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Yuri now listed as coach for 99 and 00. Yeah that will work

It is Yuro, not yuri, and it will not just work, it will work very well!! I have never seen his passion and commitment to the player development matched. He is now a father of two and I have seen his maturity as a coach increase over the last 9 years. Yes he is attention to detail, but his critique is skill/drill centric not personal. This program will have success with you, me, or without us. This is going to be big. With the coaches they have announced and the ones yet to be made public, it is happening and will develope many players in our state.

imlisteningtothefnsong wrote:It is Yuro, not yuri, and it will not just work, it will work very well!! I have never seen his passion and commitment to the player development matched. He is now a father of two and I have seen his maturity as a coach increase over the last 9 years. Yes he is attention to detail, but his critique is skill/drill centric not personal. This program will have success with you, me, or without us. This is going to be big. With the coaches they have announced and the ones yet to be made public, it is happening and will develope many players in our state.

Why then after all these years now, and this same coach, they can't make a significant dent in the invite AAA local level (despite even flying kids in from out of state) with the Northern Edge/Nats program/teams?

imlisteningtothefnsong wrote:It is Yuro, not yuri, and it will not just work, it will work very well!! I have never seen his passion and commitment to the player development matched. He is now a father of two and I have seen his maturity as a coach increase over the last 9 years. Yes he is attention to detail, but his critique is skill/drill centric not personal. This program will have success with you, me, or without us. This is going to be big. With the coaches they have announced and the ones yet to be made public, it is happening and will develope many players in our state.

I thought the Revolution is based out of Des Moines? Hmm. So you must mean out-of-state not in our state, right?

If you mean dent in AAA tournaments, well I guess that may be true. But if you are talking individual skill development, look at all the USHL draft picks that have been trained by Yuro and staff. I have seen many NHL people tour the Northern Educate Academy, they never mention Easton Cup, or Stars & Stripes or any Prospect tourneys. From my conversations with them, I have gathered that they feel individuals advance not teams. I have watched my 99 and his NATS team win some lose some, but more importantly I have seen his individual skill level continue to grow. Do I wish he had more Caribou trophies, nope. Happy with where he is at, and his passion for the game is still there. A funny quote a buddy of mine who is a USHL coach says is, "I can always tell a player who has spent 3 or more years at xxxx, they stick handle the corners off the puck and no confidence or idea how to play hockey." Probably a closet full of summer hockey trophies.

SCBlueLiner wrote:

imlisteningtothefnsong wrote:It is Yuro, not yuri, and it will not just work, it will work very well!! I have never seen his passion and commitment to the player development matched. He is now a father of two and I have seen his maturity as a coach increase over the last 9 years. Yes he is attention to detail, but his critique is skill/drill centric not personal. This program will have success with you, me, or without us. This is going to be big. With the coaches they have announced and the ones yet to be made public, it is happening and will develope many players in our state.

I thought the Revolution is based out of Des Moines? Hmm. So you must mean out-of-state not in our state, right?

Only if you believe that no MN players are going to do this. I think a few will.

imlisteningtothefnsong wrote:

SCBlueLiner wrote:

imlisteningtothefnsong wrote:It is Yuro, not yuri, and it will not just work, it will work very well!! I have never seen his passion and commitment to the player development matched. He is now a father of two and I have seen his maturity as a coach increase over the last 9 years. Yes he is attention to detail, but his critique is skill/drill centric not personal. This program will have success with you, me, or without us. This is going to be big. With the coaches they have announced and the ones yet to be made public, it is happening and will develope many players in our state.

I thought the Revolution is based out of Des Moines? Hmm. So you must mean out-of-state not in our state, right?

Only if you believe that no MN players are going to do this. I think a few will.

I think it will have to be a lot more than a few from Minnesota if they are going to field teams. I would be surprised if there are more than 3-4 kids per team that are not from MN.

imlisteningtothefnsong wrote:If you mean dent in AAA tournaments, well I guess that may be true. But if you are talking individual skill development, look at all the USHL draft picks that have been trained by Yuro and staff. I have seen many NHL people tour the Northern Educate Academy, they never mention Easton Cup, or Stars & Stripes or any Prospect tourneys. From my conversations with them, I have gathered that they feel individuals advance not teams. I have watched my 99 and his NATS team win some lose some, but more importantly I have seen his individual skill level continue to grow. Do I wish he had more Caribou trophies, nope. Happy with where he is at, and his passion for the game is still there. A funny quote a buddy of mine who is a USHL coach says is, "I can always tell a player who has spent 3 or more years at xxxx, they stick handle the corners off the puck and no confidence or idea how to play hockey." Probably a closet full of summer hockey trophies.

