Minor Hockey Moments

Sunday, March 27, 2011

You're ours, coach

Toronto Sun columnist Steve Simmons weighs in on new minor hockey rules in Toronto that will allow easier movement among young players from season to season, but not coaches. It's a bit of problem when so many coaches of kids are also fathers.
Simmons says, "... staid old North Toronto Hockey Association ... has taken petty to a new limit, threatening Select coaches from leaving North Toronto and taking players with them, which may be by the book correct on their part, but in the spirit of the new rule is downright nasty."
Should people volunteer wherever they like, or would it create organizational chaos?
I'm not sure what's right in El Toro, but cities like London there's something good to be said about playing and volunteering for teams in the neighbourhood in which you live. It builds a sense of community and provides an opportunity to get to know your neighbours.
Then again, there needs to be flexibility to have kids playing at the level that's right for them, especially among goaltenders.

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