No he's 100% right. Jumping all the time early on is a mistake but he's right that later winning is what draws more players, more revenue. No one cares about the individual. Give a **** about you and your kid. Coach being an irrational diqhead? Have the conversations to find out what to do to improve the situation. No progress? Move on.

12. Get to know your high school coaches asap.

If you goal is for junior to play HS hockey, play town/house hockey. Save your money. HS hockey is a joke anywhere outside MN.

Loyalty is an overused term. As they get older they don't care how long you have been there. Newer and fresh are the words. Honestly I dont think there has been 1 kid that has been an improvement on my kids team out of more than half the boys they replaced over the years.

The people who change teams every year look like idiots. They're out there.

People who jump teams every year do look like losers but make no mistake its not about loyalty. The orgs and coaches have 0 loyalty especially at the fed elite level. They will cut a kid in a heartbeat if they think another kid is slightly better. Also, there is no development unless you're the coach's kid and every practice is geared towards him and hes out there every PP/PK, only plays with the best kids, turns the puck over constantly and never passes but has nothing said to him while other kids get yelled at for doing the same thing. There really is no way to avoid daddy coaches but if you find one that cares more about developing the kids the right way than winning games stick with him. At the end of the day all these coaches that care about winning over developing hockey players are the real problem with hockey in Mass and why we'll continue to fall behind the midwest states.