Are you happy with the job your childs coach did this yr

[HockeyDad2016]

just thought I would start a thread for parents to either praise and/or vent.

[cutanddrive]

just thought I would start a thread for parents to either praise and/or vent.

[woodley]

Absolutely pleased!!!! Our kid's coach had a great balance! The kids peaked at the right time (last 12 were 9-1-2), became a team, cared about each other and the team. . . . . and everyone played consistently!!!!

[cutanddrive]

Absolutely pleased!!!! Our kid's coach had a great balance! The kids peaked at the right time (last 12 were 9-1-2), became a team, cared about each other and the team. . . . . and everyone played consistently!!!!

A coach who "gets it"

Great to hear.

[cutanddrive]

A coach who "gets it"

Great to hear.[/quote]

I should also add - a parent who "gets it as well." Thanks to all of the volunteer coaches out there and the parents who support those who "get it." Both are valuable.

[MoreCowBell]

A coach who "gets it"

Great to hear.

I should also add - a parent who "gets it as well." Thanks to all of the volunteer coaches out there and the parents who support those who "get it." Both are valuable.[/quote]

And make sure we recognize those meddling parents.

[cutanddrive]

And make sure we recognize those meddling parents.[/quote]

What team does your son coach, I mean play for?

[MnPride2]

no discipline...skate like you want,not like you can...dumb penalty,no punishment just more shifts..."the 2 mins in the box was enough..."@ the A Bantam level,too many cooks in the kitchen,gotta love parent coaches w/friends on the board... same drills over and over again,not enough work on weakness of the team...could go on and on,this is a group of boys that have not lost a district championship(till this year) in 6 years,3 times to regions,2 times to state...

[cutanddrive]

is that rant "on the rocks?"

[MnPride2]

...not yet it`s just very frustrating to have sooo much success for so long...i guess we now know what it feels like on the other side of the tracks...

[MnPride2]

...btw, no rant...just the truth!!!

[Fire and Ice]

MNpride which Bantam A team do speak of?

[Hockey22]

MnPride2 Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject:

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no discipline...skate like you want,not like you can...dumb penalty,no punishment just more shifts..."the 2 mins in the box was enough..."@ the A Bantam level,too many cooks in the kitchen,gotta love parent coaches w/friends on the board... same drills over and over again,not enough work on weakness of the team...could go on and on,this is a group of boys that have not lost a district championship(till this year) in 6 years,3 times to regions,2 times to state...


The other teams are not working hard or growing and now that they are Bantams they may have a size advantage over your team. Hell no, it has to be the coach. This is life, sometimes it does not work out the way you had hoped for your kid or his team. Get over it. Maybe you need to be a parent and teach your son that life does throw us curve balls. If you haven't notice the other teams really do want to win and they also have improved their skill. They are not going to roll over and allow your kids team to win! It is the easiest thing in live to blame others.

[MnPride2]

The other teams are working hard,a lot harder than our team, that is quite obvious! no discipline for the under-achievers,just more ice time...coaching problem! "Get over it" get over what? Someone started a "rate your coaches forum" i rated our coaches now your blasting me for doing so...F#@%k-off. I am a parent who has a son(goalie) who`s seen plenty of "curve balls",fortunately for him he`s made the best of it,while playing through the worst of it. Yes it is "our coach" that caused our problems this year...again no discipline was our problem...nice parent coach...you ask for my opinion about our coach/coaches, you got it,like it or not.

[Hockey22]

Like I said it is easier to blame someone else for problems that you or the other parents on your team have created with your attitudes. In this case maybe little Johnny has not fallen far from the tree.

[MnPride2]

my "little johnny" is one of the goalies for said team,30-50 shots against most games...ya it`s him that`s one of the problems...why backcheck...why pick someone up...no disipline,no punishment... "attitudes"...no,the problem is/was caused by an association that won`t make an attempt to find quality non-parent coaches at the upper levels. They would rather have board members friends coach that way everything is "fair"...all the players get equal ice time no matter how lazy they are,just wouldn`t be right to bench little johnny or little billy,besides his dads a board member or his dads has friends on the board...wouldn`t want to cause any problems...

