This is travel hockey. there are supposed to be tryouts, standards of play you need to attain for the privilege of representing the club. This team, however, took everyone. And the consequences are a losing record and a dangerous trend.
I spoke to my favorite dad, my "deep throat" of the parents. He suggested shortening the bench, sports talk for letting the struggling kids ride the bench instead of getting abused on the ice.
Let them compete in practice, play hard enough in games to earn a spot, because they didn't earn it at tryouts. I'm tempted to propose it, which is easier to say with a son on the first two lines. It would be a 1-2, a 1-2-3 scenario with the forward lines. This would allow the third line one shift every five. Team manager Kevin's son would be on that third line. Might allow him to make that call.
I would play 5 Defensemen, and have three players compete for the 4th and 5th slots.
If we stay with the status quo, we could lose a bunch of games and subsequently the players and parents interest in our season. We our supposed to be competitive. I say we do it, but that might be a totally selfish position. Would I do it if Tom was on the outside looking in? What would you the reader do?
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