11-19-2021, 10:00 AMVandy Wrote: So that unfortunately leaves me with a couple of options. I've tried very hard to move up in this league either in the offices or as a WJC/IIHF GM or somewhere and have gotten nowhere.  It's not for want of trying just I guess I don't have the pull or the connections that some folks do. I thought it was pretty ironic that the recent call for juniors Home Office folks was relatively ignored it was relatively ignored until a plea was put out and then people who have done the job before or were already senior in the league were picked which It's pretty well proved the point that senior folks would always be picked over junior folks.

I wanna pick this out specifically, while I do agree with some of what you're saying, this in particular is a bit strange. I won't speak for WJC or IIHF, but unless myself or someone else missed it, I don't believe you applied for J HO this past cycle? In addition, to give some numbers, about 70% of our applicants to J HO held some sort of SHL or SMJHL HO position and about 60% had some sort of GM position. It actually would've been numerically impossible to choose three members without any sort of "pull or connection". I don't really think you have the fully story here, as we did in fact select a more junior member than one of the most respected and senior members here. It was an incredibly difficult decision but this is such a lose-lose situation for us as HO. Either we pick people who are experienced to bring a tempered view to HO and get blamed for picking seniority since people can't get that experience, or we pick newer members and get flak because people who have legitimate experience in what works and what doesn't don't matter anymore.