[Fire and Ice]

who is said team, at least the district...

[CoachJ]

...not yet it`s just very frustrating to have sooo much success for so long...i guess we now know what it feels like on the other side of the tracks...

Sounds like Lakeville South. Lost players to St.Thomas and maybe thats why team fell. not Coach's, board

[council member retired]

South had their non parent coach of past years at bantam A level step down. The coach of South is a parent coach.

[gorilla1]

Sounds like Pride needs to relax a little bit. His kid is probably ok with what's going on, as in many cases its the parents who have the biggest problem. Pride is entitled to gripe if he wants, and thats ok. Yet it seems that they got a little too comfortable with all the winning and he has not figured out that losing is part of the game as well. Its interesting how he talks about "lazy kids" but everything was blamed on the coach. Funny how that always happens.

[Hockeyguy_27]

Like I said it is easier to blame someone else for problems that you or the other parents on your team have created with your attitudes. In this case maybe little Johnny has not fallen far from the tree.

Amen! Truer words have not been spoken.

This is my 14th year behind the bench and it seems every year the parents have become progressively less team oriented. Regardless of what you do as a coach, the yardstick most parents use to determine if you've done a good job coaching is directly proportional to how much ice team/special team time their kid received. Hockey is becoming an individual sport comprised of players who have become clinic hockey robots who are more concerned with their point production than being a part of team.

Next time someone complains about the coaching their child is receiving, ask them specifically what the problem is. I can almost guarantee you they will not be able to quantify their answer in terms that are logical from a hockey perspective.

[MnPride2]

I talk about lazy kids and our coaching problem because these "kids" have been "coached" to play this way and unfortunately we have been very successful in the past,you watch the Edinas,Wayzatas,Eden Prairies etc...the kids bust their butts every shift...why,cause that`s the way they have be taught, if they don`t they ride the bench,in our D10 team that is not the case,for some reason our coaches are afraid to disipline the kids like they should. As far as my kid being "ok" with what`s going on,he`s not "ok" with what is going on, he and the other goalie work their a$$es off every game...as for the "coaching" my son receives...unless i enroll him in Stauber or the like,he gets absolutely no coaching,just take the shots during practice,but hey at $1800 for 20 goalie session,$2500-$3000 worth of equipment,$1000+ for association ice time...coaching can make a team,kids can be taught to work hard,passion or no passion!!

[CoachJ]

I talk about lazy kids and our coaching problem because these "kids" have been "coached" to play this way and unfortunately we have been very successful in the past,you watch the Edinas,Wayzatas,Eden Prairies etc...the kids bust their butts every shift...why,cause that`s the way they have be taught, if they don`t they ride the bench,in our D10 team that is not the case,for some reason our coaches are afraid to disipline the kids like they should. As far as my kid being "ok" with what`s going on,he`s not "ok" with what is going on, he and the other goalie work their a$$es off every game...as for the "coaching" my son receives...unless i enroll him in Stauber or the like,he gets absolutely no coaching,just take the shots during practice,but hey at $1800 for 20 goalie session,$2500-$3000 worth of equipment,$1000+ for association ice time...coaching can make a team,kids can be taught to work hard,passion or no passion!!

Blaine? I'am sure that what you say has some truth to it. I think you would be better served to not take this to the forum. I think your kid will have a longer season if Board or Coach finds out you are ripping them. Varsity Coach might label your kid and then all those years of putting up with Coach & Board have went down the drain. I understand your frustration, Please just leave it alone before you make it worse for your child.

[mnticketbroker]

not Blaine, district 10 was a cover. I recall Chaska having a group go to state

[MnPride2]

Gotta love a forum that asks for your opinion,then you get blasted for giving it...later.