Scott Oakman GTHL
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Re: Scott Oakman GTHL
....When the GTHL allows an 08 who was kicked out of a US Bishop Kearney and returns to the GTHL with no concerns despite the incident at BK......
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Above is Oakman writing for sure to defend himself.Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:27 pmCome on .. you are completely wrong with the G. A huge step under Oakman in getting costs down and corruption out of the league. Less private ownership and much more diverse boards across associations. This is leading to teams posting budgets on public websites .. yes, complete transparency. If you have a paid coach, fee right there on a public website. If you host a tournament, all revenues and expenses clearly identified. Yes, Hockey Canada drives some of the decisions .. however, the G is making sure their leagues are balanced, diverse and consistent experience across 'like' ability players and age groups. People on here don't have a balanced perspective.Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:25 pm100%Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:12 pmSpoken like a true lackey. Our team financials surpassed 190k this year without anything extra. 2 yrs ago, we were 100k. So my math shows that while the G fee dropped temporarily by what 50.00?, our team fees almost doubled. For coaches who are on the take, families buying letters and other shady dealings.Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:04 am One of Scott's mandate was to reduce costs in the G. He has done this with the elimination of gate fees, restricting team budgets and holding G fees. Hockey is cheaper than two years ago. It is going in the right direction.
So the only direction the G is headed, is further down the toilet.
A full and complete independent audit with a board and exec overhaul is needed. This is not non profit hockey and it's time HC and CRA stepped in.
Hockey in the GTA needs a complete overhaul. Out with the old, in with the new.
Yes hate fees we eliminated but all he did was push the fee to the individual player. Each player now has to pay an additional $800 paid directly to the GTHL before the season starts.
Less Private ownership? Read the Akim Aliu and Rick Westhead repost. He set up the meeting between Akin Aliu and the owner of the North York Rangers to buy the organization. How does that work? Would that not be a conflict? How is the COO of the GTHL setting up deals for people to buy teams within the league that he is supposed to be in charge of???????
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Re: Scott Oakman GTHL
Why was he kicked out? I am guessing by the post it was behaviour?Guest wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:58 am ....When the GTHL allows an 08 who was kicked out of a US Bishop Kearney and returns to the GTHL with no concerns despite the incident at BK......
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Re: Scott Oakman GTHL
Wtf are you talking about?Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:04 am One of Scott's mandate was to reduce costs in the G. He has done this with the elimination of gate fees, restricting team budgets and holding G fees. Hockey is cheaper than two years ago. It is going in the right direction.
He did not eliminate gate fees…..he took jobs away from the people collecting the gate fees and streamlined it behind closed doors and charged the players and families directly before each season. It’s about $800 per play. FACT.
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This must be written by someone at the G office or by SO's wife.Guest wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:54 amGood point around change and term for a job like this one. However, don't underestimate the work the Oakman has done in making the G more competitive and teams more balanced, driving diversity to all Association Boards that represent G teams, removing unnecessary costs and corruption that existed prior to his term and most importantly stabilizing participation rates in this great game. Thank you, Oakman!Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:28 pmHe's been there for too long. They need to set a 4 year maximum term for his job. As well as an outside independent board member.Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:27 pmCome on .. you are completely wrong with the G. A huge step under Oakman in getting costs down and corruption out of the league. Less private ownership and much more diverse boards across associations. This is leading to teams posting budgets on public websites .. yes, complete transparency. If you have a paid coach, fee right there on a public website. If you host a tournament, all revenues and expenses clearly identified. Yes, Hockey Canada drives some of the decisions .. however, the G is making sure their leagues are balanced, diverse and consistent experience across 'like' ability players and age groups. People on here don't have a balanced perspective.Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:25 pm100%Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:12 pmSpoken like a true lackey. Our team financials surpassed 190k this year without anything extra. 2 yrs ago, we were 100k. So my math shows that while the G fee dropped temporarily by what 50.00?, our team fees almost doubled. For coaches who are on the take, families buying letters and other shady dealings.Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:04 am One of Scott's mandate was to reduce costs in the G. He has done this with the elimination of gate fees, restricting team budgets and holding G fees. Hockey is cheaper than two years ago. It is going in the right direction.
So the only direction the G is headed, is further down the toilet.
A full and complete independent audit with a board and exec overhaul is needed. This is not non profit hockey and it's time HC and CRA stepped in.
Hockey in the GTA needs a complete overhaul. Out with the old, in with the new.
This league is twice the cost of any other league in the province. The corruption is still as rampant today as it ever was. The coaches, orgs and league have just gotten better at hiding it.
In our loop alone this year, one AAA coach (that I know of) got caught playing a suspended player in a tournament with another kids jersey on. G didn't even suspend him because it was an 'accident'.
Recently, a coach was caught fighting with parents from another team and a gun was involved. The G suspended him the rest of the season, but the league and the Org are letting him come back next year to be the head coach again.
I can name at least 4 AAA teams in the loop that have one or two parents running the team, the coach is nothing but a figurehead.
And only 6 of the 14 teams (if that many) in this AAA age group are viable AAA teams, the rest are AA teams charging AAA rates and losing lots of games.
The G has now become the NYHL, a bloated, corrupt, shadow of its former self where money talks louder than the kids who want to play the game. The G is a business, pure and simple, they have no interest in making the game better or making the league better because money is the motivator for the coaches, orgs and the league.
