I\\\'ve been around the south shore my whole life. Been a part of multiple town organizations, mass hockey board, usa hockey board etc. It\\\'s not the kids, and it\\\'s not the location. They started trying to rebuild this last year. New kids, new coaches etc. Hasn\\\'t worked exactly the way they would want. It\\\'s alot like a new owner taking over an old business and having to weed out old employees. Lastxyear there were not alot of kids at tryouts. This year there were over 100 kids on one sheet for a few different birth years (should have been separated) but wasn\\\'t. The programs started getting more talent but still need better coaching. There are now a few teams starting to succeed but until coaching changes happen more it\\\'s going to stay as it is. Same for the breakers. They had some winning teams and a mass exodus happened in multiple birth years. Same goes for the kings, and terriers. It goes up and down with every team. Just because one team succeeds and another fails doesn\\\'t mean the kids aren\\\'t at that level, it could be coaching, skills, etc. I don\\\'t get why any grown man or woman would crap all over other kids. Maybe you got cut as a kid. Maybe your significant other left you. Maybe your under a delusion that your kid may make it pro. Whatever the reason, get a life. It\\\'s little kid hockey and whatever you call it it\\\'s still basically a town program.

I\'ve been around the south shore my whole life. Been a part of multiple town organizations, mass hockey board, usa hockey board etc. It\'s not the kids, and it\'s not the location. They started trying to rebuild this last year. New kids, new coaches etc. Hasn\'t worked exactly the way they would want. It\'s alot like a new owner taking over an old business and having to weed out old employees. Lastxyear there were not alot of kids at tryouts. This year there were over 100 kids on one sheet for a few different birth years (should have been separated) but wasn\'t. The programs started getting more talent but still need better coaching. There are now a few teams starting to succeed but until coaching changes happen more it\'s going to stay as it is. Same for the breakers. They had some winning teams and a mass exodus happened in multiple birth years. Same goes for the kings, and terriers. It goes up and down with every team. Just because one team succeeds and another fails doesn\'t mean the kids aren\'t at that level, it could be coaching, skills, etc. I don\'t get why any grown man or woman would crap all over other kids. Maybe you got cut as a kid. Maybe your significant other left you. Maybe your under a delusion that your kid may make it pro. Whatever the reason, get a life. It\'s little kid hockey and whatever you call it it\'s still basically a town program.

The Bandits model is better than most as is the league the play in. The problem is the toxic culture the management bleeds into the system. It\\\'s embarrassing to even have a discussion with the knuckle dragger heading up the youth program. Speaking to him for more than 5 minutes will just hurt your brain.

If you want to look into rules just watch a practice. 75% of the coaches blatantly ignore the USA hockey helmet policy.

Their elite teams can\\\'t win more than 4 or 5 games a season and have no business entering teams at that level. Just put them in the \\\"tier 1\\\", which is really tier 2 or even 3, where they would be competitive at some age groups.

TP cursed the Bandits everything he touches goes to s**t. Now the Bandits are dealing with the mess he made. Bandits owners should of listened to the guy that was there before him who was turning the program around

Owners screwed that one up by letting TP in the door, and knowing people would leave as a result. That\'s on owner for allowing that to happen. Once those birthyears age out (08-13\'s) that place will start to recover. Maybe the 15\'s will be first group to be competitive.

The \'15 elite bandits have lost all their games. The 2014 team doesn\'t seem to play anymore ? The 2014 \'elite\' breakers have not won a game yet. Seems like the breakers \'14 selects team is better than the elite team. These programs aren\'t just going to make a comeback. The parents follow where the talent is now.

Didnt know that, my kids are out of that age and in HS. My kids were finishing up there when TP was coming in. No one seemed happy about it. The guy before TP seemed good, and the guy before that guy was also pretty solid (Minus his previous issue with the ECHL team and money laundering, good movie though you should watch it)

It seems every few years that Bandits program finds a way to screw up a good thing. Programs screw up all the time, but the bandits have done more than others. Usually when a program does that its a few years to recover because of the older/younger brother effect. If they are still struggling they have bigger problems than just what that guy did. someone said they had 100 at tryouts for one birth year. To me that\'s a positive