If you make a donation to the Canadian Breast Cancer
Foundation, please mention "lacrosse" in a note with
the donation. At my request, in memory of my wife
Brenda, the CBCF will then direct the funds to a
facility seeking a "cure", rather than a "control".
Who I have alot of respect for and so does the OHA would make a decision and everyone in the league would accept it cause hes the number one guy not a commttie to over rule him.That is why he has everyones respect.Tell me were the OLA has respect right now!
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 10:25 PM from IP address 99.251.102.51
Just wanted to let everyone know that we are in the latter stages of the process to make the U16 a fully sanctioned OLA Program. If your Clubs are interested in playing, please email me (josh.briscoe@sympatico.ca)
I have heard rumours of the Leagues demise, but right now, we're full speed ahead, hoping for the final vote of confidence from the OLA.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 10:24 PM from IP address 74.15.11.102
Durham men's lacrosse league has its fall registration this Monday July 28th from 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm at Iroquois Park Arena (pad 4).The season starts the first wednesday in September and runs into November.The league is opened to players aged 16 yrs and up.This recreation league is non-contact and follows Masters lacrosse rules.The league is the only indoor league in Durham this fall and winter.For further info contact dmlllax@hotmail.com............thx and hope to see u there........
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 7:42 PM from IP address 142.108.250.55
Ontario Jr B Council announced the 2008 league award winners Wednesday. OLA Jr B Commissioner, Dave Vernon emailed the names of the award winners to the respective club representatives.
Six Nations Rebels captain, Stu Hill was named the Western Conference MVP while Pat Saunders of the Halton Hills Bulldogs earned MVP honours for the Eastern Conference. Both Hill and Saunders were also respective Conference Scoring Title winners.
Welland Warlords goalie sensation, Connor Danko was the Western Conference Rookie-of-the-Year while Clarington Green Gaels Ryan Serville was the top Eastern Conference freshmen.
Six Nations Rebels Hawenaedas Thomas claimed the Western Conference Most Valuable Defensive award for the second consecutive year with Mimico Mountaineers’ Tyler Campbell is the Eastern Conference Best Defensive Player of the year.
Six Nations Rebels goaltenders’ Randy Johnson , Klayton Maracle and Cody VanEvery was the Top Goaltenders with Oakville Buzz netminders, Cam Watts and Ryan Garbutt backstopping the Buzz to Eastern Conference Regular Season title.
The Welland Warlords, after end a 41-game losing streak and finishing with a .500 (10-and-10) record, had their coaching staff of Jesse Cracknell , Mike Hominuck , Mike Hominuck Jr ., GM Bob Wright , Trainers Jean Raymond and Roy Belanger won the Western Conference Coaching-Staff of the year. While the Far East Division champion, Nepean Knights and their coaching staff of Chad Fairfoull , Chris Parker , Ted Montour , Anali Maneshi , Vicki Wong and GM Dean Joncas will have the honour of coaching the respective Conference All-Stars’ at the 2009 Jr B All-Star game.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 6:21 PM from IP address 76.64.109.15
With the Orangeville, Brampton series over I wonder a few things. Is there more then 6 officials that do JR A Lax. In game 1 it was McCauly and McCullagh. 2 Mccullagh and Nurse, 3 Same as game 1, 4 same as game 2, 5 McCauly and Paddick and 6 Robinson and Gauthier (I think that was his name). Why in a 6 game series would McCullagh do 4 games McCauly 3 and Nurse 2. For the people watching the other series did you have the same guys all the time? The worst part is McCauly is from Brampton and I understand so to is McCullagh. I wont blame any Orangeville losses on the reffing but this is wrong having the same guys doing all the games. Anyone else agree or disagree?
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 5:44 PM from IP address 67.69.2.250
That was probably the best 1 vs 8 series this game has seen in a long time and you need to come and bitch about seeing the same guy 4 times? Give your friggin head a shake. The peanut gallery is always griping about the officiating and missed calls and here we have a series with near perfect reffing and all you can do is complain that you didnt see 8 different guys?
