By Stander

2 hours ago, Happy Hockey Fan said:

There have not been any changes to PAHL in many many years. Change takes work. I don’t think the leaders are interested in doing any more work than they do now. I believe new people would be more energetic in their efforts. 

There are Mid Am and PAHL director/board positions open for nominations every year: the notices opening nominations are out there for anyone to see and volunteer for.   I've worked with many volunteer-based organizations over the years and have found that the ones that complain the loudest and longest rarely are willing to put in the time and effort needed to make a difference.

38 minutes ago, muckerandgrinder said:

SMH.
I remember when you had to earn AA in PAHL. 

So much hatred for the so-called “faux” AAA teams out there. I’ve said it all along.. a small percentage of the parents on the non-PPE teams still chase the NHL dream, a large portion simply move on out of disgust for PAHL. Not the talent level but how he league is operated. The people running the league are dinosaurs with nothing better to do with their time since their kids aged out 15 years ago. 
No vested interest. No desire to make positive changes. Zero constructive thinking beyond the obvious until it comes to their favorite.. doling out disciplinary actions.
Placements are a joke as well..I’m placing my bets on any team from Cambria, Westmoreland, Wheeling etc. to win any division. Tank the placements and cruise through the regular season while they run the wheels off of their top 2 players who shouldn’t be playing A major whatever because the organization “doesn’t have the talent to support a AA team”.

PAHL is a joke and a bigger problem to local hockey than anything else. 
 

There are always opportunities for improvement in any organization and it's easy to sit on an anonymous message board and bitch, moan, whine and complain.  It's a lot harder to come up with real-life, concrete, workable solutions.  What are your specific recommendations and what have you done to put those forward for consideration?