Ahhhhhhh yeah its that time. Get the ambulances, and hearse’s ready, make sure the oil is changed and they are gassed and ready to go. Welcome to that time of year when we get to walk through the intensive care unit kicking plugs on life support machines right out of the wall.
Start diggin the holes there boys, we go a lot of work to do over the next five or six weeks. I mean seriously we got a lot of bodies coming our way.
Ooooooops, sorry kids, that oxygen mask just suddenly fell off. Ooooops, didn’t mean to jack up the morphine on ya there boys, but hey it was painless! Ha Ha Ha
But hey, we got us two teams that actually did the right things, and go figure they did it for really good reasons. You know like legitimate reasons. Legitimate reasons like the Coaches moving up the ladder in hockey to take better positions and no one qualified enough to replace them.
First we got the storied Eastern Hockey League’s New York Bobcats. Craig Doremus the Head Coach of the Bobcats moved on to Coach the NAHL’s New Jersey Titans. Good career move for him.
They looked for a replacement, and tried to move the team to the NJ arena, but it wasn’t happening. So, doing the smart thing, the Bobcats go dark.
Next we got the United States Premier Hockey Leagues Illiana Blackbirds. Reid Simpson Head Coach and Owner just happens to be moving on, or moving back to take a position with an NHL team. Yeah, so you might call that just a little upgrade over freezing your ass off on the bench at Tier III.
The Blackbirds looked for someone to come in and take over, but the right mix wasn’t there. So, what do you do? You let the league know whats going on and you give them enough notice that you wont be playing!
I know, its crazy right! To think that people would actually respect their league partners enough to turn off the lights instead of running up the bill to leave them holding the bag later! That dear readers is called being professional on your way out the door.
Hmmmmmmm I wonder if the 30 or so teams I have on my watch list are watching how this is done. Yeah, that’s right boys and girls, I got over 30 teams on the ICU list.
I love August 1st, for all the obvious reasons. You might want to check back pretty regularly because shits about to get real serious here.
David Wagner – The Angel Of Death – For Those Who Live Stupidly I salute You
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