OttawaDad
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- May 15, 2015
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It's quite funny. I think you said on one of the early threads that you had no firm position either way. Yet you've stalked CCHLfan for a couple of months. Every time he posts, you're there. He's relentlessly, and ludicrously, positive. But Nohappy is relentlessly, and ludicrously, negative. Yet, you only have an issue with one of them. Let it go. It's starting to look personal and a little silly. This is a bipolar debate. The positions are entrenched. The people on this board won't decide the success of failure of U18. FWIW, I'm mostly in the "no" camp, but I'll let my kid play again and see where we go.
Perhaps you are right and it's gotten to much, I have no doubt that I am a passionate person who wants to see my friends kids succeed in hockey. This forum started as an opportunity to learn more, both positive and negative about this new league, but it was quickly shown that we where not allowed to post negative thoughts and constructive feedback, CCHLfan was always there saying 'no, parents love it' or 'your wrong'. It was equally frustrating learning of his background and history in the league. Id love this to be a simple place where people can have constructive discussion about both sides, but that's simply not the case.
I came into this with an incredibly open mind, I think its a crime that some CCHL teams seem more interested in rostering out of town kids vs local ones. We cry and complain when outside programs don't recognize our talent (see OHL teams not drafting Ottawa kids as high), yet our own Jr A league ignores them as well. If this stops that practice, sign me up. I wasn't, and know many parents who where not informed about this until the project was launched, and there's no doubt that was stratigic, but at the same time that doesn't make it a bad one, but it does raise red flags about motivaition and what's being hidden (if anything). This should be a place where we can have those conversations, but as Ive mentioned, that doesn't happen, which isn't fair.
Im lucky in the fact that I work in both Toronto and Ottawa, family has roots in both places so can move without many issues, if this doesn't work its not that difficult to set up shop elsewhere, but most if not all of my friends do not have that luxury, so I want to be sure that this program is isntilled for the right reasons. Again, we're not really allowed to explore that.
If it was just me, then Id yield your point and stop, but its not, there's alot of us, be it agents or parents who have issues with him, its not just one of us. He'll claim to be impartial, yet whenever he's given an opportunity to correct or go after a CCHL poster (see Jason yesterday) he'll ignore it and go after us. Thats not impartial. Perhaps you, a rational and sane poster suggesting that he is indeed 'He's relentlessly, and ludicrously, positive (ludicrously is a great word), he'll see he goes over the line, but to this point I'm not holding my breath.
As you and others have posted many times, what's posted on here has zero, nill, nada impact on this program. There are easy metrics to look at and see if it works. If more Ottawa players are on teams like Carleton Place, fantastic, its working. So the need to police comments and ensure that everyone is only saying positive things about the CCHL is silly, or as you said, ludicrous.
Id love to see it change, I just don't think that can happen with everyone's current mindset.
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