As the pay-to-play junior hockey house of cards begins to show signs of falling over, today's article will get into the really good signs that your pay-to-play team will be folding before New Year's Day.
5) The owner hires a head coach in the off-season coming down directly from professional hockey to pay-to-play. That's a big drop from coaching players getting paid to players paying the freight.
4) Owner tells the coach not to use the credit card for the pre-game meal. "The card is not going to work, drop the kids off at the mall food court and they are on their own dime."
3) GM is overhead on the phone trying to sell the skate sharpener, team bus, and no, the team is not moving to Florida.
2) Team skips out on two different road trips, this includes an owner/coach's hospital stay after a suicide attempt.
1) The coach has not been heard from since Thanksgiving. He's been ghosting the owner, players, girlfriend, and even his wife.