The reason you see the same guys is that there needs to be consistency in the series. By having one or two constants, mixed in with a couple of others, you are guaranteed to have the same type of game night in and night out, and that is what the teams want. Man, if you were upset about the matchups in this round, wait till the next one..
Geez, there is just no pleasing some people...
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 7:41 PM from IP address 99.235.207.127
Near perfect reffing? McCauley was tailor made for the Brampton style of defence, allowing them to clutch and grab. It made for some pretty awful lacrosse. You are right when you say that there should be consistancy, but it should come from different referees. McCauley doing four out of the six games was horrid.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 9:10 PM from IP address 99.239.140.195
I believe I said I didnt blame any O'ville losses on the refs, I asked about the same guys doing the same series. Yes it was a great series and I wasnt bitching but asking a simple question. Read the post before you go on a rant.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 10:20 PM from IP address 216.110.251.142
The rumor goes like this. Barrie gets Orillia Rama Kings Junior A rights and in return the Orillia Rama Kings get Barrie Tornados Junior B rights for the 2009 season or something like that. I am not sure why Orillia would give up the junior A team; they’re young and a team on the rise. Rama Kings coaching staff did a great job this year and with guys like Jason Wiles on the bench the future looks bright for the Rama Kings Junior A’s. Will the godfather of lacrosse move Orillia’s team without a challenge from the fans in Orillia?
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 5:16 PM from IP address 76.68.89.174
You know in your heart Dean the first decision you made was the proper one and why you changed your mind only you know.This is a disgrace to the OLA as a whole.Rules are rules and it's too bad if someone had to learn the hard way it seems those with deep pockets always win the war.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 1:45 PM from IP address 99.251.102.51
Here is what Floridascout wrote, "...why you changed your mind..."
Here is was Dean originally wrote: "My ruling, of awarding the 2 points to Burlington, by the words of R 8.01 [a] was overturned last night by a 3-man panel of OLA executives."
Normally I would ask if you were deaf, but this is a textual medium afterall. And, in retrospect, makes Dean look prophetic when he wrote, "Know what the hell you are talking about before you make unknowledgable postings."
Skennen
...Tsitshoh...
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 2:08 PM from IP address 198.103.223.51
people need to learn that dean is not a member of the review panel, when it went to that 3 person panel, it was not his decision to overturn it. so, everyone may want to stop accusing dean of backpeddling over his ruling.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 3:29 PM from IP address 142.205.213.254
Once again, I see a post that the poster makes a statement to which he knows nothing about. You are very correct that, I made a decision, in accordance with the OLA constitution [R8.01,a] which removed the 2 points from Akwesasne and awarded them to Burlington plus I fined Akwesasne very, very heavily. You state that "I CHANGED MY MIND." I do not know where got that info from, but let me tell you, whoever you are, that it was not me that that over-ruled my own decision, it was an OLA appeals board who performed that deed. Akwesasne appeal under R15.03. I do not know if you know any Junior "A" Governors, but if you do, why don't you take the time to question them on this matter, I know that each and every one of them will tell you the same thing that I just told you.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 4:52 PM from IP address 70.49.193.62
Last time I checked this is a public forum, Mr. McLeod is allowed to post all he wants, if people were bashing me I know I'd defend myself to, especially when people dont know exactly what they are talking about. you're allowed to post on here, so is the commish, i think you should leave it alone
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 6:03 PM from IP address 70.50.208.172
I think the commish looks like a clown/mickey mouse posting on this forum. Ask yourself this....would Dave Branch post on a forum where 1/2 the comments are just trolls trying to suck people in?
