Wash Lil Caps No Longer Moving to St James?

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Anonymous wrote:I would just say, with none of my kids in Tier 1, I am hoping for the success of both WLC and TM. It will be good for hockey and good for the players. It will also help maintain competitive play in the CBHL. Hopefully, the lack of uncertainty will be resolved and communication will improve. That’s the part that’s really frustrating.

I disagree. I have a Tier 1 player. This area doesn’t have the talent for 2 Tier 1 programs. It just doesn’t. It has become a gloried money- making scam on both sides of the equation. The teams consistently water each other down forcing high end players to leave the area. And the nonsensical “river- rule” forces players to choose which crappy team they try out for or stay with long- term. Have one top Tier 1 program. The kids who don’t make it would create a competitive Tier 2 program to compete against MYHA and Ashburn. Parents of high end players wouldn’t have to leave the area and the DMV could actually have a competitive Tier 1 program for once.

Does your child continue to play Tier 1 in this area? If so, why? There are plenty of parents in this area who choose not to become involved in the “glorified money making scheme” and opt for Tier 2 when they are Tier 1 players and likely better than most or all of the TM and WLC rosters. It’s obvious to us all who those players are.

No. He plays outside of the area now but that absolutely would not be his preference if these clubs offered better hockey and organization. He didn’t want to leave. There just wasn’t anything left for him after investing 4 plus years in Tier 1. He ( and we) had had enough. And at his age group there definitely are not better players at the Tier 2 level. We tried that first.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just say, with none of my kids in Tier 1, I am hoping for the success of both WLC and TM. It will be good for hockey and good for the players. It will also help maintain competitive play in the CBHL. Hopefully, the lack of uncertainty will be resolved and communication will improve. That’s the part that’s really frustrating.

I disagree. I have a Tier 1 player. This area doesn’t have the talent for 2 Tier 1 programs. It just doesn’t. It has become a gloried money- making scam on both sides of the equation. The teams consistently water each other down forcing high end players to leave the area. And the nonsensical “river- rule” forces players to choose which crappy team they try out for or stay with long- term. Have one top Tier 1 program. The kids who don’t make it would create a competitive Tier 2 program to compete against MYHA and Ashburn. Parents of high end players wouldn’t have to leave the area and the DMV could actually have a competitive Tier 1 program for once.

Does your child continue to play Tier 1 in this area? If so, why? There are plenty of parents in this area who choose not to become involved in the “glorified money making scheme” and opt for Tier 2 when they are Tier 1 players and likely better than most or all of the TM and WLC rosters. It’s obvious to us all who those players are.

No. He plays outside of the area now but that absolutely would not be his preference if these clubs offered better hockey and organization. He didn’t want to leave. There just wasn’t anything left for him after investing 4 plus years in Tier 1. He ( and we) had had enough. And at his age group there definitely are not better players at the Tier 2 level. We tried that first.

Wow, he must really be destined for great things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just say, with none of my kids in Tier 1, I am hoping for the success of both WLC and TM. It will be good for hockey and good for the players. It will also help maintain competitive play in the CBHL. Hopefully, the lack of uncertainty will be resolved and communication will improve. That’s the part that’s really frustrating.

I disagree. I have a Tier 1 player. This area doesn’t have the talent for 2 Tier 1 programs. It just doesn’t. It has become a gloried money- making scam on both sides of the equation. The teams consistently water each other down forcing high end players to leave the area. And the nonsensical “river- rule” forces players to choose which crappy team they try out for or stay with long- term. Have one top Tier 1 program. The kids who don’t make it would create a competitive Tier 2 program to compete against MYHA and Ashburn. Parents of high end players wouldn’t have to leave the area and the DMV could actually have a competitive Tier 1 program for once.

Does your child continue to play Tier 1 in this area? If so, why? There are plenty of parents in this area who choose not to become involved in the “glorified money making scheme” and opt for Tier 2 when they are Tier 1 players and likely better than most or all of the TM and WLC rosters. It’s obvious to us all who those players are.

No. He plays outside of the area now but that absolutely would not be his preference if these clubs offered better hockey and organization. He didn’t want to leave. There just wasn’t anything left for him after investing 4 plus years in Tier 1. He ( and we) had had enough. And at his age group there definitely are not better players at the Tier 2 level. We tried that first.

Wow, he must really be destined for great things.

Maybe. Maybe not - but he gets to play with a great team, good coaches, awesome parents and he and we get to get away from the snarky hockey people with huge chips on their shoulders (like you) who literally only seem to exist in this town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just say, with none of my kids in Tier 1, I am hoping for the success of both WLC and TM. It will be good for hockey and good for the players. It will also help maintain competitive play in the CBHL. Hopefully, the lack of uncertainty will be resolved and communication will improve. That’s the part that’s really frustrating.

