Re: Tier I & Tier II MA Girls's to Nationals?
Let me give you the other side of the coin.
I was watching the U19 MA Spitfires demolish the opposing team. After the game was over, the gentleman (?) to my right booed the girls and was making really unsportman like comments. I had told him that it was not the girls choice, they were here to play a game. He "got off" on me telling me how much he spent to get there, what his team went through, the girls had a choice, the parents had a choice and the coach had a choice.
While this person and I were arguing, another parent from my daughters team, came in with a more moderate view but assented to the fact that whatever choice was made, the girls are just that, girls. They made a decision, whether bad or good, right or wrong, and would have to live with it. This discussion became more heated when a MA Spitfire mother accused me of unsportsman like conduct by yelling at the girls. I rarely make any comments directed towards the ice, but only towards officials on the ice. Never directed towards players. All "mom" noted is where the comments came from, but not who, so "I" was the designated bad guy. Two of us were arguing with the third, and "mom" came in the middle and gave me a hard time. "Mom's" husband finally took her out of the situation. I think that he "got it", and mom was defending her child and team. The person that was yelling the comments to the players is a horses rear, plain and simple.
Regardless of the outcome, all the girls played to their best level. It is just too bad that the tier I teams played in the tier II Nationals. The tier II teams had no chance. Sort of like having the NY Yankees play a little league team in their nationals. There was a definate difference between MA, TX, and the remainder of the teams (in the U19 division) in skill.
I was informed by a third party that the club was told that if they hadn't gone to Nats, there would be negative consequences for them next year. I do not know if that is true, but that is what the rumor was.
See yall next year
Let me give you the other side of the coin.
I was watching the U19 MA Spitfires demolish the opposing team. After the game was over, the gentleman (?) to my right booed the girls and was making really unsportman like comments. I had told him that it was not the girls choice, they were here to play a game. He "got off" on me telling me how much he spent to get there, what his team went through, the girls had a choice, the parents had a choice and the coach had a choice.
While this person and I were arguing, another parent from my daughters team, came in with a more moderate view but assented to the fact that whatever choice was made, the girls are just that, girls. They made a decision, whether bad or good, right or wrong, and would have to live with it. This discussion became more heated when a MA Spitfire mother accused me of unsportsman like conduct by yelling at the girls. I rarely make any comments directed towards the ice, but only towards officials on the ice. Never directed towards players. All "mom" noted is where the comments came from, but not who, so "I" was the designated bad guy. Two of us were arguing with the third, and "mom" came in the middle and gave me a hard time. "Mom's" husband finally took her out of the situation. I think that he "got it", and mom was defending her child and team. The person that was yelling the comments to the players is a horses rear, plain and simple.
Regardless of the outcome, all the girls played to their best level. It is just too bad that the tier I teams played in the tier II Nationals. The tier II teams had no chance. Sort of like having the NY Yankees play a little league team in their nationals. There was a definate difference between MA, TX, and the remainder of the teams (in the U19 division) in skill.
I was informed by a third party that the club was told that if they hadn't gone to Nats, there would be negative consequences for them next year. I do not know if that is true, but that is what the rumor was.
See yall next year