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 9:18 PM from IP address 69.156.77.73
OHL Commissioner and President of the CHL. The difference is Dave Branch has far more media and would have released a press release. Rightly or wrongly, the OLA doesn't have this luxury (or are way behind, completely different topic though) and this is the forefront for OLA news and Mr McLeod, presumably, knew his message would be heard if he were to post on here.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 9:59 PM from IP address 24.215.34.37
Actually I don't mind just as long as he doesn't get sucked into the trolls. It's kinda nice having an authoratative voice on here. I just hope that the idiots posting don't reply to every single post of his with nonsense. Probably will happen anyways but it's nice to wish.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 9:59 PM from IP address 24.57.142.28
It saddens me to pass on the news about the passing of Ken 'Red' Crawford. Red was a member of both the Canadian and Ontario Lacrosse Halls of Fame being inducted to each in 1991. Red's two sons, Wayne and Gary also played lacrosse.
Red, during his brilliant 18 year career from 1960 thru 1976 in senior A and major played for Port Credit, St.Catharines, Windsor, Toronto, pro with Montreal, Brampton and spent 6 years with the Brooklin Redmen 1964, 65, 66, 67, 70 and 71. He still stands 24th all time with 178 games played for the Redmen and even after so many years is still 40th on their list of career goalscorers with 178 to his credit. Red was good enough to be picked up by Peterborough in 1966 where he was a member of the Pepsi Petes Mann Cup winning team. My best memories of him were as a great faceoff man and penalty killer where he would rag the ball for minutes at a time.
He'll be sadly missed by all of lacrosse and his Redmen family. If others have something to add about the date and time of service please don't hesitate to poste.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 1:40 PM from IP address 69.158.99.30
Ken "Red" Crawford played a year in Scarborough in 1981, was a player coach I believe. I watched a game for the Scarborough Saints that year in which not only did Red and his son Wayne play together but his younger son Gary dressed as well. Red was amazing to watch because at 47 years old he was still out running the younger guys and working harder than all others on that floor. It was the last year he played and was a great memory for a 17 year old player learning the game.
Paul
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 5:00 PM from IP address 74.15.164.139
I was saddened on Tuesday afternoon on my way to Burlington to hear from Bob Hanna informing me of Red's passing. On behalf of myself, the Ontario Junior "A" Lacrosse Council and the Brampton Excelsior Lacrosse Club, who Red played with for a couple of seasons, I pass on to Red's family our deepest condolences. Red was a great lacrosse player, but more importantly, a great human being, husband, father and grandfather. Red will be missed throughout the lacrosse community. Rest in peace Red.
Your Friend, Dean
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 5:40 PM from IP address 70.49.193.62
What a 2008 season Cody Jamieson is having regular season 4.8 points per game playoffs 7.2 points per game this must be a record.
SUMMER SEASON
RANK PLAYER TEAM POS GP G A PTS
1 Jamieson, Cody SIX F 21 59 42 101
2 Buchanan, Kyle AKW F 22 37 52 89
3 Small, Corey STC 21 38 39 77
4 Williams, Dan STC 22 13 62 75
5 Brownell, Kevin BUR F 22 42 31 73
6 Potter, Andrew STC 21 35 33 68
Guerin, Jesse PET F 21 25 43 68
8 McLeod, Matt ORG F 21 37 30 67
9 Matthews, Mark WHT F 20 28 36 64
Reaume, Ben SIX F 22 14 50 64
PLAYOFFS
RANK PLAYER TEAM POS GP G A PTS
1 Jamieson, Cody SIX F 6 23 20 43
2 Guerin, Jesse PET F 6 15 13 28
3 Gillam, Josh PET F 6 8 16 24
4 Jones, Adam ORG F 6 10 12 22
5 Clancy, Kyle PET F 6 10 9 19
McLeod, Matt ORG F 6 9 10 19
Kicknoswa, Jacob SIX F 6 7 12 19
8 Buchanan, Kyle AKW F 5 9 8 17
Staats, Randy SIX F 5 8 9 17
10 Reaume, Ben SIX F 6 3 13 16
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 6:27 AM from IP address 69.158.8.218
so, the intermediate provincials are next month. Will there be scouting for new recruits to the junior A and B teams. i see some top notch goaltending in some teams, and some very good players aswell in the A groupings. in the B not so much.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 12:17 AM from IP address 24.141.210.57
Tryout's will start Tuesday July 29th,Aug 5th, Aug 19th, Aug 26th at the Hershey 2 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
Be there half an hour before.
