You put your team into a tournament like this even though there is not chance of winning because the team gets to play against really good competition. For some it can be a deflating experience. For a coach, child or parent it is an opportunity to measure themselves against the best to see what they are doing well and where they need to improve. Some coaches walk away saying "we did okay but we need to improve on this or that in order to be competitive". Some kids walk away thinking " I was able to stop the best attack player or I beat a great defender". This gives the kid the confidence to continue playing and working to be better. It's not always about winning. If you are not one of the top six you can choose to look at the weekend as a failure or you can take the small victories achieved and build on it for your kids future success. Winning is great but if you never lose you will not learn anything.
That's one theory, but if all coaches thought that way, obviously all don't, there would of been many more teams at the qualifier. Future success is only speculation, but in the here and now, I can guarantee the six top teams were; committed, prepared, made changes during tryouts, and sold on their coach's overall plan as a team. But don't lead your group into battle if you know they will be over matched, if so in the end your the only one to blame.
There are so many flaws with this post, grammar notwithstanding, that it pained me to read it. Essentially, you're (note the spelling) saying that if a team can't win then it has no business playing? Your (see the difference in the spelling?) ignorance is truly mind boggling. I'm assuming that your son plays for the Bandits, because otherwise, by your rationale, you would not have been in that tournament. If that is in fact true, I certainly hope he's not one of those tiny kids with the fat, short dads, because they are going nowhere in the long term. You should record and enjoy every moment of "the here and now", because you won't have much more. That team is a system of players with superb coaching. Most of the players are replaceable part of the machine. The lefty attack and the faceoff middie are 80% responsible for the team's success... the other 10% is credited to the coaching. Just like Crush, a whole bunch of the small kids will be left uncommitted when the wheel stops turning.
And if he doesn't play for the Bandits, then maybe you need to reevaluate your theory, because it's idiotic.
