Maybe everyone should get their facts straight and perhaps instead of talking trash on a team or coach or parents on here without knowing the facts don't comment at all! Here are the facts, you don't know what your kid says on the ice unless you have them recorded. I assure you that there is at least 1 kid on every team that uses profanity. Not all kids do but I have heard it from kids warming up to kids on the ice and coming off the ice from various teams, so again facts! I also assure you that your kid telling you what was said on the ice isn't the full story. I'm sure they failed to tell what they said on the ice. Fact... There are always 2 sides to a story so perhaps you should know both before berating kids and parenting/coaching on this site. I'm not going to go into specifics with what I know or what I heard out of respect for the kids and parents involved but I say with confidence there is more to the one sided post about the issue and again I do not condone either action but, to say the organization needs to do something about it, there are facts you do not know about the situation. Not all people feel the need to come on here and call out kids or teams which is why you hear the one sidedness either for or against your team. Or in many cases not involving "your kids team at all"!
We all complain about officiating at the rinks especially when things don't go "our way" or there are calls that are missed. Imagine being those kids who constantly get penalties or constantly get the play on and no call when they were the one that a call should have gone their way. Are they bad kids? No they want things to be fair and sadly this sport is great at teaching kids, life isn't fair. So again before commenting about suspensions which in your eyes means bad coaching and parenting know the facts as to what led up to the suspensions. Do I condone the behavior, absolutely not but I do know that those kids don't deserve to be berated because quite frankly the suspensions were not "fair" to either of them due to poor officiating. Otherwise, you would see both kids involved in opposing teams listed as well. I will not go into details with my comments because it isn't the forum to do so as this a youth league and if there are true issues then then clearly this isn't the avenue to take to make a change in behavior, this only creates animosity and rumors! If you feel the need to learn the facts perhaps talk to the parents involved of the kids you want to start rumors about. I'm sure they would love to tell you their side of this post in person. You will all have the chance to see them at the rinks considering the suspensions are listed in a public setting by following the link in a post above. What they don't say is the whole story and events that occurred to warrant a suspension. So the lack of respect and sportsmanship begins on this forum by parents who would be appalled if their kid acted the way parents do here! Get the facts before you feel the need to berate kids and families on here! If you are at a game and you have seen the "whole story"and heard every word from a player or coach or ref with your own ears, then perhaps you are worthy of commenting about a situation you know the facts about.
