When did hockey become a full time job?

[Deep Breath]

Buut Bo, you were the one who labeled those parents Moronic?

Also, do the same standards apply for the assocaition season? Having been thrown into the association fray this winter, I have seen plenty of things that if done during the summer, get you labeled as moronic. I've seen entire groups of parents this winter wearing their son's team jacket; I have seen parents walk in with noise makers; i have seen plenty of moms wearing youth jerseys (some hot, some not). Just seems like similar behavior is looked upon differently from the summer season to the winter season.

[Outoftowner]

Nothing wrong with zealous parents wearing hockey attire. Nothing wrong with poking a little fun at them either.

Funny that most women would prefer to not be caught dead wearing the same outfit as another women, but when it comes to hockey moms they prefer to look like clones...

Then again, they are just supporting their kids.

I occasionally wear a AAA hockey jacket to my sons' association games.
My limited fashion sense tells me: "I'm going to a hockey game;wear a hockey jacket." <shrug>

[MrBoDangles]

Buut Bo, you were the one who labeled those parents Moronic?

Also, do the same standards apply for the assocaition season? Having been thrown into the association fray this winter, I have seen plenty of things that if done during the summer, get you labeled as moronic. I've seen entire groups of parents this winter wearing their son's team jacket; I have seen parents walk in with noise makers; i have seen plenty of moms wearing youth jerseys (some hot, some not). Just seems like similar behavior is looked upon differently from the summer season to the winter season.

You must have been last in the comprehension line.

[2112]

Buut Bo, you were the one who labeled those parents Moronic?

Also, do the same standards apply for the assocaition season? Having been thrown into the association fray this winter, I have seen plenty of things that if done during the summer, get you labeled as moronic. I've seen entire groups of parents this winter wearing their son's team jacket; I have seen parents walk in with noise makers; i have seen plenty of moms wearing youth jerseys (some hot, some not). Just seems like similar behavior is looked upon differently from the summer season to the winter season.

You must have been last in the comprehension line.

Mr Bo is projecting on this one, how about a blades hat does that count?

[MrBoDangles]

This guy is a clown because he falls into the trap that so many others do in so many others area of life. Just because you don't feel something is right or good for you or your family, doesn't make it wrong for the next person or their family. If somebody out there has his kid on the ice 7 days a week, 3 hours a day....SO WHAT? If it doesn't effect you, who cares? And if a group of parents want to wear the same sweatshirt, or the jacket of the youth team their kid plays on....WHO CARES? Unless they are coming up to you and spitting in your face or taking a p!ss on your shoes, why do you care? How somebody dresses more than likely doesn't directly effect how you live, so get over it. If those same parents want to stand in the lobby and talk about how great their kid is or how great their kid's team is.....SO WHAT? Don't pay attention to them or go talk to somebody else. Focus on what is good/right for your family and a little less on how others are running their own lives.

This guy is obviously standing on the the ledge of a bridge, if he goes from he doesn't care, to calling the better kids douche-bags. He made some good points, but it was easy to read through it......

Most would find a little humor in the over 60% sweatshirt comment I made.. A few wearing them even had a good chuckle. It must have hit home hard and I'm sorry if you felt moronic.

Has anybody seen the Canadian Television series "The Tournament"? Saw it for the first time a couple weeks ago and nearly fell over laughing. Some of it's on Youtube but I would buy it to get the full story line from the start. It's easy to match up the characters with some parents ya know.

Next time don't take it so personal and just say............. SO WHAT!

"A few wearing them even had a good chuckle"

[edgeless2]

This guy is a clown because he falls into the trap that so many others do in so many others area of life. Just because you don't feel something is right or good for you or your family, doesn't make it wrong for the next person or their family. If somebody out there has his kid on the ice 7 days a week, 3 hours a day....SO WHAT? If it doesn't effect you, who cares? And if a group of parents want to wear the same sweatshirt, or the jacket of the youth team their kid plays on....WHO CARES? Unless they are coming up to you and spitting in your face or taking a p!ss on your shoes, why do you care? How somebody dresses more than likely doesn't directly effect how you live, so get over it. If those same parents want to stand in the lobby and talk about how great their kid is or how great their kid's team is.....SO WHAT? Don't pay attention to them or go talk to somebody else. Focus on what is good/right for your family and a little less on how others are running their own lives.

This guy is obviously standing on the the ledge of a bridge, if he goes from he doesn't care, to calling the better kids douche-bags. He made some good points, but it was easy to read through it......

Most would find a little humor in the over 60% sweatshirt comment I made.. A few wearing them even had a good chuckle. It must have hit home hard and I'm sorry if you felt moronic.

