The Return of Sully
I had to do a double-take while I was watching the Terrier Tip-Off video last weekend and saw this:
Nevermind his goofy grin and arm flail, but it seems that Brendan Sullivan, who appears to be on the 2008-09 roster, is the same one that appeared on the 2005-06 statistics page. However, all evidence of him has been scrubbed from the 2005-06 roster archive.
Brendan, who was only on the team for one year, was best known for two things:1)
His 15 point explosion against Rider, where he canned 5 three-pointers, scoring all but 6 of his 21 career points.
2)
The questionable circumstances under which he left the team. After being suspended for team rules, rumors flew about locker room fights between Sully and another member of the team, never substantiated. He ended up missing the last game of the regular season and the entire America East tournament due to his suspension, as mentioned in the Game Notes for the February 26, 2006 game against Hartford. Then, after the season, Brendan either quit the team or was kicked off the team -- we never found out, because he didn't comment for this Freep article.
Who knows what he did between then and now -- but he's back as a junior (did he go to school or play ball for one of those three years?) and he's paying his own way as a walk-on.
So... Brendan did something bad enough to be suspended by Wolff for the remainer of a season and leave the team for "off-court troubles"... and now he's welcomed back by Wolff 3 years later? And where the eff did he go? I'd love to hear more about how this happened.
[Update]: Looks like America Least beat me to the punch on this.
Labels: Brendan Sullivan, Coach Wolff, Rider, Terrier Tip-Off