DING! DING! DING!
Icadad has hit the nail on the head:
I do blame them (CAHA) for losing sight of the fact that they are administrators for a league, and not evaluators of competitive competency.
Nicely stated, sir. Agree 100%. But just so we have all the ugly facts, let's remember that hundreds of families were FORCED by this governing body of administrators to travel to San Jose (the hockey minority market), which meant more than a third of these families had to drive or fly and stay at a hotel spending hundreds of dollars, if not thousands. Great. So what were the results of this manufactured Labor Day money grab quasi-tourney of 4 runtime games? Three of the four divisions are not flighted. Um, excuse me? Are you serious? You idiots dragged us up to that suburb-gone-wild and then you don't even flight three of the four divisions? Are you fucking nuts? Congrats, CAHA, you've earned your 1st F*CK CAHA.
Let's continue, though. Of the one division that did get flighted (Bantam), I'm sure CAHA got that correct, right? I'm sure that split was very obvious, right? Nope. Completely fucked that one too.
Now, all season, we have to stare at the bullshit Bantam flighting breakdown that is a glaring reminder of CAHA's consistent bias, vague policies, and shady underhandedness. Oh, and instead of making it a 10/10 split, which is logical, the split is 9/11?! I mean, come on, boys. It's like you're punishing yourselves now.
But then the split was probably obvious, right? It's was totally clear to everyone, right? Nope. Not at all. CAHA just can't help from doing everything ass backwards and putting their hypocrisy on center stage with bright lights and glitter.
Let's take a look. And upon quick analysis of those 9 teams put into Flight 1, 4 teams (Bears(2), Flyers, GSE(1), and GSE(2)) had a WORSE showing at the Evaluation Weekend than the Wave. But don't believe me, let's look at the games and stats:
BEARS(2)
Bears(2) 2 Kings(2) 1
Bears(2) 2 Wave 2
Bears(2) 0 Ducks(1) 2
Bears(2) 0 Kings(1) 1
RECORD 1-2-1 (4 GF/6 GA)
Note: They lost 2 games to Flight 1 teams, tied a Flight 2 team, and beat a Flight 2 team.
FLYERS
Flyers 3 Ice Dogs 7
Flyers 0 Bears(1) 10
Flyers 7 GSE(2) 2
Flyers 3 Gulls(1) 0
RECORD 2-2 (13 GF/19 GA)
Note: They lost 2 games badly to Flight 1 teams, beat a weak Flight 1 team, and beat a bad Flight 2 team.
GSE(1)
GSE(1) 4 OCHC 2
GSE(1) 2 Blackhawks 2
GSE(1) 0 Saints 3
GSE(1) 5 Reign(1) 0
RECORD 2-1-1 (11GF/7 GA)
Note: They lost the lone Flight 1 team they faced, beat two Flight 2 teams, and tied a bad Flight 2 team.
GSE(2)
GSE(2) 4 Gulls(1) 3
GSE(2) 10 Ducks(2) 1
GSE(2) 1 Bears(1) 9
GSE(2) 2 Flyers 7
RECORD 2-2 (17 GF/20 GA)
Note: They lost badly to the two Flight 1 teams they faced and beat two bad Flight 2 teams, and only one convincingly.
Wave
Wave 1 Condors 0
Wave 2 Bears(2) 2
Wave 0 Gulls(2) 1
Wave 2 Ice Dogs 0
RECORD 2-1-1 (5 GF/3 GA)
Note: They beat a top Flight 1 team, tied a Flight 1 team, beat a Flight 2 team, and lost to a Flight 2 team (arguably the best remaining Flight 2 team).
So, of course, the logical result is that the Wave doesn't belong and it's better to go with a 9/11 split than a 10/10 split. What?!? Congrats, CAHA! You have earned your 2nd F*CK CAHA!
But let's be fair, let's look at who exactly evaluated these games. Certainly these people were unbiased experts with full knowledge of the teams and the divisions, right? I'm sure their sole focus was to get it right, right? That CAHA had done their job and found the people who can break this division in half in the fairest and most honest way, right? No. Of course not.
The evaluators were coaches from other divisions who learned as they arrived for the weekend that they were evaluating games. Oh, and I'm sure they weren't distracted by their own games, players or parents, right? Or influenced by their club's needs and desires (hello GSE!!!), right? Good lord, CAHA. Another well thought out, smooth-as-grease idea.
Congrats, you've quickly earned your 3rd and final F*CK CAHA!
As objectively proven over and over again on this forum, CAHA stinks from the top down. It starts with the #1 Boob himself President Tom Hancock and his merry Board of Dunderheads. These people have spent a lifetime overreaching, enforcing biases, favoring friends, repaying grudges, and undermining the purity of the sport for their own financial and political gain. It's wrong. It's grotesque. And with every opportunity this group has to be a mature, measured, logical, fair governing body... they do the opposite.
It's sad. And lame. And nothing this group at CAHA does anymore is surprising.
P.S. After I mined the CAHA minutes to learn the story behind the AAA consolidation and power grab, CAHA stopped posting the minutes. Nice one, boys. Way to keep it honest.