SO THIS IS WHY YOUTH SPORTS ARE SO TOXIC.
No one tried to blacklist anyone. FE Management told friends at other rinks that the kid was a very good player but be careful of the father and set ground rules with him if you take his kid on your team. That is it.
I think the issue with that 2013/14 team is expectations from certain people. That team was a mixed team with 6 2013, 6 2014 and 2 2015 players. It was supposed to play an independent AA/AAA schedule but BB put the team in the THF. It was a transition team to get all players ready for pure age teams for this coming season. The goals of the team were outlined at the opening team meeting. Play everyone, winning does not matter/but we want to be competitive, and it is all about next season/development. I guess Sal and his "go play A/AA if you want guaranteed playing time" missed that meeting. Things fell apart in late January. It was not just KD/MR fault, but FE Management, Parents who stayed and Parents who quit fault as well. Everyone is to blame for what happened. It was an odd mix of people that were never going to get along. Sal never should have come to FE- he should have gone to LF. Sal hated JP & CO so why put your kid on a team that had CO as an assistant and JP who was hired as skating/development coach by FE? He should have just moved on. Everyone who left are happy and everyone who stayed are happy. FE is what it is, a low to mid-AAA program (depending on age) that will have pure age teams for 2024/25. Most kids taken from other rinks were AA players or A players who played up an age. Some AAA kids made the jump as well due to being cut or just leaving their old rink. The talent is average to above average with a handful of very good players, which is fine for what FE is trying to build. PHC, LF, Jr Flyers and other AAA programs focus on winning. That is fine too. I think everyone needs to just end this and stop bashing each other. Agree to disagree, act like adults and go your separate ways. Sal if you are upset by comments on here, I think you got your monies worth in your posts. Everyone at FE, you got your monies worth as well. Just end this now. No one looks good from these 9-10 pages of posts. Everyone just looks petty and thinned skin.