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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We left myha after one season. I always thought the rink was owned by the city of Rockville, so I ignored that aspect, but it was very clear that, on both the boys and girls side, paying for the coaches group/private clinics influenced team selection and ice time. Parents assistant coaching (sometimes the teams will have 4 dad assistant coaches on the bench!) or sucking up to the head coaches also has a huge impact on team selection. If you pay attention, some of the kids have 1-1 regular midseason skill and strength training sessions with the head coach. Myha/rockville is a cesspool but I feel like the chickens are coming home to roost. Tm and pride are afterthoughts in the aaa world, no myha boys aa teams qualified for nationals this year. Only one girls team did outright and the other got there by playing the at large game to both districts and nationals. There are some good people in the organization, but I feel like [b]the couple of attorneys on the board[/b] need to lay down the law.[/quote]

That is an interesting tidbit you mention. If they are still on the board, it suggests that they have not noticed the corruption or bothered to do anything about it--as there has been no change to the status quo. The most charitable interpretation would be that these lawyer-directors have tried making reforms, but haven't been effective...and if that's the case they should not stay on the board.

The fact that you assumed that the city of Rockville owned the rink is IMO a result of a deliberate branding on the part of these folks. It's the home rink of a non-profit called the Montgomery Youth Hockey Association which for a long time suggested to me a county-led organization, etc. And "Rockville Ice Arena" lacks any corporate branding so the municipality name is front & center.[/quote]

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