04-23-2019, 02:04 PMhhh81 Wrote:

04-23-2019, 11:56 AMcaltroit_red_flames Wrote: @Nobody a big gripe of mine with SMJHL HO is using the intern as a player approver. Other leagues have a position specifically for player approval, would HO consider creating an approver position to allow the intern to become more of an actual intern rather than the old timey "get me my coffee" sort of position?

It's been this way for a while, this isn't something to do with the current HO group, but I do think it's something this group has the opportunity to improve.

Having served in the role and seen the two interns to follow me, I can say that hasn't been the case. The intern engages in all the discussions that go on in HO, and I imagine that would continue.

I think there's some value in what you propose. I'm not sure what there would be for the intern to "do" if the player approval process was taken off their plate, however.

I had a different experience, but I suppose it's a good thing that it's improved.

In regards to "I'm not sure what there would be for the intern to 'do'", the point of being an intern is learning on the job and being in a lesser role of someone that is actually doing a job you aspire to do. I feel that either the intern should be paid for approving players in addition to being a part of HO discussion, or a player approver should be created as a job and the intern should just be a part of HO discussions without pay.