I skipped to the IIHF part and gave a quick listen. let me respond on that. Per the 22 man rule change, i as well was looking at whats best for the tounry Zach... its important not to piggyback on a new idea blindly ...but to thew out all possible goods and bads of any new addition to the tourny.. i wasnt sure if the positional movements would be a benifit or a detriment but i felt it was important that i bring it up so we can research together and decide as a group if thats an issue. that to me is good management and thats pretty much what we did right? Blast came in with the data and we were able to make a decision with the numbers in front of us. really i was just 1 dude of many in there collaberating on a new idea eh.
Also, the head guys dont listen to me lol... the IIHF head guys do what they want.. ive given many ideas over the seasons and none have ever been implamented. if they did consider those adds.. the tourny would be much bigger by now imo ...ive called for allot of changes and in terms of what your talking about on your pod..ive complained about auto lines as well.. asking for stricter laws when it came to missing deadlines... i mean from my perspective your only required job as Fed head is to set a lineup..(any more then that is gravy) 2 fed heads have have all season to set 1 lineup... and if you cant do that.. then you should immediatley be fired cause its not fair to the tourny or the players... but i was told thats to harsh... so we have laws in place where we allow countries to autoline instead of setting a lines date before the tourny so we can deal with missed lineups and keep the tourys numbers fair (like you said)....and we give multiple chances for ignoring your only requirement. in terms of anything else.. the rest on your pod i believe falls under IIHF structure.. and If you want better structure in the IIHF, you have to call out the ones who make policy.
now back to listening to the rest of your esteemed Pod!
Completely sidestepping the actual reason I called you out, neat. I don't question your intentions in the initial discussion regarding the roster expansion, but you have to admit you took such a hard stance on positional limits, even when hearing counterarguments from other small nation heads, and then promptly fielded the roster you did that both supported our arguments and flew in the face of your own? (Not to mention, goes against the current rulebook)
But yes, ultimately all of this falls on IIHF HO, I firmly agree. Both the allowance of your nine defenseman and the complete absence of German representation. I'd also like to see these laws you speak of that allegedly give free passes to unresponsive Federation Heads, because they aren't in the IIHF Rulebook, and I assume that would also be a conversation for the IIHF HO.
ztevans