Cost will be $7.00 a night per player.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 9:59 PM from IP address 69.158.104.132
bahh, it was 8-4, the last goal was an open netter...he just wanted a point...i'd have done the same thing to, free goal, why not take it...but poor. the chiefs came back in the 2nd, but couldn't finish
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 12:12 AM from IP address 24.141.210.57
Who are you kidding a goal is a goal and i am a 100% sure if Burlington had a chance they would score all the empty net goals thet could. And they pulled their goal tender on their own free will so there chew on that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO INDIANS GO
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 9:51 AM from IP address 70.51.55.8
Chew on what? By the way there is a contradiction in this matter. Back when Oakville and Akwesasne were playing on the island, in the Saturday game 'Ssane had the ball in the waning seconds of the game yet made no attempt to score, even though they only had a one goal lead. I thought that was a nice touch of sportsmanship on their part. So why, having a 4 goal lead with less then 30 seconds left, did they score on the empty net, last night?
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 3:32 PM from IP address 24.141.5.63
K, sdo you must be from akwsasene, because your can't read...i clearly said i would have done the same thing, free goal. he just wanted a pt for himself. little selfish when your up by 4 already, and its diferent if it can make or break a game that last goal in the open net. but he took his cheap shot, so wat, its in the past, the CHEIFS will win friday and it will be over for the indians. cheifs haven't lost when they had time to rest :D
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 6:52 PM from IP address 24.141.210.57
I would think in this day and age plus/minus is out the window.
With D guys not seeing the O end they would have to be a minus every game and the O guy that never plays D would always be a plus.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, 12:18 AM from IP address 209.115.235.79
Orangeville up 3-2 v. Brampton (play tonight)
Six Nations wins 4-2 v. Peterborough
St. Catharines wins 4-1 v. KW
Burlington up 3-2 v. Akwasasne (play tonight)
hope that helped
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 6:33 PM from IP address 65.93.60.173
Tried the pointstreak and kept losing track as they only show a few days and no good page with the series laid out. Any scores from the Aces vs Sound tonight would be great Ron.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 6:57 PM from IP address 216.183.130.77
Did Akwesasne plan ahead and stay in Burlington last night or did they travel home? That's one bitch of a travel schedule for a team to have to make.
Also, how come Akwesasne Jr A's are expected to play through the week in play-offs, but the Jr B's never do? Wouldn't that whole mess with Oakville been avoided if the two teams played a couple of mid-week games?
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 4:21 PM from IP address 99.239.140.195
Redmen (7-11) and Kodiaks 6-10-2) look forward to getting the 2008 playoffs started tonight. Teams each had 14 points in regular season - Redmen got home floor by as a result of 2-1 season series win.
Should be great action - game two tomorrow at Waterloo Rec Centre and game three back at IPSC on Saturday at 8 pm.
Great value for sports/entertainment dollar.
All updates at www.brooklinredmen.ca
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 2:53 PM from IP address 70.48.204.191
Now that all the nonsense is behind us come on out to Burlingtons own little mistake just north of the lake Central Arena and see some amazing lacrosse action.
This game should be great just like last nite, the series is now officially on the line
and we are both fighting for our lives.
GAME TIME 8PM --CENTRAL ARENA
Come on out and make some noise and support this great game of lacrosse.
Be our 7th man tonite
Glen Little
Chiefs G.M. & V.P.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 2:08 PM from IP address 24.150.165.134
It will be a beefed up Owen Sound Woodsmen squad that takes to the floor at the Centre Wellington Sportsplex tonight against the Wellington Aces.
