Personally, I think the best thing the Stars should do after this article is to try to find new avenues to allow for those without the financial backing to be involved in hockey. Scholarships to play (including equipment they can keep), used equipment sales or provided equipment for the season, maybe opening up their ice to allow for cross-league play...
Basically, with this story, they need to run with any positive program that they can find, and they need to handle the situation with the coaches by moving them into different roles other than coaching until their contracts expire.
The parents of the children playing in the leagues should always have recourse when it comes to how their children are coached.
The Stars need to provide complete transparency on this, because they have no way to prove they aren't the monster this article made them out to be (which, I don't really fully believe).
My kids play hockey in Dallas. The Stars seem to do alright, but what you get for your money has been dwindling by a lot. Less practice and ice time, way more kids on the ice all at once, a lot less personal attention. And very much with respect to any group outside the Stars an “our way or the highway” attitude.
Personally, I think the best thing the Stars should do after this article is to try to find new avenues to allow for those without the financial backing to be involved in hockey. Scholarships to play (including equipment they can keep), used equipment sales or provided equipment for the season, maybe opening up their ice to allow for cross-league play...
Basically, with this story, they need to run with any positive program that they can find, and they need to handle the situation with the coaches by moving them into different roles other than coaching until their contracts expire.
The parents of the children playing in the leagues should always have recourse when it comes to how their children are coached.
The Stars need to provide complete transparency on this, because they have no way to prove they aren't the monster this article made them out to be (which, I don't really fully believe).
Anyway... Just my thoughts...
My kids play hockey in Dallas. The Stars seem to do alright, but what you get for your money has been dwindling by a lot. Less practice and ice time, way more kids on the ice all at once, a lot less personal attention. And very much with respect to any group outside the Stars an “our way or the highway” attitude.