Peewee AA 2017-2018

[keepdrinkinthekoolaid]

Wait, Mike Bickley is/was the OCHC2 Coach?  Great Coach and even nicer man! 

Leaving or asked to leave SoCal Hockey after 10+ years?

Leaving or moving from Southen California?

[A1Hockey Fan]

Wait, Mike Bickley is/was the OCHC2 Coach?  Great Coach and even nicer man! 

Leaving or asked to leave SoCal Hockey after 10+ years?

Leaving or moving from Southen California?

Bickley a nice man? Not what I have heard from several of the families that have played for him. 

[skates]

So what's the story? Why was bickley removed?


Also looks like the ducks1 and OC1 battled it out this weekend in Del Mar. Heard ducks won the championship game.  Any thoughts as to why the ducks won?

[Go Kings_26]

Bickley is a great coach.  "no shit approach."  Not for the insecure or weak at heart.  Great attention to detail, but delivery can offend the soft folks.

[Hockey sophist]

Bickley is a great coach.  "no shit approach."  Not for the insecure or weak at heart.  Great attention to detail

You must mean those soft, insecure and weak at heart 7-8 year old kids or their parent who think it inappropriate the scream in the face of young children because he (well, whatever it is that drives him to do that).   Wonder how that technique works in K-8 education or the home?   Bickley runs a good stick time and 3v3 but that is it.

[skates]

Also looks like the ducks1 and OC1 battled it out this weekend in Del Mar. Heard ducks won the championship game.  Any thoughts as to why the ducks won?

Because they're a better team.

I am glad someone said that and not just me. I heard that the Ducks out shot OC x 2 both games. 

[jjyoung909]

Gotta agree with Stick Tap.  On this day the ducks were better than oc.  Considering the score was 2-1 in both games can't really say the ducks were dominate in either game, but definitely earned the wins, coming back from 0-1 deficit in both games. Goalies from both teams played extremely well.

Also looks like the ducks1 and OC1 battled it out this weekend in Del Mar. Heard ducks won the championship game.  Any thoughts as to why the ducks won?

Because they're a better team.

I am glad someone said that and not just me. I heard that the Ducks out shot OC x 2 both games.

[Go Kings_26]

Hockey Sophist - I can only speak from over 8 years of caha/scaha experience and two boys who have done skills/camps since age 7 and older.  I've never observed Bickely ripping on the little guys but he has a short temper for dumb shit, that I've seen.  Have been through all the named coaches and my boys always prefer his skills because he pays attention and provides feedback, doesn't just blow smoke the entire clinic - oh, and his price is one of the most reasonable. I totally agree that his bench leadership is lacking, but for skills - he's one of the best. 

[JakesDad01]

He sounds a lot like Derek Eisler in NorCal.

[Hockey sophist]

True, Bickley offers good value at his stick times and runs a good 3v3.   I just question whether he is temperamentally fit to coach young players.   As parents, most of us would never tolerate in the classroom the kind of behavior that some coaches exhibit.  It is a lame excuse to imply that it is the kid's fault because they make a mistake playing a kid's game now often dominated by misfit adults.   BTW, many of those mistakes are part or a learning process.  What next on the list of gross rationalizations?       

[DangFoo]

Blackhawks beat GSE1 ... 3-2.


Somebody called the Hawks “spoilers” in an earlier post - guess he/she was right. I didn’t see the game, so not sure what transpired.

[Hockeyking]

And Ducks 2 beat Ducks 1 crazy and unpredictable weekend

[skates]

And Ducks 2 beat Ducks 1 crazy and unpredictable weekend

Yeah no big deal! Ducks1 just had an off game. It happens. But it does look like the ducks 1 are dominating OC. Some of the scores have been close, but ducks1 definitely are out shooting OC1.  I thought OC1 may have been able to pull off being in the top 3 for flight one but that isn't happening.

[skates]

True, Bickley offers good value at his stick times and runs a good 3v3.   I just question whether he is temperamentally fit to coach young players.   As parents, most of us would never tolerate in the classroom the kind of behavior that some coaches exhibit.  It is a lame excuse to imply that it is the kid's fault because they make a mistake playing a kid's game now often dominated by misfit adults.   BTW, many of those mistakes are part or a learning process.  What next on the list of gross rationalizations?     

Most of us don't even know how he has lasted this long.

[Northland]

True, Bickley offers good value at his stick times and runs a good 3v3.   I just question whether he is temperamentally fit to coach young players.   As parents, most of us would never tolerate in the classroom the kind of behavior that some coaches exhibit.  It is a lame excuse to imply that it is the kid's fault because they make a mistake playing a kid's game now often dominated by misfit adults.   BTW, many of those mistakes are part or a learning process.  What next on the list of gross rationalizations?     

Most of us don't even know how he has lasted this long.

I'd argue unfit to coach a team consisting of kids under 18 and probably the worst bench coach I've ever seen.  He is an excellent skating coach and a decent guy as long as you don't play on his team.   He has a bad eye for talent, preaches a dump and chase and run into the wall kind of hockey and annihilates any forward who dare make a creative move to the middle.  His track record of pushing talented kids away from his club or the sport entirely and his unimpressive track record of actually winning speaks volumes.