Tier 1 in AZ. Just one org?

[anon]

Hearing DY and Bobcats are having their Tier 1 status rescinded. 
If true, it's a new day for AZ youth hockey. Neither organization has any business being AAA.
Not because they're poorly run. Just because there is not enough talent in AZ (yet).

[Guest]

Heard the same story.  So they both go back to Tier 2?  Or do Bobcats try to do something else on their own?

[Guest]

They probably both pitch a bitch, blame covid for their troubles, appeal the decision, and then one will come out AAA again, while the other takes a step back (to reality).

[Guest]

IMNHO, AZ would be best served with two *independent* Tier 1 programs; both programs vying for AZ’s top talent.  Having three clubs was clearly too many.  Having a single club monopoly is not in the best interest of the kids/families.  Just look at the Clown Show that is NorCal with their single club T1 monopoly; compare that with the competition in SoCal. 

AZ can support two T1 programs and have both clubs in the top 50% of T1 programs.  Trying to run three programs is how you routinely end up with the second and third club in the bottom 20%.