nemesis8679

Autocorrect, what can I say?

Well, I see you're at least able to write a paragraph without misspelling anything or making 30 grammatical errors. You're tribe probably thinks of you as a modern-day Albert Einstein.

This is all great information.

They don't grow kids any different in Pittsburgh than they do in Cleveland. Or Tucson, or Tampa Bay. You can develop athletes anywhere, for any sport. Doesn't matter if parents are "hockey people" or "baseball people" - the coaches are or can be. It's a matter of doing it the right way, and who is doing it. Shaler high school pumped out baseball and wrestling prospects like a factory. That was coaching. Woodland Hills does it with football. That was coaching. There's other examples, all over the country. They're doing or have done it with an even smaller pool of kids to pick from- a single school district. Of course the kids need some natural athletic ability, and can develop more of it. But when you have to show up with some athleticism, be ready to eat right and work hard, AND come up with 10K-40K (not including any extra lessons) increasingly every year... that's just not doable for many of even the best athletes and the local pool you can draw from shrinks. Just my 2 cents.

You must watch a lot of Tucker Carlson.

Could it be they move on because paying 30K+ between the program and mandatory NC tuition is unattainable for many talented kids?

It should be obvious to anyone that they don't grow local players. Isn't it apparent to everybody, as once they hit a certain age most of them are out and someone from somewhere else is in? If you are taking the "elite" in their mite and squirt years, you should be able to develope most of those kids- except those that lose interest, can't keep affording it, or otherwise drop out- all the way through. So in other words, by going with out-of-towner, the organization is telling you themselves that they are not going to do what they're telling you they will do.

I would say the first rule of hockey is to stay away from skills coaches that are team coaches and team coaches that are skills coaches. Keep those separate.

Hockey is way more convoluted than any other major sport.

Yeah, probably. Look how many players go in the FIRST round in the NHL and don't play a game in the league, let alone actually have a career. There's a lot of good, interchangeable players at that level and all levels. But at least they can claim it on their resume if they ever want to give skills lessons or coach varsity somewhere. Hey, I'm happy for them. Hopefully it's all worth it in the end. As long as they're having a good time.

Also, look what rounds they are. Not exactly high.

I guess his son is too old to play, so he could retire and not have to worry about him getting cut off the squad.

Thats different. They're trying to make a team, not just get cheap ice time with no intentions to play.

I would say so. If you are still good enough to get to D1, Major Junior, or pro, that will be obvious somewhere along the line no matter where you play.

It seems like everyone tried to have them about the same time, probably in order to try to retain the previous season's kids to make it hard to go to many tryouts. So I guess that results in low number attendance and the need to have all of these supplementals? And yes, I'd assume you'd lose your commitment fee. I would also try to find a way, I'm not sure how other than charging more for tryouts, to keep parents from taking their kids to a million tryouts where they have zero intention to play there and are just there because you're getting a ton of cheap ice time. All it does is waste the evaluators' time.

A friend of mine mentioned that Renegades are having a supplemental tryout Monday, May 9th at 8:30 pm for 16u mixed year. Just thought I'd post for anyone who might be interested.

For Pittsburgh area AAA, it's more like 80% ???

What is that?

I don't know how much property that includes, the property may be worth that much, MAYBE. But not because the ice rink is there. If property actually is worth anything near that, it'll be torn down and something else put in there like a shopping center or office building. My guess is the guy thinks since the big corporate Black Bear is buying up rinks, they'll give him 3 million. It would take a long time for one sheet to generate 3 million bucks especially for having to put more money into it. And rinks are a poor invest generally speaking.

It was a compliment. It's a thousand times better.

If the new owner took a dump right on center ice, it would've been an improvement over what it used to be.

I'd be pissed if some kid didn't have to go to North catholic to play on that team but mine did. BUT actually I guess I wouldn't, since mine wouldn't play on any team where a specific school was forced on you as the only option. Maybe unless they paid the tuition, and pretty much not even then if it was that school. Seems shady.

Could I ask why?

Based on teams played with or played against, or what the majority of parents say... I've never heard a bad thing about Steel City orArtic Foxes. I would steer clear of SHAHA, Allegheny, Armstrong, Yetis, Vipers, and North Pittsburgh.