Really appreciate the no holds barred discussion on coaches earlier in this thread. It's an expensive mine field of lame coaches to navigate and as much money as we pay the owners of the rinks and clubs should be held MORE accountable. But our few rinks and distance between them makes for a lot of guarded comments. Lame coaches don't read anyway.... We found one we like after being shocked by the lack of professionalism in our last one. And the old club ownership never responded to our complaint letter, showing how much they cared.
We are NOW Mariner's and part of the their defection to BB. My son worked crazy hard all off-season to be ready. But finding another spot late was impossible unless we jumped to PeeWee and travelled 2hours one-way in traffic for practices (and why I guess lame owners and managers persist). After getting shredded by the A Wave last weekend in Artesia (they are AWESOME) we stopped by TSC and watched the BB JrGulls battle the JKings (Gasseau's). The difference in play speed was startling....
Having now played half of the A level teams, we will miss the competition and actually wish we were denied the request to move to BB. However, I hope all your kids battle hard and give mine some good shots to save.