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Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 4:34 pm Wow 600+ pages of trash talk coming from dads who never made the show themselves. Let these kids play hockey. Come back in 8-9 years when your kid will be a line mate on your beer league and talk sh!t then. They’re 9!!

Who cares who’s in the top, mid and bottom. There will only be one champion. Since when does being mid or bottom matter?! Are they handing out trophies to the mid and bottom teams?

Let me remind you that they’re 9 and they’re a few years away from quitting hockey all together

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:43 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:09 pm MM has 6 underagers 2016 birth year.
Worse than TWR

No they don’t stop spreading fake news. But they weren’t able to keep the two 15’s playing 14 last year and that sunk them bad. Both Markham teams really made a lot of enemies in the way they did business and that’s why they keep getting killed on this site.

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 7:25 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:43 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:09 pm MM has 6 underagers 2016 birth year.
Worse than TWR

No they don’t stop spreading fake news. But they weren’t able to keep the two 15’s playing 14 last year and that sunk them bad. Both Markham teams really made a lot of enemies in the way they did business and that’s why they keep getting killed on this site.

Markham has no talent. They have a difficult time attracting talent as well. MM is still probably better than the MW. Only good teams in OmHA Will probably be WW, QRD, BJC and possibly YSE. In OMHA zones the talent was all in KSL. The G is different due to the NYHL

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 9:21 pm We attended skates of different 2015 AAA teams including TRW, Sens, VK, TT and MM. All of these coaches and people behind them insisted that their teams were expected to be competitive, development will be great etc. We later decided to stay in 2016 age group and move with them mainly because I had no information about these coaches.

Are there any criteria to understand that the coach is talking bs and in reality he is a no name and his tin is garbage? And on the other hand how to understand that the coach is good and it's the right place?

Honestly, out of these coaches, probably only the guy from MM looked repulsive. Shifty eyes, a bit lacking self confidence, was running back and forth to see if everyone payed. Nothing special but you feel that he is just not the guy you want to hang out with. Don't want to write about telephone conversation with him afterward, but he sounded like a weird salesman. Though parents said that he was a nice person.
As for other teams, their coaches looked ok, nothing suspicious, especially Sens coach always smiling, took notes during skate, had accommodating manners, we barely agreed to join his team.

Now I read that all of them run poor team, that will lose a lot and won't develop the kids.

What would you suggest to look at when attending the skates? Someone said that it's bad that they had pylon exercises and scrimmage. What good coaches would do?

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 2:01 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 9:21 pm We attended skates of different 2015 AAA teams including TRW, Sens, VK, TT and MM. All of these coaches and people behind them insisted that their teams were expected to be competitive, development will be great etc. We later decided to stay in 2016 age group and move with them mainly because I had no information about these coaches.

Are there any criteria to understand that the coach is talking bs and in reality he is a no name and his tin is garbage? And on the other hand how to understand that the coach is good and it's the right place?

Honestly, out of these coaches, probably only the guy from MM looked repulsive. Shifty eyes, a bit lacking self confidence, was running back and forth to see if everyone payed. Nothing special but you feel that he is just not the guy you want to hang out with. Don't want to write about telephone conversation with him afterward, but he sounded like a weird salesman. Though parents said that he was a nice person.
As for other teams, their coaches looked ok, nothing suspicious, especially Sens coach always smiling, took notes during skate, had accommodating manners, we barely agreed to join his team.

Now I read that all of them run poor team, that will lose a lot and won't develop the kids.

What would you suggest to look at when attending the skates? Someone said that it's bad that they had pylon exercises and scrimmage. What good coaches would do?

Nothing wrong with pylons in a drill. Want to see them working on transitions, edges and puck control. Scrimmage is for tryouts.

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 3:51 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 2:01 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 9:21 pm We attended skates of different 2015 AAA teams including TRW, Sens, VK, TT and MM. All of these coaches and people behind them insisted that their teams were expected to be competitive, development will be great etc. We later decided to stay in 2016 age group and move with them mainly because I had no information about these coaches.

Are there any criteria to understand that the coach is talking bs and in reality he is a no name and his tin is garbage? And on the other hand how to understand that the coach is good and it's the right place?

Honestly, out of these coaches, probably only the guy from MM looked repulsive. Shifty eyes, a bit lacking self confidence, was running back and forth to see if everyone payed. Nothing special but you feel that he is just not the guy you want to hang out with. Don't want to write about telephone conversation with him afterward, but he sounded like a weird salesman. Though parents said that he was a nice person.
As for other teams, their coaches looked ok, nothing suspicious, especially Sens coach always smiling, took notes during skate, had accommodating manners, we barely agreed to join his team.

Now I read that all of them run poor team, that will lose a lot and won't develop the kids.

What would you suggest to look at when attending the skates? Someone said that it's bad that they had pylon exercises and scrimmage. What good coaches would do?

Nothing wrong with pylons in a drill. Want to see them working on transitions, edges and puck control. Scrimmage is for tryouts.

Sure thing coach.

Guest wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:51 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 3:51 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 2:01 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 9:21 pm We attended skates of different 2015 AAA teams including TRW, Sens, VK, TT and MM. All of these coaches and people behind them insisted that their teams were expected to be competitive, development will be great etc. We later decided to stay in 2016 age group and move with them mainly because I had no information about these coaches.

Are there any criteria to understand that the coach is talking bs and in reality he is a no name and his tin is garbage? And on the other hand how to understand that the coach is good and it's the right place?

Honestly, out of these coaches, probably only the guy from MM looked repulsive. Shifty eyes, a bit lacking self confidence, was running back and forth to see if everyone payed. Nothing special but you feel that he is just not the guy you want to hang out with. Don't want to write about telephone conversation with him afterward, but he sounded like a weird salesman. Though parents said that he was a nice person.
As for other teams, their coaches looked ok, nothing suspicious, especially Sens coach always smiling, took notes during skate, had accommodating manners, we barely agreed to join his team.

Now I read that all of them run poor team, that will lose a lot and won't develop the kids.

What would you suggest to look at when attending the skates? Someone said that it's bad that they had pylon exercises and scrimmage. What good coaches would do?

Nothing wrong with pylons in a drill. Want to see them working on transitions, edges and puck control. Scrimmage is for tryouts.

Sure thing coach.

Yes, I am a coach. I am not coaching my 2015 AAA son so don’t bother with those attacks. I use skill sticks, pylons and often have 4 nets on the ice and I develop kids. No standing around, keep it flowing. The idea that using pylons makes you a bad coach is basically the dumbest thing I have ever heard. It is how you use them that is important. It is obvious that you have zero experience.

Guest wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 2:22 pm If pylons are used for more than 12% of the practice, there’s an 87% chance the kids will be drafted after the 3rd round. Really straightforward stuff.