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Why do you care so much? This is all from the same two guys. Stop it boys. We all know who you are.
Easy big guy.
Simple question.
No need to be so sensitive.
He's never coached anywhere. Just a street guy who watches hockey on tv. Horrible breath. Budget is 18K. Team is full of terrible kids and horrible hockey players. They will finish last by 20 pts. There. Does that check all your boxes? Feel better now?
Just a simple question about the coach. Just anyswee it if you know.
Avs 24/25 price tag is OK for the winter season, $5K with GTHL fees. The issue is the Spring Program at $2K. Lots of pushback around Dryland and the cost. There are ways to trim this budget.
Dryland for an A program at U17??? LOL
I wouldn't trust the 5k also. At first it was estimated at 6.5k, now its down to 5k? At tryouts they will hand you the official budget. You take it or leave it. They don't have a manager yet so the detail costing is still underway.
Here's the problem with the Avs. The coach has no experience and will rely on the GM's assistant. A few weeks into the season parents will start to collude and create some disruption. They will push to fire the coach and a parent will step in along with a close friend. It will be circus for some and at ease for others. By the end of the season no one will talk to each other each will go on with their lives.
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That's a bit dark.
The season budget should be the same as any other A team with a trainer and coach. Spring is always optional, with most kids opting in. Dryland is BS. Just have the kids do some push ups run on a treadmill or outside.
This is not a big deal. All the kids left and there were no parents to step in.
The Org decided to have a trainer handle everything, and instead of him picking a team and them asking one of the dads to coach (which would have been tough). He grabbed a coach with little experience to recruit and put a team together. It's not easy to start from scratch at this age, and they team will struggle to get good talent and will have a tough season. Should they have just folded? Maybe, but if kids want to play and trainers want to train, then why not?
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Well said above. The Spring/Dryland is not optional. If you make it optional, then you will have 7 kids and no team formation over the Spring/Summer. Remember, mostly new kids, this is not a team with a Core 12 players. Many steps for these kids to become competitive in the loop and eventually be able to win a round or two in the playoffs.
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In this case, spring is really needed to get the team to gel and see if any cuts need to be made. They should scrap the dryland, but spring is very important.
It is what it is. I can guarantee you that this team will not make the playoffs and that most of the kids will not come back for U18. It's just going to be a very, very tough year. But the kids will be on the ice 2-3x a week for 5 months, instead of sitting in front of a screen and hopefully have a fun away tourney.
Whoever is starting S, should just let the team be. If it's a case where the team is making false promises and padding the budget, then it should be called out, but anyone getting involved with this team has to know that it's going to be and extremely tough year.
I think by this age, 99% of the parents know exactly what's going on.