06-08-2019, 02:33 PMMike Izzy Wrote: Zach: "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."

Well there was issues with teams not setting lineups in the past and it was discussed in the channel... a rule was put in maybe a handful of years back about giving GMs a 2nd seasonto set one if they missed a lineup. I believe thats the current rule in place. i dot think its fair to IIHF HO to discuss actual policy in media...but since its out here i think wed be better off if we set a hard date for lineups, have those lineups looked at and denied or approved so we put forth the best possible tourny possible... and if theres a nation ignores the 10 tags they get to submit a roster and its not due to an emergency (it being simply cause they didnt want to add it) they should be removed that season. im not 100% on this but i would guess that In the SHL if a GM doesnt set a lineup all year for non emergency issues) i got to believe they would be asked to resign no? .. should be the same here i believe.

It should be noted that we do have a hard date for lineups (unless you mean a compete removal of the 2nd consecutive season rule), and no one has failed to submit a roster for this tournament.

Also, the SHL is a longer timeframe and is much easier to judge if a GM is AWOL or not, for the IIHF and it's short nature, not to mention Sami's submission of a roster, it is more difficult to implement, but if he does not return soon I think it safe to say we will be looking for a new German Fed Head.