Tippet's Demise

Open thread to comment about the head coaching change. Discuss.

Personally I think all the flash floods yesterday were caused by God crying at the Stars' missed opportunity to bring Guy Carbonneau to the helm. :(

DickieDunn Does Albany

Sorry for not posting any recaps or previews this week.
As soon as hockey was over with Saturday night, I was on board a plane to Albany, NY for a scouting trip to find some nationally ranked i-league ringers to stack the Stingers with.
Actually, I just had to go there for work. But I did take 5 minutes to tour a hockey facility I passed on the way back to the airport.
Enjoy the pictures!

This is not where the AHL's River Rats play, but it is the home rink for the Junior Rats.

The Split League Idea

After mulling the many comments on this board the Killer has determined that A) the Bronze league is reading. B) There is a need to revamp. C) the draft idea is riddled with problems, and met with massive ammounts of resistance.

So looks like the A/B Division thing is as good as done. It will be for the good of the league. Now the only problem this league has is the whole sub issue. We have too many folks playing multiple games with multiple teams. It wouldnt be a big deal if those folks were paying a sub fee of say $15 or $20 a game. But that is for another day. For now lets see what an A and B division might look like:

Bronze League
A Division
1-Stingers
2-Ice Gators
3-Keller Indians
4-Hurricanes*^
5-Senators

B Division
1-Mid Air
2-Arc Angels
3-Silver Bullets
4-Spider Monkeys
5-Jaguars*^

* providing these two teams can get enough paid people on their roster prior to seasons start to actually form a team.
^In the event that these two teams cant get enough players to form a squad, their rosters would have to be swallowed up by the other teams in the league to help make the league stronger. This would eliminate some of the roster chaos that plagues this great league.

There would be 12 games in the regular season, you would play each team in your division two or three times depending on how many teams in your division there are. If there are four teams in both divisions you would play each other three times, and then each team in the other division once.

This is just an initial assessment, but looks like the Bronze League has spoken and ch ch ch changes are on the way.

Ideas for Next Season...

Fellow Hockey lovers...

I would like to collect ideas for next season in the Bronze League.

We already have the A/B divisions in the hopper to bring up with Knute, but I wanted to gather ideas from all of you to discuss to make our league and rink a better place to play and have fun.

Please post your thoughts so the coordinators can get them on the list for discussion.

I can't say they will all be adopted, but at least they will be discussed.

Thanks,

Beastie, Monkeys #33