The best-of-five Ontario Lacrosse Association senior B semifinal playoff series is tied at a win apiece.
The Woodsmen will have three players in the lineup who didn't play in the first two games of the series. Bryan Kazarian, Chad Culp and Brandon Sanderson each played for Barrie of the Major Series Lacrosse league. Barrie finished its regular season on the weekend and didn't qualify for the playoffs.
Kazarian and Culp missed more than half of the Woodsmen's games this season.
But Wellington coach John Lovell isn't too worried.
"They'll have their best lineup possible, but we've beaten that lineup during the regular season," Lovell said.
"We can beat whatever lineup they put on the floor and I'm sure they feel they can beat whatever lineup we put on the floor."
Wellington took Game 1 last Friday by a 6-4 count. Saturday the Aces lost 7-4 in Owen Sound.
"This series is a really difficult challenge. It's a tough series, but we feel we can play better than we did up there, especially defensively" Lovell said.
"(Goaltender) Bob Watson played well, but defensively we made a couple of mistakes that led to goals. We can play better than that."
Game 4 is set for Friday in Owen Sound. Game 5, if necessary, is Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Elora and District Community Centre.
Thomas Miller
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 10:18 AM from IP address 99.224.213.79
I could be mistaken but I'm almost certain Sanderson played Game 1 in Fergus....and just to add fuel to the fire, I believe the Aces were without Rooney and Marshall for Game 2......we'll see what happens tonight
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 12:26 PM from IP address 129.37.161.63
can anyone direct me to a website that would contain the rules and regs of JrB box? If such an animal exists, I've failed to find it. I might even pop for an actual rule book if I knew where to find it. Any help will be appreciated.
Dan
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 10:10 AM from IP address 64.12.117.20
As a ref I've been asking for an online version of the 'book' for years. I'm not sure what the issue is, but to this day there is nothing that I am aware of. I think some zones have abreviated versions or at least 'new' rules online but for now we are all in the dark unless we have been fortunate enough to get our hands on a hard copy of the great book! IMHO the rules should be available to all players, coaches, refs, parents, fans. It boggles my mind to know that this is not standard practice!
Hey on that note, if anyone has experience with a blog or website, I assume you could scan the book and use OCR, or just create a big PDF of the book???? This must be possible??
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 10:27 AM from IP address 207.236.93.210
The rulebook is available to all fans, players, executives, officials, etc., for 15$ from the OLA website. I believe refs get an updated yearly copy when they take the reffing course.
You could scan the document, but then again you would be liable for breaking Canadian copyright law. Since the OLA/CLA use the rulebook as a revenue source, I believe that they would prosecute vigorously. Not to mention who would ultimately have to make up for any revenue loss.
The official CLA rulebook is the authoritative source. You could write up a rulebook of sorts crediting the source of course, but since it would not be authoritative, so it wouldn't be quite right. Then you would have to put in the time and effort to keep it updated, etc.
I have no problem with the CLA or OLA selling the book, and as a revenue source, good idea. However, I wish that it were available to member clubs & associations to sell and also maybe use as a revenue stream. For instance, the book could be sold to member clubs for 10$ and member clubs could sell it for 15$. Making the book more widely available like this could potentially offset any losses the CLA/OLA would suffer due to a lower price IF more people bought the book. In fact, it might generate more revenue if the OLA did this. Each member club could be on the hook for say an initial run of 100 books and then see how it goes from there.
At any rate, I see member clubs selling the rulebook as a win-win proposition and a much better idea than copying, scanning, updating, re-writing, etc.
The other alternative is to go hug a ref and ask them for last years copy for free.
Skennen
...Tsitshoh...
