by Guest » Thu Apr 24, 2025 5:52 pm
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Tough situation. The guy got the team last minute, had to get caught up quick. Got thrown under the bus by spiteful ND AA team worried about losing their kids. Got suspended 15 games and big fine.
I guess you can give the guy a little credit for not de-committing to a bunch of kids when better kids are knocking at your door as their second choice. In retrospect, as a "second choice team" it would have been smart for them to not commit to so many kids early on and wait for other teams scraps. Its unfortunate that there is even such thing as a "second choice team" but, they exist.
North Shore, Markham, North Central being the main ones this year. The only kids they were going to get were kids that didn't make the better teams. Not sure that Markham Waxers would ever have a good team with who they are competing with. Anyone north would want to go with YSE first, anyone else would likely want to go GTHL first. Anyone East would likely go APR or COW first.
AAA is supposed to be the best of the best, not some ok players and scrubs.
Just because you played hockey, doesn't mean you can coach hockey. Would you not find it alarming to be given the head coaching position of a AAA team at the last minute? Any real hockey mind would ask a lot of questions or pass on the position entirely.
The ND team had every right to be upset. It was clearly ruled by the OMHA that he was caught breaking the rules. If anything, the penalties weren't strong enough.
Don't know JW but based on how he has handled his scouting, tryout prep and signings, he is clearly out of his league. That entire team will be in for a subpar rude awakening. The coach will be a one and done. It's a shame the kids will suffer due to an inexperienced and unprepared Dad.
You are clearly a parent from North Durham coming here to talk shit. They are a pathetic group of parents and organization. They are spiteful of kids that left for other programs the last couple years, trashing them behind their backs. Then turn around and half of them are taking their younger kids to other Non-OMHA programs a couple years later.
They turned on JW because he wasn't "one of them" he was a normal guy in a group of gossiping boys who all play hockey with each other. North Durham is Uxbridge and Port Perry, but run by Uxbridge people who treat Port Perry folks like crap because they aren't in the inner circle. Now they have turned on each other, its hilarious watching it go down as an outsider. They have awful talent, will likely be one of the worst AA teams around, and have ruined any potential of any of the skilled kids coming back if they flunk out of AAA. It is the epitome of "small town hockey non-sense" that Open borders and the KSL has given an escape from.
Did JW try to poach kids from ND before he was allowed to? Probably. I don't know for a fact if he did or didn't, he doesn't even really know me.
but so did:
Whitby
APR
COW
YSE
NorthShore
BJC
NCP
I have proof of half of it, because my kid or kids of good friends all were committed to teams well in advance of when they were allowed to. So don't try to pin him with any BS that we don't ALL know is happening on EVERY SINGLE TEAM.
Should JW have played the waiting game and seen what the G and APR and YSE released to him first before committing to kids? Yeah, probably. But so should have NCP and North Shore. It was year one of open borders, he was given the team very last minute - I don't think that makes him a bad coach. Next year will likely be better.
North Shore has a whole team picked and there were probably 20 kids released from APR after one tryout that would ALL have been upgrades to what they took. Plus they have worse goalies than a local single A team out there. (one of the goalies being the coaches son).
JW aint no saint I am sure. But, the people here trying to trash him are likely scum from North Durham.
Is it just me or is this post excessively long and detailed for someone to claim they don’t know JW? Maybe it’s him? Who has this kind of time LMAO highly entertaining response, do recommend! He is in way over his head.
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For real. Sounds like a damn Dear Diary entry after a breakup! JW has some big feelings, let it out Coach. Sounds like the trash took itself out and ND will be much better off without him and his clowns, there’s always a few on every team. AAA going to chew him up and spit him out!
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Tough situation. The guy got the team last minute, had to get caught up quick. Got thrown under the bus by spiteful ND AA team worried about losing their kids. Got suspended 15 games and big fine.
I guess you can give the guy a little credit for not de-committing to a bunch of kids when better kids are knocking at your door as their second choice. In retrospect, as a "second choice team" it would have been smart for them to not commit to so many kids early on and wait for other teams scraps. Its unfortunate that there is even such thing as a "second choice team" but, they exist.
North Shore, Markham, North Central being the main ones this year. The only kids they were going to get were kids that didn't make the better teams. Not sure that Markham Waxers would ever have a good team with who they are competing with. Anyone north would want to go with YSE first, anyone else would likely want to go GTHL first. Anyone East would likely go APR or COW first.
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AAA is supposed to be the best of the best, not some ok players and scrubs.
Just because you played hockey, doesn't mean you can coach hockey. Would you not find it alarming to be given the head coaching position of a AAA team at the last minute? Any real hockey mind would ask a lot of questions or pass on the position entirely.
The ND team had every right to be upset. It was clearly ruled by the OMHA that he was caught breaking the rules. If anything, the penalties weren't strong enough.
Don't know JW but based on how he has handled his scouting, tryout prep and signings, he is clearly out of his league. That entire team will be in for a subpar rude awakening. The coach will be a one and done. It's a shame the kids will suffer due to an inexperienced and unprepared Dad.
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You are clearly a parent from North Durham coming here to talk shit. They are a pathetic group of parents and organization. They are spiteful of kids that left for other programs the last couple years, trashing them behind their backs. Then turn around and half of them are taking their younger kids to other Non-OMHA programs a couple years later.
They turned on JW because he wasn't "one of them" he was a normal guy in a group of gossiping boys who all play hockey with each other. North Durham is Uxbridge and Port Perry, but run by Uxbridge people who treat Port Perry folks like crap because they aren't in the inner circle. Now they have turned on each other, its hilarious watching it go down as an outsider. They have awful talent, will likely be one of the worst AA teams around, and have ruined any potential of any of the skilled kids coming back if they flunk out of AAA. It is the epitome of "small town hockey non-sense" that Open borders and the KSL has given an escape from.
Did JW try to poach kids from ND before he was allowed to? Probably. I don't know for a fact if he did or didn't, he doesn't even really know me.
but so did:
Whitby
APR
COW
YSE
NorthShore
BJC
NCP
I have proof of half of it, because my kid or kids of good friends all were committed to teams well in advance of when they were allowed to. So don't try to pin him with any BS that we don't ALL know is happening on EVERY SINGLE TEAM.
Should JW have played the waiting game and seen what the G and APR and YSE released to him first before committing to kids? Yeah, probably. But so should have NCP and North Shore. It was year one of open borders, he was given the team very last minute - I don't think that makes him a bad coach. Next year will likely be better.
North Shore has a whole team picked and there were probably 20 kids released from APR after one tryout that would ALL have been upgrades to what they took. Plus they have worse goalies than a local single A team out there. (one of the goalies being the coaches son).
JW aint no saint I am sure. But, the people here trying to trash him are likely scum from North Durham.
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Is it just me or is this post excessively long and detailed for someone to claim they don’t know JW? Maybe it’s him? Who has this kind of time LMAO highly entertaining response, do recommend! He is in way over his head.
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For real. Sounds like a damn Dear Diary entry after a breakup! JW has some big feelings, let it out Coach. Sounds like the trash took itself out and ND will be much better off without him and his clowns, there’s always a few on every team. AAA going to chew him up and spit him out!