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Bob Schulz
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| Feb. 27, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Tournament winnings......???????? Gary, specifically to your wins--congratulations. I believe team chemistry is an important ingredient to win titles consistently. As to your opinion on why the Chicago Classics broke up I disagree. As a former member I have first hand knowledge of the reasons this occurred. It was not because players were drawn by other teams. It was because they were driven away by the politics and favored players who coached teams and made poor decisions. Those coaches were allowed to take players to the detriment of other teams in the orgainization. But the main reason they were driven away was how sponsor fees brought in by players from one team were required to share with all six teams. Do I regret the years I played with the Chicago Classics--definitely not. Did it ever dawn on you that teams are not drawn to win rings but have a strong desire and principal goal to win National Championships. You make it sound like a bad thing. My teammates and I also believe in playing the best competition in the country. We play at a high level and welcome competition from any 55's team in the country. We have played Major Plus for three years and would not consider playing down to win a ring or a National Championship when we feel we need to play Major Plus. Does that make me a "ring whore?" You tell me. |
| Feb. 27, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Tournament winnings......???????? I'm not going to debate the difference between local tournaments with volunteers and possibly volunteer umpires compared to SSUSA tournaments. All I can tell you is that in my mind, having played both over the past 12 years, there's a big difference in favor of SSUSA. The best part of being in the USA is that you have choices. There are other associations and you also you have your local tournaments. You make the choice. But if you are going into the SSUSA "store" ask about the merchandise before you buy it. If second place medals are important and they don't offer them take your business elsewhere. They decisde on the product and you have the choice to spend your money on SSUSA or take it elsewhere. There's a reason why their tournaments are normally the largest. |
| Feb. 27, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Tournament winnings......???????? garyheifner, Please expand on your comments because I'm not quite sure about the point you are making. Specifically "who play on the tour", "ring whores". "guys who steal the best players" (who owns them?) |
| Feb. 26, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Tournament winnings......???????? titanhd, Finishing second in a regional tournament is a nice accomplishment but I'm not aware of any associations that would present awards for a regional second place finish. However, if you were a finalist in a National then you will receive recognition and some award for that accomplishment. In additional a few of your players would be named to the All Amercian or All Tournament team but I think you know this. |
| Feb. 26, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Go USA Hockey Congratulations to the Canadian Women on their Gold Medal. They played a heck of a game against a very good USA team. The USA men in a rematch will have their hands full if USA and Canada win today to advance to the Gold Medal game. Go USA. |
| Feb. 26, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Tournament winnings......???????? ShaneV, I agree with your posts. Remember the Associations must make a profit. They do not do this for our benefit without a reward. Don't forget renting fields, maintaining fields, insurance costs, home office staff and operating costs. Now they also receive other revenue so I am not saying we should pass the hat around but cut them some slack. Rewards for second place? Go kiss your sister. |
| Feb. 24, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 2011 Regeions Will the new rules help a few but punish many? SSUSA hopefully will avoid this from happening by allowing grandfathering for existing teams. |
| Feb. 21, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Go USA Hockey Make that Brian Rafalsi and Ryan Miller. |
| Feb. 21, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Go USA Hockey Rafalski, way to step up your game. Smyth great game also. Just the first big step though. |
| Feb. 19, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: How would YOU rate teams I agree. Latest post by SSUSA is a very good explanation of the rationale behind rating changes. You are not told often enough what a good job SSUSA does. Thanks. |
| Feb. 19, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: How would YOU rate teams When these discussions arise, its a relief to play Major Plus. There are a lack of teams at some tournaments but the competition is always good. You get to see some of the best players in the country and you do not ever worry about protecting your rating because you can't be bumped up. Step up boys if you can. Its not that tough. |
| Feb. 17, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: How to expand TOC participation While this may be a radical departure to the format for the TOC I would suggest that the number of teams to be invited include the National Champions from other Associations. If the goal is to gain more competition the answer would be to qualify more teams. Right now teams qualify for winning regional SSUSA tournaments. If SSUSA would like to expand the TOC participation why not consider this change? |
| Feb. 17, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Teams Being Bumped Up Llama, To be clear--Do you want to play the most teams or the best competition? Bob Schulz |
| Jan. 29, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Adoption of modification in bat standard MaverickAH, I did have concerns in this regard. I was assured in a private email with SSUSA that there is no plan to retest a bat after use. The standard was raised from 1.20 to 1.21 to allow 2 new bats out of the wrapper to be legal. The only assurance I wanted was that this was not a plan to somehow start banning bats that we all commonly use now. I received that insurance so I am satisfied and this should hopefully close this matter. |
| Jan. 27, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Adoption of modification in bat standard taits, That's what I'm trying to find out. What is the agenda for this change? There may not be anything to be concerned about but I would just think it would be nice to hear that for sure. It was done for some purpose. |
| Jan. 27, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Adoption of modification in bat standard Dave, Can we get some official response as to the purpose of this adoption and what it is hoped to accomplish in terms of bat limits? Was it intended to provide a standard for testing a bat after use of just out of the wrapper? |
| Jan. 24, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Adoption of modification in bat standard The memo at the end of the adoption modification seemed to possibly indicate that bats when broken in would still need to pass the new standard. Is this correct or not? We know most bats get hotter over time. Will this be part of the new requirement? If not there should be no real impact. If so, more questions arise. |
| Jan. 22, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Adoption of modification in bat standard I just purchased a new Yellow Combat to back up one that is starting to crack. The point is many players will be purchasing bats for the upcoming season. If any of the bats that we have been using the last few years will be banned as a result of this modification we need to know now. Just looking for some plain English instead of stats. |
| Jan. 22, 2010 Bob50 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Adoption of modification in bat standard Under the new change adopted today will the Ultra 2 and Yellow Combat still be approved bats? |
| Dec. 4, 2009 Bob50 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Hitting the ball with a foot completely out of the battyer"s box. Hit the Gap, I agree with you. |