I disagree. I have a Tier 1 player. This area doesn’t have the talent for 2 Tier 1 programs. It just doesn’t. It has become a gloried money- making scam on both sides of the equation. The teams consistently water each other down forcing high end players to leave the area. And the nonsensical “river- rule” forces players to choose which crappy team they try out for or stay with long- term. Have one top Tier 1 program. The kids who don’t make it would create a competitive Tier 2 program to compete against MYHA and Ashburn. Parents of high end players wouldn’t have to leave the area and the DMV could actually have a competitive Tier 1 program for once.

Does your child continue to play Tier 1 in this area? If so, why? There are plenty of parents in this area who choose not to become involved in the “glorified money making scheme” and opt for Tier 2 when they are Tier 1 players and likely better than most or all of the TM and WLC rosters. It’s obvious to us all who those players are.

No. He plays outside of the area now but that absolutely would not be his preference if these clubs offered better hockey and organization. He didn’t want to leave. There just wasn’t anything left for him after investing 4 plus years in Tier 1. He ( and we) had had enough. And at his age group there definitely are not better players at the Tier 2 level. We tried that first.

Wow, he must really be destined for great things.

Maybe. Maybe not - but he gets to play with a great team, good coaches, awesome parents and he and we get to get away from the snarky hockey people with huge chips on their shoulders (like you) who literally only seem to exist in this town.

The thing is, you're critical of local players chasing AAA, but you're doing it too, just at apparently a higher level. It's a different version of the same thing. The local tier 1 teams may not be as good, but they do win games. Just like with any DMV level, they of course won't be as good as teams from central hockey areas. If folks like you stayed, sounds like they could be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just say, with none of my kids in Tier 1, I am hoping for the success of both WLC and TM. It will be good for hockey and good for the players. It will also help maintain competitive play in the CBHL. Hopefully, the lack of uncertainty will be resolved and communication will improve. That’s the part that’s really frustrating.

I disagree. I have a Tier 1 player. This area doesn’t have the talent for 2 Tier 1 programs. It just doesn’t. It has become a gloried money- making scam on both sides of the equation. The teams consistently water each other down forcing high end players to leave the area. And the nonsensical “river- rule” forces players to choose which crappy team they try out for or stay with long- term. Have one top Tier 1 program. The kids who don’t make it would create a competitive Tier 2 program to compete against MYHA and Ashburn. Parents of high end players wouldn’t have to leave the area and the DMV could actually have a competitive Tier 1 program for once.

Does your child continue to play Tier 1 in this area? If so, why? There are plenty of parents in this area who choose not to become involved in the “glorified money making scheme” and opt for Tier 2 when they are Tier 1 players and likely better than most or all of the TM and WLC rosters. It’s obvious to us all who those players are.

No. He plays outside of the area now but that absolutely would not be his preference if these clubs offered better hockey and organization. He didn’t want to leave. There just wasn’t anything left for him after investing 4 plus years in Tier 1. He ( and we) had had enough. And at his age group there definitely are not better players at the Tier 2 level. We tried that first.

Wow, he must really be destined for great things.

Maybe. Maybe not - but he gets to play with a great team, good coaches, awesome parents and he and we get to get away from the snarky hockey people with huge chips on their shoulders (like you) who literally only seem to exist in this town.

The DMV higher-level hockey community is very small, amd so it's fairly easy to narrow down who this kid could be. Everyone knows the less than 5 kids currently at youth hockey age who truly outgrew DMV hockey. The others who left didn't need to and are chasing what everyone else is. Maybe your kid is one of the few, if so we look forward to watching their success.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just say, with none of my kids in Tier 1, I am hoping for the success of both WLC and TM. It will be good for hockey and good for the players. It will also help maintain competitive play in the CBHL. Hopefully, the lack of uncertainty will be resolved and communication will improve. That’s the part that’s really frustrating.

I disagree. I have a Tier 1 player. This area doesn’t have the talent for 2 Tier 1 programs. It just doesn’t. It has become a gloried money- making scam on both sides of the equation. The teams consistently water each other down forcing high end players to leave the area. And the nonsensical “river- rule” forces players to choose which crappy team they try out for or stay with long- term. Have one top Tier 1 program. The kids who don’t make it would create a competitive Tier 2 program to compete against MYHA and Ashburn. Parents of high end players wouldn’t have to leave the area and the DMV could actually have a competitive Tier 1 program for once.

