Hey Brodie, I always like hearing non-Sharks fans talk about the team to hear their perspective. Not that it is the end all but, I am curious about the logic (or lack there of) of the voting for the Calder? I am a simple man Brodie. No where near sophisticated enough to live in the gray areas of life so I always fall back on my limited understanding of logic.
I coached high school wrestling on the Central Coast for 10 years man and it was one of the funniest spectacles to attend the seeding meeting for the Central Coast Section tournament after all the league tournaments were done. There were supposed to be "criteria" but, often times it turned into arguing about who is the greatest guitar player of all time and in wrestling the "tough guy" high school coaches would get all riled up talking how this kid was a "tough guy."
My brother was the head coach for 16 seasons and attended all of these seeding meetings. I attended 1. The last 6-7 years my brother was the league rep and sat up at the head table with all the pertinent information that other coaches in the Monterey Bay League had given him for their wrestlers they felt should be given consideration for seeding (only1-6 with 2 alternates for a 2 day 32 man bracket) At one point my brother replied to a riled up coach that he didn't see "tough guy" on the list of criteria. hahaha
I brought this up because given the season that Maclin just put together despite the lack of talent around him, lack of continuity in the line up AND given that he missed 12 games! Add to this that Maclin (so far as I am aware?) led all rookies in pts per game despite missing those 12 games. Given that the games missed were before Mike Grier began to trade off parts I think it is a reasonable assumption that Maclin would have led all rookies in scoring and pts per game.
Mr. W. expressed his reason for saying Maclin would not win is because he was not playing meaningful games? So the Calder is for the best rookie who plays the most consequential hockey games and they are in the play offs? Am I wrong Brodie in assuming that the Calder was supposed to be for the best rookie? I have a peeve with adults who have the opportunity to screw a young athlete out of their just deserts because they can? Dustin Wolf, Maclin, Michkoff and Lane all worked very hard this past season to put together exceptional seasons and it makes me angry to see anyone put their finger on the scale and deny them the rewards of that hard work for less than logical reasons.
If Mr. W. just said "Hey, at the end of the day I just felt Lane was the best rookie." Fine. This vote does not have criteria it appears much like the CCS seading meeting used to not have any. Every writer who votes is entitled to their opinion. If a guy prefers Dustin Wolf I can't argue with that. Just don't use nonsense pretzel logic and with the casting of a ballot deny any of these very deserving young men their reward.
Okay, sorry Brodie I am stepping down off my soap box and turning off the fire hose now. hahaha Does that make any sense Brodie?
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Hey Brodie,
I always like hearing non-Sharks fans talk about the team to hear their perspective. Not that it is the end all but, I am curious about the logic (or lack there of) of the voting for the Calder? I am a simple man Brodie. No where near sophisticated enough to live in the gray areas of life so I always fall back on my limited understanding of logic.
I coached high school wrestling on the Central Coast for 10 years man and it was one of the funniest spectacles to attend the seeding meeting for the Central Coast Section tournament after all the league tournaments were done. There were supposed to be "criteria" but, often times it turned into arguing about who is the greatest guitar player of all time and in wrestling the "tough guy" high school coaches would get all riled up talking how this kid was a "tough guy."
My brother was the head coach for 16 seasons and attended all of these seeding meetings. I attended 1. The last 6-7 years my brother was the league rep and sat up at the head table with all the pertinent information that other coaches in the Monterey Bay League had given him for their wrestlers they felt should be given consideration for seeding (only1-6 with 2 alternates for a 2 day 32 man bracket) At one point my brother replied to a riled up coach that he didn't see "tough guy" on the list of criteria. hahaha
I brought this up because given the season that Maclin just put together despite the lack of talent around him, lack of continuity in the line up AND given that he missed 12 games! Add to this that Maclin (so far as I am aware?) led all rookies in pts per game despite missing those 12 games. Given that the games missed were before Mike Grier began to trade off parts I think it is a reasonable assumption that Maclin would have led all rookies in scoring and pts per game.
Mr. W. expressed his reason for saying Maclin would not win is because he was not playing meaningful games? So the Calder is for the best rookie who plays the most consequential hockey games and they are in the play offs? Am I wrong Brodie in assuming that the Calder was supposed to be for the best rookie? I have a peeve with adults who have the opportunity to screw a young athlete out of their just deserts because they can? Dustin Wolf, Maclin, Michkoff and Lane all worked very hard this past season to put together exceptional seasons and it makes me angry to see anyone put their finger on the scale and deny them the rewards of that hard work for less than logical reasons.
If Mr. W. just said "Hey, at the end of the day I just felt Lane was the best rookie." Fine. This vote does not have criteria it appears much like the CCS seading meeting used to not have any. Every writer who votes is entitled to their opinion. If a guy prefers Dustin Wolf I can't argue with that. Just don't use nonsense pretzel logic and with the casting of a ballot deny any of these very deserving young men their reward.
Okay, sorry Brodie I am stepping down off my soap box and turning off the fire hose now. hahaha Does that make any sense Brodie?
Peter St. John
Clovis, CA
I don't care how these writers vote Sharks territory knows we got the best player. Think about it Mack is only 18 years old
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Thanks for Brazil vs. Wyshynski ! Have you ever had Jeff Marek as an interview? We old people used to love the Marek vs. Wyshynski Podcast.