had a chance to grow. Not saying I agree with the thinking there, just saying it seems likely.

Third, what does this mean for the program as a whole? Most of the BU thread on the USCHO forum is pulling a chicken little, but I don't think the situation is all that dire for Parker or the Terriers as a whole. While it may not be enticing for some recruits to know that they can't just do whatever they want and get away with it, I feel like most kids being recruited by BU would understand that this program meant business and that donning a BU sweater is a privilege that Parker won't hesitate to revoke. While we cannot ascertain the true ramifications of this event just yet, I'm sure we will know within the next year or so if the events of this season and offseason have negatively affected our recruiting. For now, I just hope we don't turn into "All of My Children"...