Does your child continue to play Tier 1 in this area? If so, why? There are plenty of parents in this area who choose not to become involved in the “glorified money making scheme” and opt for Tier 2 when they are Tier 1 players and likely better than most or all of the TM and WLC rosters. It’s obvious to us all who those players are.

No. He plays outside of the area now but that absolutely would not be his preference if these clubs offered better hockey and organization. He didn’t want to leave. There just wasn’t anything left for him after investing 4 plus years in Tier 1. He ( and we) had had enough. And at his age group there definitely are not better players at the Tier 2 level. We tried that first.

Wow, he must really be destined for great things.

Maybe. Maybe not - but he gets to play with a great team, good coaches, awesome parents and he and we get to get away from the snarky hockey people with huge chips on their shoulders (like you) who literally only seem to exist in this town.

The thing is, you're critical of local players chasing AAA, but you're doing it too, just at apparently a higher level. It's a different version of the same thing. The local tier 1 teams may not be as good, but they do win games. Just like with any DMV level, they of course won't be as good as teams from central hockey areas. If folks like you stayed, sounds like they could be.

NP. Where was he critical of local players? He was critical of the organizations.

[Anonymous]

Great news for the Loudon Knights, terrible news for local Tier 1 hockey. But I think the benefit of having so many kids being able to stay on the ice with the Knights far exceeds the downside of the WLC continuing to flounder at Ion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great news for the Loudon Knights, terrible news for local Tier 1 hockey. But I think the benefit of having so many kids being able to stay on the ice with the Knights far exceeds the downside of the WLC continuing to flounder at Ion.

It's great news for Loudoun Knights and Little Caps.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Great news for the Loudon Knights, terrible news for local Tier 1 hockey. But I think the benefit of having so many kids being able to stay on the ice with the Knights far exceeds the downside of the WLC continuing to flounder at Ion.

It's great news for Loudoun Knights and Little Caps.

Good for the Little Caps organization and the lower skilled players who are able to make Tier 1 because of lack of interest, but bad for the area's Tier 1 quality and player development.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You will be notified by Sunday. You already signed agreement.

Sunday notifications are really only rejections. For every year I’ve heard about so far, kids who made it found out the last night of try outs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just say, with none of my kids in Tier 1, I am hoping for the success of both WLC and TM. It will be good for hockey and good for the players. It will also help maintain competitive play in the CBHL. Hopefully, the lack of uncertainty will be resolved and communication will improve. That’s the part that’s really frustrating.

I disagree. I have a Tier 1 player. This area doesn’t have the talent for 2 Tier 1 programs. It just doesn’t. It has become a gloried money- making scam on both sides of the equation. The teams consistently water each other down forcing high end players to leave the area. And the nonsensical “river- rule” forces players to choose which crappy team they try out for or stay with long- term. Have one top Tier 1 program. The kids who don’t make it would create a competitive Tier 2 program to compete against MYHA and Ashburn. Parents of high end players wouldn’t have to leave the area and the DMV could actually have a competitive Tier 1 program for once.

Does your child continue to play Tier 1 in this area? If so, why? There are plenty of parents in this area who choose not to become involved in the “glorified money making scheme” and opt for Tier 2 when they are Tier 1 players and likely better than most or all of the TM and WLC rosters. It’s obvious to us all who those players are.

No. He plays outside of the area now but that absolutely would not be his preference if these clubs offered better hockey and organization. He didn’t want to leave. There just wasn’t anything left for him after investing 4 plus years in Tier 1. He ( and we) had had enough. And at his age group there definitely are not better players at the Tier 2 level. We tried that first.

Wow, he must really be destined for great things.

Maybe. Maybe not - but he gets to play with a great team, good coaches, awesome parents and he and we get to get away from the snarky hockey people with huge chips on their shoulders (like you) who literally only seem to exist in this town.

The DMV higher-level hockey community is very small, amd so it's fairly easy to narrow down who this kid could be. Everyone knows the less than 5 kids currently at youth hockey age who truly outgrew DMV hockey. The others who left didn't need to and are chasing what everyone else is. Maybe your kid is one of the few, if so we look forward to watching their success.

I don’t know how you get “five” kids who outgrew DMV hockey – and my son‘s age group alone I know five kids who went to
Little Flyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You will be notified by Sunday. You already signed agreement.

Sunday notifications are really only rejections. For every year I’ve heard about so far, kids who made it found out the last night of try outs

That certainly possible however, at no other time was one of the two Tier I teams planning on moving location, have that deal scuttled before tryouts, and then offered refunds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just say, with none of my kids in Tier 1, I am hoping for the success of both WLC and TM. It will be good for hockey and good for the players. It will also help maintain competitive play in the CBHL. Hopefully, the lack of uncertainty will be resolved and communication will improve. That’s the part that’s really frustrating.