They are simply following the Hockey Canada model that has been so successful.
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Her name is Karen McArthurGuest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:07 amContact link ?Guest wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:41 pmDon’t be silly Scotty boy. You know her name.Guest wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:27 pmIsn’t there that famous female criminal lawyer who’s involved in the hockey world ?Guest wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:23 pmHe runs everything. He is supposed to be voted in by the meme era every 3 years. It hasn’t happened once since he has been in charge.
GTHL is a non profit organization but yet have lawyers representing him in their hearing to suspend coaches. PAID LAWYERS.
Where is this money coming from? Sponsors? Hockey fees?
Didn’t Hockey Canada get in trouble for paying people through their legacy fund. Is that was is happening here?
How can we get an audit done?
We need a lawyer that doesn’t mind spending some time on this.
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Bingo.Guest wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:12 amHer name is Karen McArthurGuest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:07 amContact link ?Guest wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:41 pmDon’t be silly Scotty boy. You know her name.Guest wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:27 pmIsn’t there that famous female criminal lawyer who’s involved in the hockey world ?Guest wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:23 pmHe runs everything. He is supposed to be voted in by the meme era every 3 years. It hasn’t happened once since he has been in charge.
GTHL is a non profit organization but yet have lawyers representing him in their hearing to suspend coaches. PAID LAWYERS.
Where is this money coming from? Sponsors? Hockey fees?
Didn’t Hockey Canada get in trouble for paying people through their legacy fund. Is that was is happening here?
How can we get an audit done?
We need a lawyer that doesn’t mind spending some time on this.
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Are you kidding me? Corruption up? This is not true. When was the last time you heard a coach on the take? Association get taken by its volunteers? Manager taking a cut on buying ices times or SWAG? All of that has disappeared with posting of budgets and transparency to all costs. You guys are just not posting facts.Guest wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:11 amThis must be written by someone at the G office or by SO's wife.Guest wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:54 amGood point around change and term for a job like this one. However, don't underestimate the work the Oakman has done in making the G more competitive and teams more balanced, driving diversity to all Association Boards that represent G teams, removing unnecessary costs and corruption that existed prior to his term and most importantly stabilizing participation rates in this great game. Thank you, Oakman!Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:28 pmHe's been there for too long. They need to set a 4 year maximum term for his job. As well as an outside independent board member.Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:27 pmCome on .. you are completely wrong with the G. A huge step under Oakman in getting costs down and corruption out of the league. Less private ownership and much more diverse boards across associations. This is leading to teams posting budgets on public websites .. yes, complete transparency. If you have a paid coach, fee right there on a public website. If you host a tournament, all revenues and expenses clearly identified. Yes, Hockey Canada drives some of the decisions .. however, the G is making sure their leagues are balanced, diverse and consistent experience across 'like' ability players and age groups. People on here don't have a balanced perspective.Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:25 pm100%Guest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:12 pm
Spoken like a true lackey. Our team financials surpassed 190k this year without anything extra. 2 yrs ago, we were 100k. So my math shows that while the G fee dropped temporarily by what 50.00?, our team fees almost doubled. For coaches who are on the take, families buying letters and other shady dealings.
So the only direction the G is headed, is further down the toilet.
A full and complete independent audit with a board and exec overhaul is needed. This is not non profit hockey and it's time HC and CRA stepped in.
Hockey in the GTA needs a complete overhaul. Out with the old, in with the new.
This league is twice the cost of any other league in the province. The corruption is still as rampant today as it ever was. The coaches, orgs and league have just gotten better at hiding it.
In our loop alone this year, one AAA coach (that I know of) got caught playing a suspended player in a tournament with another kids jersey on. G didn't even suspend him because it was an 'accident'.
Recently, a coach was caught fighting with parents from another team and a gun was involved. The G suspended him the rest of the season, but the league and the Org are letting him come back next year to be the head coach again.
I can name at least 4 AAA teams in the loop that have one or two parents running the team, the coach is nothing but a figurehead.
And only 6 of the 14 teams (if that many) in this AAA age group are viable AAA teams, the rest are AA teams charging AAA rates and losing lots of games.
The G has now become the NYHL, a bloated, corrupt, shadow of its former self where money talks louder than the kids who want to play the game. The G is a business, pure and simple, they have no interest in making the game better or making the league better because money is the motivator for the coaches, orgs and the league.
They are simply following the Hockey Canada model that has been so successful.
Also, yes, teams cross the line around playing suspended player, getting into heated arguments but now the G immediately calls an investigation, gets to the bottom of it and makes a call. You may not like the call but they make the call.
Take a look at your own boards .. are they not now filled with much more diversity, younger, female, ethnic. Yes, they are. Do they have less people with active playing kids in the association .. yes they do.
As for Money, the ware on costs is a long one. It has started taking the corruption out of budgets but now has to move to other areas like more volunteering, G working with city on ice time costs, limits to tournaments per team, and culture of less SWAG items per team. This is finding its way but will take another couple of years.
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Scott has made hockey more expensive for everyone. No more discount for families who have multiple kids in the league. Stop this band of corrupt grifters.
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Re: Scott Oakman GTHL
Kicked out for a horrible incident and returned to the GTHL and no one batted an eye.
Then played in the U16 All Star
IS that a role model for young GTHL players to look up to?
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