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13 minutes ago, Wampa1 said:

Too easy. Seems I’ve triggered another pretender on the board. Manhood is a long way off kid when your hero’s are midget hockey players. 

My hero’s? My friends*. You’re the one who follows like a fan 

2 minutes ago, Wampa1 said:

Well mom and dad need to get their tuition money back because that degree milk you went to fails to teach reading comprehension son. I clearly stated there have been players that did well there. Trevor was one of the players that the stars were lucky to get. How long did he play there by the way? Check with your contacts. There have been several more that helped carry the rest of the bill payers the club leaders make a living off of. Hetz, Brown, etc. all carried the reputation of the club. I’m sure you knew that. You got the stats I’m sure. Oh and way to go holding down a job. That used to be what you’re supposed to do. Not what you get a pat on the back for. I’m sure mom and dad are proud of you for having a job and having close contacts still playing. You’re the best boy. 

Did you not read what you said? You accused me of living off my parent’s dime, which I’m not. Say something with facts behind it. So pops, get off your high horse and get a life. Players deciding to play an extra year has absolutely no effect on your life. For some, it might lead to something more (like Trevor and others). For others, it gives them an extra year to decide what they want to do next after high school. That does not make a person a failure. You’re a loser who’s trolling a blog that is meant to discuss local youth hockey. It’s about as sad as life gets. I truly hope you don’t have kids and if you do they don’t know you’re on here because they’d be absolutely petrified knowing you are like this on here. You can keep calling me “son” and “boy” and that’s fine because I know that right now at my age I am 5 times the man you’ll ever be pops

11 hours ago, Wampa1 said:

Not sure where I failed son but here’s a free lesson. I’m sure since you’re still on mom and dad’s dime you and I have a vastly different idea on what failure is. Trust me, my experience here is plenty deep and I’ve been at this before your caretakers even knew what hockey was, let alone mortgaging their home to make sure you could keep doing it “for the boys”, when you should have been moving on in life. Sure, there are plenty of AAA players that move on and succeed. What I’m referring to is the Esmark organization specifically. There have been players that the leaders of that club have been lucky to have. They would have been moving on no matter where they played. But as for the rest of the players (and no I don’t keep statistics nor do I care to) its criminal that any of them are left as roster filling, bill paying extras. At the U18 level especially, the team has a baby sitter as a coach and they’re skills either stay the same or get worse. It’s all about the good time there. Great teams but lots of wasted money and opportunity. I’m not anti-AAA. Love it actually. Big proponent of pushing yourself to the highest level possible. But I’m not a fan of encouraging young adults to waste years on “having fun”. That’s what we used to think was failing junior. Also, if not many people know this board exists, how pathetic is it that you decided to come on here to insert yourself into a topic you weren’t named in? That’s pathetic. Move on boy. Time to grow up.

More biased opinions from you with no backbone,  no I’m not on my parents dime. I actually graduated from college and hold down a decent job. I have a few connections still playing so I tend to come on here and check every now and then to see what people are saying. You’re the type of guy who follows high school hockey with absolutely no connection to it. “Wasted opportunity” makes no sense. What would you say of someone like Trevor recktenwald who played a second year of U18 for Esmark and is now in his senior year free of charge playing D1 hockey for Ferris state?  There’s several more who went on partial scholarships to play D3 hockey. You have no stats. You say biased opinions and play them off like facts. Keep yelling at clouds old man. The worlds passing you by 

16 hours ago, Wampa1 said:

Well first I can have any opinion I’d like. Second, spend money anywhere you want. I’ll reserve the right to criticize the decision to continue to pay for what, in my experiences opinion, is the worst value in WPA hockey. Put off real life to play at a higher level? Do you know how many of these players fail at even the ACHA level because they have not been prepared by that organization for what comes next? The least they can do is start a men’s league program for all of their players that will continue to want “one more year” in that organization. The least I can do is come on here and offer the experienced opinion as opposed to the biased opinion. 

Actually I’m somebody who not so long ago played for a AAA team in the area and personally know several people who played as a second year U18 and did just fine.  Could you please provide your unbiased stats on who “failed even at the ACHA level” or are these your biased uninformed opinions? Or do you keep in contact with these kids and their families and know for a fact that they “failed”? You clearly have a grudge against tier 1 hockey in Pittsburgh. That’s fine. Claiming people “failed” at the next level with absolutely no basis behind that on an anonymous hockey forum that most don’t even know exists is the definition of irony.  You sir, have failed. Now don’t go getting hypersensitive about that 

On 3/11/2019 at 5:10 PM, Wampa1 said:

No it’s not sad to “band mouth”. Whatever that is. If you had the slightest idea you’d know I was referencing players who have already graduated. All I did was ask why those guys aren’t in school if they aren’t moving on to juniors? How much money do you think you’ve given that organization? I was just curious what the mindset is behind it. What’s the end game? So they enjoy “one more year” then what? When is it over? What do they insist on enjoying “one more year” next? How about “one more year” off of school? 

Most of these 17-18 year old’s “end game” is to play one more season of hockey at a high compete level. Some don’t know what they want to do for school and others aren’t ready to give up the dream of playing at a higher level. Who are you to judge where families spend their money and on decisions young adults make?