I disagree. I have a Tier 1 player. This area doesn’t have the talent for 2 Tier 1 programs. It just doesn’t. It has become a gloried money- making scam on both sides of the equation. The teams consistently water each other down forcing high end players to leave the area. And the nonsensical “river- rule” forces players to choose which crappy team they try out for or stay with long- term. Have one top Tier 1 program. The kids who don’t make it would create a competitive Tier 2 program to compete against MYHA and Ashburn. Parents of high end players wouldn’t have to leave the area and the DMV could actually have a competitive Tier 1 program for once.

Does your child continue to play Tier 1 in this area? If so, why? There are plenty of parents in this area who choose not to become involved in the “glorified money making scheme” and opt for Tier 2 when they are Tier 1 players and likely better than most or all of the TM and WLC rosters. It’s obvious to us all who those players are.

No. He plays outside of the area now but that absolutely would not be his preference if these clubs offered better hockey and organization. He didn’t want to leave. There just wasn’t anything left for him after investing 4 plus years in Tier 1. He ( and we) had had enough. And at his age group there definitely are not better players at the Tier 2 level. We tried that first.

Wow, he must really be destined for great things.

Maybe. Maybe not - but he gets to play with a great team, good coaches, awesome parents and he and we get to get away from the snarky hockey people with huge chips on their shoulders (like you) who literally only seem to exist in this town.

The DMV higher-level hockey community is very small, amd so it's fairly easy to narrow down who this kid could be. Everyone knows the less than 5 kids currently at youth hockey age who truly outgrew DMV hockey. The others who left didn't need to and are chasing what everyone else is. Maybe your kid is one of the few, if so we look forward to watching their success.

I don’t know how you get “five” kids who outgrew DMV hockey – and my son‘s age group alone I know five kids who went to
Little Flyers.

Over the years lots of kids have left the DMV for hockey. Group is much bigger than “5 kids.” That’s a weird number to throw out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just say, with none of my kids in Tier 1, I am hoping for the success of both WLC and TM. It will be good for hockey and good for the players. It will also help maintain competitive play in the CBHL. Hopefully, the lack of uncertainty will be resolved and communication will improve. That’s the part that’s really frustrating.

I disagree. I have a Tier 1 player. This area doesn’t have the talent for 2 Tier 1 programs. It just doesn’t. It has become a gloried money- making scam on both sides of the equation. The teams consistently water each other down forcing high end players to leave the area. And the nonsensical “river- rule” forces players to choose which crappy team they try out for or stay with long- term. Have one top Tier 1 program. The kids who don’t make it would create a competitive Tier 2 program to compete against MYHA and Ashburn. Parents of high end players wouldn’t have to leave the area and the DMV could actually have a competitive Tier 1 program for once.

Does your child continue to play Tier 1 in this area? If so, why? There are plenty of parents in this area who choose not to become involved in the “glorified money making scheme” and opt for Tier 2 when they are Tier 1 players and likely better than most or all of the TM and WLC rosters. It’s obvious to us all who those players are.

No. He plays outside of the area now but that absolutely would not be his preference if these clubs offered better hockey and organization. He didn’t want to leave. There just wasn’t anything left for him after investing 4 plus years in Tier 1. He ( and we) had had enough. And at his age group there definitely are not better players at the Tier 2 level. We tried that first.

Wow, he must really be destined for great things.

Maybe. Maybe not - but he gets to play with a great team, good coaches, awesome parents and he and we get to get away from the snarky hockey people with huge chips on their shoulders (like you) who literally only seem to exist in this town.

The DMV higher-level hockey community is very small, amd so it's fairly easy to narrow down who this kid could be. Everyone knows the less than 5 kids currently at youth hockey age who truly outgrew DMV hockey. The others who left didn't need to and are chasing what everyone else is. Maybe your kid is one of the few, if so we look forward to watching their success.

I don’t know how you get “five” kids who outgrew DMV hockey – and my son‘s age group alone I know five kids who went to
Little Flyers.

The point was 5 kids currently in age group hockey who 'needed' to because they truly outgrew DMV hockey. There are many more who left because they feel they are better, but they really aren't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You will be notified by Sunday. You already signed agreement.

Sunday notifications are really only rejections. For every year I’ve heard about so far, kids who made it found out the last night of try outs

That certainly possible however, at no other time was one of the two Tier I teams planning on moving location, have that deal scuttled before tryouts, and then offered refunds.

Sorry I probably wasn’t clear - I’m talking about this year. For every birth year we’ve heard about this year, anyone who made it found out the last night of tryouts - either at the very end or by text/email/call that night.