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 10:42 AM from IP address 198.103.152.51
Some very good points there. I agree with the clubs selling them and giving $10 to OLA and keeping $5 for expenses. (We get a new one every two years at the ref clinic, I think they only update it every two years now:) )
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 1:38 PM from IP address 207.236.93.210
both for your feedback. There was no online order form or ordering information for any of the videos or books, however the Contact Us link instructs you to email Peter@ontariolacrosse.com to order rule books. So I shot Peter an email. I'll let you know what comes of it.
Dan
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 2:59 PM from IP address 205.188.117.20
I do not usually go to this sight because about 90% of the time the posters do not know what they are talking about nor do they have any idea about the rules which Junior "A" lacrosse opperates under. I will say one thing, and one thing only about this decision. I made a ruling on the facts that Six Nations and Akwesasne both used non-affiliated players in a playoff game which is a violation of clause R 8.01 [a] of the OLA constitution. Six Nations accepted my ruling, but Akwesasne appealed on another section of the constitution. My ruling, of awarding the 2 points to Burlington, by the words of R 8.01 [a] was overturned last night by a 3-man panel of OLA executives.
The Brampton/KW situtation of a few years ago is different than this one, in that, the OLA constitution did not allow for the removal of the 2 points for the use of non-affiliated players. The OLA constitution was changed, to it's currrent state, on direction by myself and Junior "A" lacrosse, at that year's AGM.
So, in conclusion, don't **** on a commissioner for doing his job in accordance of the rules that all lacrosse places in the OLA constitution. Know what the hell you are talking about before you make unknowledgable postings. But in hindsight, I guess it is easy to make statements while hiding behind the anonymity of a fictitious name.
Regards Dean McLeod
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 8:04 AM from IP address 70.49.193.62
Thankfully, the commissioner has taken the high road and avoided the danger of insulting the contributors to an internet discussion group. I know I feel a lot better, confident there is a firm, objective hand at the tiller.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 8:12 AM from IP address 72.141.138.120
regardless of whatever decision was made in the appeal to the protest of the protest of the original protest, i am left wondering how something that happened in game #2, was overturned and dealt with before game #6 ?
any creditibility on this decision went out the window after the next 2 games were played and nothing happened, what would have been wrong with ruling on it right away, and standing by your decision??
you had to know at some point akwesasne or burlington would face elimination in this series (duh) and the heat would be turned up on the OLA, and in typical fashion they'd buckle.
so now we have a series that looks like this
game 1
game 3
game 4
game 5
game 6
game 2
game 7
no wonder lacrosse in this province gets about 1 inch of print in the back pages of national newspapers....
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 9:18 AM from IP address 209.202.125.222
As a lax fan, I felt the commissioner's response to be a bitter, angry, and condescending insult to all lax fans. Granted, many posters put up nonsence, but most can be categorized as either providing factual information, or providing opinions, or asking questions. When it comes to the OLA and it's rules and actions from Mintogate, illegal players, rulings etc, the posters are not on the inside and do not possess the factual info, so they fall into the other categories, and raise questions and give opinions on what little information comes their way.
Instead of pretending to be the Wizard of Oz and keeping everything secret, or appearing to, why not be pro-active and clearly set out the rulings, the reasons, and what happens. For example, in Dean's post, why not clearly set out the grounds why the OLA exec overturned the initial decision, forcing another game. Without such transparency, it is no wonder that people snipe, that people call think it is run like a bush league, that people wonder and speculate about back door deals, preferential treatment towards some franchises, and the like.
A simple solution would be to use the official OLA site and make all these transactions and rulings public, so everyone knows what they can or cannot do, why decisions are made. You would certainly eliminate useless posts.
We are all devoted lacrosse fans, why treat us with such disdain? We produce amongst the best players in the world, why can't the commish and the OLA spend a little time (it is not money), to be more transparent, thus hopefully avoiding the yearly controversies that plague the OLA. It's not rocket science, it just takes a little time and and a little care for the lacrosse fans of the province.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 8:58 AM from IP address 24.150.124.235
If rules can be interpeted or vague (for a committee to rule on) then change the rule to be very specific & with the approriate penelty or consequence. simple!