That being the case why have top level players not flocked to their NATS teams yet in MN - they have certainly been around long enough. At some point if coaches were great, players/training were great, the teams to would be at least a factor. This new thing again is another team. If they can't get top players for Nats what makes us think they can get top players for this program - with the same coaching.

snyper12 wrote:That being the case why have top level players not flocked to their NATS teams yet in MN - they have certainly been around long enough. At some point if coaches were great, players/training were great, the teams to would be at least a factor. This new thing again is another team. If they can't get top players for Nats what makes us think they can get top players for this program - with the same coaching.

C'mon, you must see the difference.

Spring teams - go get on one you like.

Winter teams - play where you live, no matter what.

Revolution is targeting the latter, just like the Fire did. Whether one agrees with it or not, it has been proven there is a demand.

O-townClown wrote:

snyper12 wrote:That being the case why have top level players not flocked to their NATS teams yet in MN - they have certainly been around long enough. At some point if coaches were great, players/training were great, the teams to would be at least a factor. This new thing again is another team. If they can't get top players for Nats what makes us think they can get top players for this program - with the same coaching.

C'mon, you must see the difference.

Spring teams - go get on one you like.

Winter teams - play where you live, no matter what.

Revolution is targeting the latter, just like the Fire did. Whether one agrees with it or not, it has been proven there is a demand.

Just like Stover did.

Why the Stover issue? Seems like the program was attracting
good players, until it went up in smoke.

imlisteningtothefnsong wrote:Why the Stover issue? Seems like the program was attracting
good players, until it went up in smoke.

Good players but not the upper/top. 98, 99, 00, 01 - none of which finished in top 20 - all but 00 with a losing record.

Heard only good numbers showed up at 99 and 00

What are good #'s ?

Well better then 02's and 01's. maybe should have not said good.

Blueliner16 wrote:Well better then 02's and 01's. maybe should have not said good.

How many 01 and 02 kids did you hear showed up? Kids in the midwest that want to play AAA this next year are at that level are going to have to decide whether to try out for Revolution or Mavs Elite (formely Russell Stover) soon.

Heard 6 01's and 2 02's from a dad who was there

Blueliner16 wrote:Heard 6 01's and 2 02's from a dad who was there

Makes you wonder if they will even bother with the tryouts at those two levels in Des Moines.

Cancelled try outs for 01-02 this weekend in DSM

Blueliner16 wrote:Cancelled try outs for 01-02 this weekend in DSM

All this means is that they will recruit and hand-pick a team that I'm sure will be competitive with many "Middle of the road" T1 teams...

That may very well be true. I do know the teams are expected to be able to compete very well. The 99 & 00 teams are looking strong.

imlisteningtothefnsong wrote:That may very well be true. I do know the teams are expected to be able to compete very well. The 99 & 00 teams are looking strong.

I don't have much concern that the leadership in place can eventually do this, but time is NOT on their side for this year as I know my two Sons have already received their T1 Winter 13/14 Prelim schedules. It's not going to be an easy deal to just make up a competitive schedule now with strong established clubs, at this point.

fastncrash wrote:

imlisteningtothefnsong wrote:That may very well be true. I do know the teams are expected to be able to compete very well. The 99 & 00 teams are looking strong.

I don't have much concern that the leadership in place can eventually do this, but time is NOT on their side for this year as I know my two Sons have already received their T1 Winter 13/14 Prelim schedules. It's not going to be an easy deal to just make up a competitive schedule now with strong established clubs, at this point.

Eh, not easy but not impossible. It'll be tough to schedule any teams in the HPHL but most of the clubs in the midwest that aare not in that league still have openings, plus you can play high end AA teams and even some high end MN assocaition teams, and enter several AAA tournaments to round out your schedule. I agree with you though my sons preliminary T1 schedule comes out sometime this week as well

Yuri has alot of clought and will have a good schedule with success, the first year will have alot of ups and downs but he is the best guy for the coaching job.

My son is a 99 and I don't know much about the higher levels of playing and training. He attended a camp at SSM two weeks ago and then was invited to join the Revolution team. I had never heard of Revolution but that does not mean much as I have a long way to go in my education. After reading this forum, I have to wonder if the invite my son got was because he impressed someone or is the team struggling to fill the roster.