Has anybody seen the Canadian Television series "The Tournament"? Saw it for the first time a couple weeks ago and nearly fell over laughing. Some of it's on Youtube but I would buy it to get the full story line from the start. It's easy to match up the characters with some parents ya know.

Next time don't take it so personal and just say............. SO WHAT!

BO great reference on "The Tournament". That series is hilarious.

[icehornet]

I, in no way, have a problem with a parent buying, or wearing an elite sweatshirt! The humor was in all the parents wearing them at the same time.....

I get what you're saying in all of this, but I'm trying to find the humor in the parents wearing the sweatshirts at the same time. Were they at the rink or a hockey event? Or were they all just getting together for dinner without it being hockey related? If the latter I can see your point, but if the event had to do with hockey I would think that's the point of buying the apparel.

[MrBoDangles]

I, in no way, have a problem with a parent buying, or wearing an elite sweatshirt! The humor was in all the parents wearing them at the same time.....

I get what you're saying in all of this, but I'm trying to find the humor in the parents wearing the sweatshirts at the same time. Were they at the rink or a hockey event? Or were they all just getting together for dinner without it being hockey related? If the latter I can see your point, but if the event had to do with hockey I would think that's the point of buying the apparel.

That's the problem.. People post without reading through!!

The scenario was explained on the first page.

No offense, but why post when you only read a few posts back?

A few took them off very quickly...

[icehornet]

That's the problem.. People post without reading through!!

The scenario was explained on the first page.

No offense, but why post when you only read a few posts back?

A few took them off very quickly...

Not to drag this out further but I did read the thread from the beginning. My questions were more rhetorical making the point that they were at a hockey event, which is where someone who buys hockey sweatshirts for teams their kid played or is playing on would wear that type of shirt.

Back to the original post, the guy in the article has some decent points but the detractors others have pointed out really make him sound more bitter than what he was hoping.

[wingnuts]

Us parents all wonder why our kids can't be passionate about hockey like we used to be when we were kids? It's because we drive them to wherever they need to play. Essentially like a job. When we were kids, we came home from school dropped off our books, picked up our skates and stick, and went to the park until we could hear our Mom screaming our names for us to come home for dinner. The key my fellow parents is to let your kid be a kid. You don't have to have him/her in EVERYTHING. Have some break from a sport, that will create passion. Treat it like a marathon not a sprint. It goes by fast enough.

[JSR]

I, in no way, have a problem with a parent buying, or wearing an elite sweatshirt! The humor was in all the parents wearing them at the same time.....

I get what you're saying in all of this, but I'm trying to find the humor in the parents wearing the sweatshirts at the same time. Were they at the rink or a hockey event? Or were they all just getting together for dinner without it being hockey related? If the latter I can see your point, but if the event had to do with hockey I would think that's the point of buying the apparel.

That's the problem.. People post without reading through!!

The scenario was explained on the first page.

No offense, but why post when you only read a few posts back?

A few took them off very quickly...

I read the whole thread and I'm having trouble understanding as well? Why wouldn't you wear to the kids game? Further, does this also apply to the coaches, are we not supposed to wear a team jacket either?

[wingnuts]

I get what you're saying in all of this, but I'm trying to find the humor in the parents wearing the sweatshirts at the same time. Were they at the rink or a hockey event? Or were they all just getting together for dinner without it being hockey related? If the latter I can see your point, but if the event had to do with hockey I would think that's the point of buying the apparel.

That's the problem.. People post without reading through!!

The scenario was explained on the first page.

No offense, but why post when you only read a few posts back?

A few took them off very quickly...

I read the whole thread and I'm having trouble understanding as well? Why wouldn't you wear to the kids game? Further, does this also apply to the coaches, are we not supposed to wear a team jacket either?

LET IT GO. IT WAS A JOKE!

[Outoftowner]

[quote]Wingnuts:
"Us parents all wonder why our kids can't be passionate about hockey like we used to be when we were kids? It's because we drive them to wherever they need to play. Essentially like a job. When we were kids, we came home from school dropped off our books, picked up our skates and stick, and went to the park until we could hear our Mom screaming our names for us to come home for dinner. The key my fellow parents is to let your kid be a kid. You don't have to have him/her in EVERYTHING. Have some break from a sport, that will create passion. Treat it like a marathon not a sprint. It goes by fast enough."[/quote]



I sense some kind of judgement in there...
Not ALL parents are wondering what you are wondering.



Funny, My kid just did that! He's heading up to the town rink right now.
Plus he skates all winter (organized)
And he plays AAA (organized)

Would I be helping him by keeping him from organized hockey and only let him skate outdoors?

