Charles Coulas
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Charles Coulas
@longball101
Sports fan
Arnprior, Ontario,Canada Katılım Temmuz 2009
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"I just think it was the Vlad extension that got all this rolling."
@AJPierzynski12 and @ErikKratz31 break down how the Vlad Guerrero Jr. contract extension gave the Blue Jays some stability.
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@PatTalksTexans They have to rewrite hunters contact and Shultz contract
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@HockeyThinkTank Most of the good players from other countries are playing in North America so the play Canadians and Americans all the time so they are use to them
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Thoughts on Team Canada at World Juniors:
There's been a lot of discourse today about Canada's performance after bowing out to Czechia again. I've read a lot about roster construction, team toughness, how players were used during the tournament, and other things related to the team's inability to get the job done.
These things may have been an issue, but reality is the problem runs way deeper.
Here is the biggest thing that people aren't talking about:
Canada has WAY fewer youth boys playing hockey than it did a decade ago.
Looking at Hockey Canada registration and membership data, it's mind-boggling to see the numbers.
And the numbers in the biggest provinces (Ontario and Quebec) are especially egregious.
So why is this happening? Hockey is Canada's sport. It shouldn't be like this.
It's what we hear every day from families all over North America:
Costs are too high. It's professionalized at too young of an age. The stress of the youth hockey experience is too much for kids and families.
Community programs have been replaced by for-profit entities leading to higher costs and more pressure. Development has been replaced by super teams and rogue/outlaw leagues outside of Hockey Canada even before kids are 8 years old. At the older ages, hockey academies have become what families believe is the only way their kids will make it - shelling out INSANE amounts of money to send their kids to do so.
Ontario just got rid of residency rules which will only lead to less accountability and more club-hopping than there already was in the nation's craziest and biggest youth hockey market.
The reason why Canada was the hockey superpower for so long is because it was part of the fabric of the country. There was such a pride and passion for the game and what the game meant to the flag. There was such a sense of playing the game for something bigger than yourself.
Now rather than playing for the love of the game, hockey in Canada is like a job for many of these kids in the environment they're being put in. It's less about pride and passion and more about the path to making it. When in all honesty, it's the pride and passion for the game that is the biggest consistency in the kids that do end up making it.
If Canada wants to restore its hockey dominance, it better take a long look in the mirror at the grassroots and what is going on in youth hockey. If you have tens of thousands of fewer boys playing the game, you should probably look at that first. The bigger your pool of athletes, the more elite athletes you can develop.
"As many as possible, for as long as possible, in the best environment possible". That has to be the guiding principle.
There's a lot of great people in Canada doing incredible things for the game, but the system itself is fundamentally broken. If Hockey Canada is serious about getting back to the top, it has to start at the bottom.
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@ItoiKazuhiko @gnomotoke Still can sign he is still a free agent
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岡本和真、ブルージェイズで「7番・三塁」起用か 通算183本塁打ゲレロら強力打線で1993年以来WS制覇へ(スポーツ報知)-Yahoo!ニュース news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8f9c3…

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@MisterEssential @MLBJapan Not cold in Canada in the summer and we have a roof on the stadium
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@MLBJapan おめでとう岡本選手! ゲレーロJr.との右打ちコンビが強力すぎる トロントの寒さにも負けず、MLBでホームラン王争い期待してます!全力応援
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@alviveros1994 @TalkinBaseball_ He told he’s agent send me to LA because Tampa wasn’t going to pay him
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@TalkinBaseball_ Tyler was TRADED to the Dodgers. Snell didn’t have many competitive offers like the Dodgers made. Of course it was a no brainer for him. Get paid AND have a shot at winning??
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@TalkinBaseball_ They already took Freddie Freeman which Braves player they gonna to steal next? Ronald Acuña Jr? Raisel Iglesias? Matt Olson?
GIF
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Just met up with the creative genius @ChimpSports24 and if any @BlueJays fans are interested… hit him up for these sweet T-shirts… #WANTITALL



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@thegoldenmuzzy Why do the leafs have to be always have to be so cheap
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