Palmyra 08 AAA

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I thought this team was to be amazing.  What happened?

Team Information - MYHockey

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Nasty post! Why allow that moderator? We've talking about 12 year old boys, little boys! Negative posts should not be allowed but I am sure you will not post this!

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LOL. Calling yourself AAA doesn’t mean the players are AAA. It appears  only 1 of PBK teams is above .500, barely.

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AAA 8U and even 10U and 12U teams only serve to fluff parent egos and empty their pockets. Coaches will cherry pick kids who are early bloomers in size or strength and drop them next season when a different group of kids developed by other coaches shows up who are slightly bigger and stronger. However,  by 18, most kids are the same size and strength,  but we've lost hundreds of potentially great athletes because at 8, 10 and 12 years old, we've already told them through try outs that they aren't good enough for hockey. There is no such thing as an elite 8, 10, 12 or even 14 or 16 yo in hockey. They haven't even reached near the capability of what they can do, and you can't compare the same kids from one stage of development to another. Again, all you're doing with AAA teams under 15yo is giving up on true skill development to win meaningless "championships." Calling 8-16 year olds "elite" in a late-peaking sport like hockey is the worst of "everyone gets a trophy " mentality.

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No 8u aaa here but seen 8u select teams, which is as nuts.

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Remove the post

We can call out clubs

We can call out rinks

We can’t call out 12U teams specifically

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Oh boy. Twitter and Facebook all over again...

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Every year as new parents come to the sport they post about silly things like AAA 8 year olds and Elite 9 year olds.  Takes them about 5 seasons to realize it doesn't mean squat.