Its not a job if the kid is having fun. Some kids just cant get enough hockey.

If he ever does get sick of it, then we'll do something else.

[wingnuts]

Wingnuts:
"Us parents all wonder why our kids can't be passionate about hockey like we used to be when we were kids? It's because we drive them to wherever they need to play. Essentially like a job. When we were kids, we came home from school dropped off our books, picked up our skates and stick, and went to the park until we could hear our Mom screaming our names for us to come home for dinner. The key my fellow parents is to let your kid be a kid. You don't have to have him/her in EVERYTHING. Have some break from a sport, that will create passion. Treat it like a marathon not a sprint. It goes by fast enough."

I sense some kind of judgement in there...
Not ALL parents are wondering what you are wondering.



Funny, My kid just did that! He's heading up to the town rink right now.
Plus he skates all winter (organized)
And he plays AAA (organized)

Would I be helping him by keeping him from organized hockey and only let him skate outdoors?

Its not a job if the kid is having fun. Some kids just cant get enough hockey.

If he ever does get sick of it, then we'll do something else.

I'm not saying everyone wonders why kids are not passionate. I'm simply trying to explain why 40% of kids quit playing hockey by the time they are PeeWees. It's because of parents that think they are feeding passion when it's simply kids showing a general interest in a sport and the parents thinking they need to barrage them because they think they have passion to be a pro hockey player. Let them be kids for petes sake and find a new hobby.

[Outoftowner]

Wingnuts:
"Us parents all wonder why our kids can't be passionate about hockey like we used to be when we were kids? It's because we drive them to wherever they need to play. Essentially like a job. When we were kids, we came home from school dropped off our books, picked up our skates and stick, and went to the park until we could hear our Mom screaming our names for us to come home for dinner. The key my fellow parents is to let your kid be a kid. You don't have to have him/her in EVERYTHING. Have some break from a sport, that will create passion. Treat it like a marathon not a sprint. It goes by fast enough."

I sense some kind of judgement in there...
Not ALL parents are wondering what you are wondering.



Funny, My kid just did that! He's heading up to the town rink right now.
Plus he skates all winter (organized)
And he plays AAA (organized)

Would I be helping him by keeping him from organized hockey and only let him skate outdoors?

Its not a job if the kid is having fun. Some kids just cant get enough hockey.

If he ever does get sick of it, then we'll do something else.

I'm not saying everyone wonders why kids are not passionate. I'm simply trying to explain why 40% of kids quit playing hockey by the time they are PeeWees. It's because of parents that think they are feeding passion when it's simply kids showing a general interest in a sport and the parents thinking they need to barrage them because they think they have passion to be a pro hockey player. Let them be kids for petes sake and find a new hobby.

Thanks for the clarification.


(Now maybe someone can tell me what the heck I'm doing wrong with the quote function. )

[wingnuts]

I sense some kind of judgement in there...
Not ALL parents are wondering what you are wondering.



Funny, My kid just did that! He's heading up to the town rink right now.
Plus he skates all winter (organized)
And he plays AAA (organized)

Would I be helping him by keeping him from organized hockey and only let him skate outdoors?

Its not a job if the kid is having fun. Some kids just cant get enough hockey.

If he ever does get sick of it, then we'll do something else.

I'm not saying everyone wonders why kids are not passionate. I'm simply trying to explain why 40% of kids quit playing hockey by the time they are PeeWees. It's because of parents that think they are feeding passion when it's simply kids showing a general interest in a sport and the parents thinking they need to barrage them because they think they have passion to be a pro hockey player. Let them be kids for petes sake and find a new hobby.

Thanks for the clarification.


(Now maybe someone can tell me what the heck I'm doing wrong with the quote function. )

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill ya. LOL! For those with no sense of humor, that's call a joke.

[Outoftowner]

[quote="wingnuts"][quote="Outoftowner"][quote="wingnuts"][quote="Outoftowner"][quote]Wingnuts:
"Us parents all wonder why our kids can't be passionate about hockey like we used to be when we were kids? It's because we drive them to wherever they need to play. Essentially like a job. When we were kids, we came home from school dropped off our books, picked up our skates and stick, and went to the park until we could hear our Mom screaming our names for us to come home for dinner. The key my fellow parents is to let your kid be a kid. You don't have to have him/her in EVERYTHING. Have some break from a sport, that will create passion. Treat it like a marathon not a sprint. It goes by fast enough."[/quote]



I sense some kind of judgement in there...
Not ALL parents are wondering what you are wondering.