These issues have been going on for years in lacrosse. The "committee decisions" need to stop. fix the rule book to say what it means.
eastern fan.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 9:53 AM from IP address 216.254.162.50
So you know, people don't have to talk about things they don't know about in anonymitity?
People don't know what they are talking about, that's true. Most of that has to to do with the complete shell that the OLA (specifically the Junior A and Junior B council) hide themselves in. There is very little public information available, so when you get in a public environment (such as this one), misinformation is bound to fly around.
The problem is, there is no information coming down from the OLA to the public, so you have people bringing up what they overheard, what they think they know, etc...
If the OLA would finally get off their asses and join us in 2008 (instead of having their commissioner come here and bitch about anonymous people posting misinformation), there would be less and less of these types of issues.
Maybe instead of coming on here and bitching about people who don't know what they are talking about, you should perhaps make the information available to the public.
If you are not prepared to do that, you shouldn't be ignorant enough to sit there and and complain about people posting misinformation.
You don't seem to understand the number of people who live and breathe lacrosse in this province, and who are hungry for lacrosse news.
The fact that a fan forum is routinely the best source for news and information (none of which comes from the league directly), is an absolute disgrace. That's not a slight at Ron (and Glen before him), nor is it a slight at those who come here and post worthwhile information and answer questions.
So instead of sitting here and throwing stones at others, get your own damned house in order. You aren't going to prevent people from talking crap, but you sure as hell can prevent the continual flow of misinformation by actually providing legitimate information on all issues in a timely matter.
Otherwise, get back in your office and don't complain about anonymous posters being wrong.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 9:54 AM from IP address 209.29.207.34
I'm Patti Lazore. Pure and simple. I'm not hiding behind a screen name, just using the internet because I can't get to wherever it is that you are so I could give you a ****load of my opinions face to face (besides, I don't think you'll like what I have to say anyway, or you'll go running into your office and hide).
Like I said before and I will say it again....if your fellow OLA executives would just follow whatever guidelines your org. puts out instead of one of you jumping to conclusions, alot of the bull**** that happens could have been prevented! I also agree with alot of the previous posts about you clearly stating rules a regs for the public or, as you can clearly see below, we'll just draw our own, regardless if its right or wrong information because this is a fan forum isn't it? There's bound to be discussions!!!
As for the Akwesasne/Burlington series....bull****, bull****, bull****!! I don't even want to get into, other than to say that Akwesasne is getting screwed over big time!
Oh and another thing. Why did we (Akwesasne) have to put a turf floor in BEFORE they would even let us form a Jr. A team when our guys are left playing in ****ty arena's (like burlington's when my brother said it was like playing on oiled floors)??? Protest game 4 and have it start from the third period if this commissions is all about fairness!
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 11:22 AM from IP address 70.51.55.8
Two things regarding floors. Never knew Akwesasne had to put in turf before getting in the league. Six Nations has turf, but they already were in the league. I thought it was something that was just being done by your clubs. That and every game without turf would be protested in your opinion. Ouch! the 2008 season could carry over into winter lacrosse at that rate.
Also, if "Sasne found a loop hole does that mean Burlington can also? This could go on for ever. I agree with others make the rules cut and dry. Get rid of appeals. Look at our legal system and how messed up it is because nobody likes the decision handed down and appeals them. Just drags everything out way to long.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 2:16 PM from IP address 24.141.5.63
No, it was mandated that Akwesasne had to put a turf floor in before they started play in the Junior A league. The league said they would also mandate all other teams to have it in in 3 years, I believe. I am not 100 percent but I do believe this is the way it was stated.
Someone can correct me if I am wrong.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 2:28 PM from IP address 63.105.100.101
If it's true that Mr. Little has 24 hours to file a protest after the game was played he did so. Do the rules state that you must protest the minute you look at the gamesheet?
