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Is there an award for having the most supplemental tryouts? If so the Aviators win by a land slide!!

I will 100% agree with that based on what I witnessed when my son did these mid-am tryouts. Also, the kids that for sure knew they were making it didn't even try hard, and still made it. If they have pre-selected people it becomes a big waste of time and money for parents who's kids won't even be looked at. Felt that it was an honor to be picked by the org to go to the midam tryouts but thought it was a waste of time. Reminded me of our high school tryouts which were also a total joke of pre-selected nonsense. Literally 12-14 kids dicked around at those and still made the varsity team.

I don't know much about this, and really don't care to. What I will tell you is that I know some kids on those lists who were made to look stupid against some A Major and AA kids when they played against each other at Varsity/JV/Middle School this past season. I saw the shaming occur live with my own eyes, so that makes me question the whole process/purpose.

And I'm guessing some players that absolutely should have been there were not nominated and thus not even there, and some were nominated that are questionable. If you are familiar with those groups and that list there are some names you expect to see, definitely several from this pgh 09 group that are missing (and assume did not go because other wise they would be on the list) and some on the list that would make you shm and wonder.

This^^^^^ PPE coaches have been included in the evaluation process and lo and behold, many gold buckets always seem to advance ahead of those that were more deserving. I think MidAms are a sham and a complete waste.

There are usually 7+ evaluators over the course of the weekend. And the evaluators don't know the kids. It's a good process.

Exactly. It's funny that we are all having productive discussions here, with each of us offering suggestions -- right or wrong -- as to what the problem may be. The more I read, however, the more I feel it's just a combination of everything. It's not just one reason. You guys are saying eleven declines is abnormal, but I know of at least three teams that had eight declines or more. I honestly don't know why. I agree that you normally see one or two declines on teams. We are seeing crazy declines, movement like we've never seen, and supplementals after supplementals because of it. I can say it's sad, though, because it's the good kids and their families who ultimately suffer.