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TopShelf16: I like both your ideas a lot -- they make a great deal of sense. I also like George Blanda's idea of looking at a split if most people want it. Hats off to everyone who organized and ran the Geyer Signal Center Ice Classic. The people who put that tourney together spent a lot of time and...

TopShelf16:

I am going to propose several of those ideas in the next few days among board members -- already started. Hoping to see some people stepping forward. It will be open to everyone. We've all been guilty of fingerpointing and the earlier poster said it well.

I agree, and yes, I do have a few ideas. First would be that I would like to see more committed people on the board. If a person is reluctant to be on the board, let's get a separate group together to identify some of the top issues facing the association -- from player development to increasing cos...

Au Contraire O Crusader.

All is not perfect in black and orange any more than it is in blue and gold, but keep deluding yourself. You're right. Future debate would be futile.

Let's clear one thing up. Everyone makes mistakes in any kind of leadership position -- generals of armies, presidents, CEOs, volunteer leaders, business owners, parents, coaches etc. Yes, mistakes have been made. Not going back to one A team at Bantams last year after the defection of so many kids ...

Oh, really. You were BANNED from the board. I have been on and off the board for 12 years......You weren't banned. You just didn't get re-elected........What a tool.

Okay, you got me on the Crusaders game against Marshall. They played well and deserved to win the game. Good for them. They couldn't get by one Duluth team, but they got by the other. I stand corrected for now. Nothing also like reading Topshelf16's predictions based on his hockey knowledge. Topshel...

I hope the kids writing on this subject who went to high school and passed up a Bantam year played varsity. Playing on a "high school" team an extra year DOES NOT prepare you for high school. That's why the Brotens, Butsy Erickson and MOST players who ever amount to anything played out the...

STC18: I know the kids you are referring to that left last year to go high school-- every one of them. There is one total standout. There are one or two other VERY good players and the rest were in the good category. This is a team game, and the presence of three or four high quality players is not ...

TopShelf 16: As Ronald Reagan once said, "There you go again......" I'm sure the St. Cloud Youth Hockey board could use your expert help with fundraising and lining up sponsors. With your negative attitude........no doubt sponsors would line up. A couple sponsors decided not to pony up mon...

TopShelf16 apparently can't stop the whi.............ning. If you don't like the makeup of the St. Cloud Board, why don't you get off your backside and get on the board. Get your supporters together, get them to a meeting and get on the board. Then you can stop taking up space and actually contribut...

Hey StateofHockey: Before you go spouting off about the quality of the Bantam A team in St. Cloud this year, check out the record -- beat #2 ranked Roseau in the TRF tourney, 5-1, tied Osseo, 3-3, beat Minnetonka, 5-2 and lost to #1 ranked Edina 3-2 in the championship. So........"a few decent ...

I have to laugh at the posts from the people who whine about the leadership in St. Cloud Youth hockey or anywhere else. I've lived in a number of associations and the whining is all from the same malcontents -- self proclaimed "hockey people" who think they know it all. Gee, uh, why don't ...