Funny, My kid just did that! He's heading up to the town rink right now.
Plus he skates all winter (organized)
And he plays AAA (organized)

Would I be helping him by keeping him from organized hockey and only let him skate outdoors?

Its not a job if the kid is having fun. Some kids just cant get enough hockey.

If he ever does get sick of it, then we'll do something else.[/quote]

I'm not saying everyone wonders why kids are not passionate. I'm simply trying to explain why 40% of kids quit playing hockey by the time they are PeeWees. It's because of parents that think they are feeding passion when it's simply kids showing a general interest in a sport and the parents thinking they need to barrage them because they think they have passion to be a pro hockey player. Let them be kids for petes sake and find a new hobby.[/quote]


Thanks for the clarification.


(Now maybe someone can tell me what the heck I'm doing wrong with the quote function. )[/quote]

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill ya. LOL! For those with no sense of humor, that's call a joke. [/quote]

A well used bit of humor, but still doesn't help me through my ignorance.

[karl(east)]

(Now maybe someone can tell me what the heck I'm doing wrong with the quote function. )

When you write a post, you will note that there are three boxes below the text box that you can check or not check to disable certain things. Make sure the "Disable BBCode in this post" box is NOT checked.

After you do that the first time, I think all of your posts from then on should automatically do it the right way.

[MrBoDangles]

I, in no way, have a problem with a parent buying, or wearing an elite sweatshirt! The humor was in all the parents wearing them at the same time.....

I get what you're saying in all of this, but I'm trying to find the humor in the parents wearing the sweatshirts at the same time. Were they at the rink or a hockey event? Or were they all just getting together for dinner without it being hockey related? If the latter I can see your point, but if the event had to do with hockey I would think that's the point of buying the apparel.

At a AAA game

Two or three weeks after the Select week was over.

Large amounts of people wearing the same sweatshirt.

Most were wearing as a ego trip

A few probably wore not thinking other than a nice, warm, sweatshirt. Some of THESE people chuckled that it was a Select sweatshirt convention.

The moronic probably didn't think a thing about it and thought they were part of the Select Sweatshirt Posse.

I can't help you along anymore......

[Outoftowner]

(Now maybe someone can tell me what the heck I'm doing wrong with the quote function. )

When you write a post, you will note that there are three boxes below the text box that you can check or not check to disable certain things. Make sure the "Disable BBCode in this post" box is NOT checked.

After you do that the first time, I think all of your posts from then on should automatically do it the right way.

Thanks!

[Outoftowner]

I, in no way, have a problem with a parent buying, or wearing an elite sweatshirt! The humor was in all the parents wearing them at the same time.....

I get what you're saying in all of this, but I'm trying to find the humor in the parents wearing the sweatshirts at the same time. Were they at the rink or a hockey event? Or were they all just getting together for dinner without it being hockey related? If the latter I can see your point, but if the event had to do with hockey I would think that's the point of buying the apparel.

At a AAA game

Two or three weeks after the Select week was over.

Large amounts of people wearing the same sweatshirt.

Most were wearing as a ego trip

A few probably wore not thinking other than a nice, warm, sweatshirt. Some of THESE people chuckled that it was a Select sweatshirt convention.

The moronic probably didn't think a thing about it and thought they were part of the Select Sweatshirt Posse.

I can't help you along anymore......

That IS funny... right there.

[icehornet]

The moronic probably didn't think a thing about it and thought they were part of the Select Sweatshirt Posse.

This is about as pointless of an argument as it gets but I'll continue to play along....

Yes, pretty "moronic" for people to wear an actual hockey sweatshirt to, get this, a hockey event. Seeing you didn't have one on it was easier to label them as egomaniac morons, I see. Do you ever wear a shirt, jacket, hat related to the team your son plays for? I certainly hope it isn't ever "out of season" even if it is by a whopping 2-3 weeks.

[old goalie85]

I had "the Wife" wear chaps & a cowboy hat to bed last night.

[MrBoDangles]

I had "the Wife" wear chaps & a cowboy hat to bed last night.

My wife did too...... We must have been at the same convention.

[MrBoDangles]

The moronic probably didn't think a thing about it and thought they were part of the Select Sweatshirt Posse.

This is about as pointless of an argument as it gets but I'll continue to play along....

Yes, pretty "moronic" for people to wear an actual hockey sweatshirt to, get this, a hockey event. Seeing you didn't have one on it was easier to label them as egomaniac morons, I see. Do you ever wear a shirt, jacket, hat related to the team your son plays for? I certainly hope it isn't ever "out of season" even if it is by a whopping 2-3 weeks.

karl, I vote for IQ screening..