[Dude]

Ranger...you're very welcome. Somebody had to get you to come out of your shell.

Kokanne,

Excuses, excuses. I too played college, juggled an extremely busy school schedule, chassed around a hot brown bird (now Mrs. Dude), and still found time for my club side. Granted, I was in the lower mainland, but had I been going to school, oh I don't know, ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE LOWER MAINLAND, I would have been replaced. You see, this is what a good club does, replace players that can't commit.

Ranger absolutely nailed it in his short, concise post. But, Ranger, I will say this...somehow, many of the other ethnic teams have players that tend to "grow out of" being young and spoiled. I guess because if you want to play at a high level in this sport- or go as high as your abilities will take you- you have to learn to battle with the trailer trash, non-ethnic kids. But then, Kokanee is right. I don't get it. I'll never understand the plight of the spoiled ethnic kid- not to paint a brush- that can't find the time to call his teammates when he can't make training or a game. I guess with two kids, coaching, the boy's hockey, and running a business I've just learned to dial. Crazy, I know.

In short, bitch, bitch, moan, moan...good luck to Whalley and DFC. Please put this horse out of its misery.