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 1:02 PM from IP address 66.207.110.2
Should a team have to advise the other team that they are doing something illegal prior to a game. What a preposterous proposition. Even if one suggests a team knew an illegal act "might" occur it is a preposterous position to have to put it up in lights before it happens. Putting the onus on a team that abides by the rules to save the illegal acts of others is in short BULLFECES. Natural Justice out the window. In step the sssssshhhhhhhhhhh, hush, hush crowd.
If my Aunt had balls she`d be my uncle. Some people really need a set of them.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 1:11 PM from IP address 207.34.120.71
McLeod could not have wrote that himself, that has to be someone posing as him under his name. There's no way a commissioner of the league could print up "don't **** on a commissioner..." and "Know what the hell you are talking about" and expect to be respected. We've all shook our heads at the way this league has been run over the last few years, but even this is a little over the top. Ron, can you confirm this is McLeod?
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 4:10 PM from IP address 99.239.140.195
Six Nations wins first game by a score of 11-10. Akwesasne was leading 10-6 going into 3rd period. A lot of turnovers, seemed like Six Nations wanted it more, came back and tied game with about 5 mins. left in 3rd, took the lead with about 2 mins. left. 11-10 score, Akwesasne pulled the goalie and Six Nations ragged the ball the last minute and held on for the win in game one. Arena was packed with fans, gonna be a good series.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 12:09 AM from IP address 74.13.183.110
I don't know if it will go 5. Mimico has solid D and the forwards are probably the best bunch in the league, they also have a tremendous goalie in Steve Fryer. Halton is also a very solid team but can struggle on defence and could take alot of penalties when frusturated. I think if Mimico plays there game than they win in 4!
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 1:41 PM from IP address 38.112.125.178
Game 7 will now be Friday, July 25th @ 830pm if necessary
Game 6 TOMORROW NITE AT 8PM AT CENTRAL
Great crowd tonite and we can use your support and by the way
The Hawaiin shirts looked good tonite.
Hope to see ya at Central Wednesday evening
Glen Little
Chiefs G.M.
Posted on Jul 22, 2008, 11:12 PM from IP address 24.150.165.134
Hows about "2 different Shoe Night " so the fans can get a head start on the next phase of thier summer . One can be a running shoe and the other can be a Flip Flop . I am gonna start chraging for these dammit.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, 5:42 AM from IP address 74.12.40.88
Akwesasne radio is reporting that the OLA has determined that the protested game in the Burlington Vs Akwesasne Junior A quarter final series has been taken away from Burlington and that the game has to be replayed. Only in Ontario lacrosse, another eight game lacrosse series that they said would never happen again. Replayed game to take place Wednesday night according to the radio reports. This is Ontario lacrosse and the night is still young they could change this decision yet again.
Posted on Jul 22, 2008, 8:48 PM from IP address 148.141.31.2
OLA can't be taken seriously. Flip-flopping and refusing to stand by their decisions. If you're going to flip-flop then please shut your mouth until you have looked at all sides of the protest. Don't stand there and claim one side is correct and then oops the other side is correct also wait a second nobody is correct play another game please.
Dangerous ground Mr. McLeod as every team will point to this. You saved face a few years ago by changing the rules and now you can't even stand by those.
At the very least it's going to showcase another great game of lacrosse.
Posted on Jul 22, 2008, 11:24 PM from IP address 24.57.142.28
the winner of the best Hawaiian shirt contest... after his role in Mintogate and the other OLA screw-ups, he is quite qualified to mess up this contest...send in your appeal folks.
Posted on Jul 22, 2008, 11:46 PM from IP address 24.150.124.235
If you make a donation to the Canadian Breast Cancer
Foundation, please mention "lacrosse" in a note with
the donation. At my request, in memory of my wife
Brenda, the CBCF will then direct the funds to a
facility seeking a "cure", rather than a "control".
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