09-12-2019, 05:42 PMArGarBarGar Wrote:

09-12-2019, 04:52 PMBDonini Wrote: What is the purpose of the league? Seems like you're the one who doesn't understand it...or at least doesn't understand how to achieve it.

Cultivating and developing new members into potentially active and important pieces of the community and giving old members something to follow and enjoy while they wait for their time to get back into the SHL. Winning a Four-Star cup is fun and a nice prize at the end, but it is not the be all end all and shouldn't be for the long-term health of the league.

Perhaps my statement was a bit to generalizing, but in most cases actives should be given precedent to where this type of a rule isn't necessary.

I think as an SMJHL GM that we try to give preference to actives in most cases outside of starting a season with a 350 capped player versus a sub 200 player. That active will pass them on the depth chart if they stay active and it gives them something to work towards outside of just gaining TPE. GM's don't want to play capped IFA's at all in the end, but we still have to fill out a roster and not every season is going to have enough active players to make a team competitive. No one likes losing and having some successes is a vital part of making the new members like the league.

We are always trying to develop new members into great members of the community but outside of a few people, A lot of the old members ignore the J like it is a disease ridden plague rat and try to get out of it as fast as they can. In over 75% the talks I have had with recreates pre-draft their goal includes winning the 4 star before they are called up. Until more people start caring about the J outside of the 1-5 seasons their player spends in it; It is hard to take their opinions seriously as someone who puts a lot into trying to make the SMJHL a great place.