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<blockquote data-quote="Gibby1" data-source="post: 1077201" data-attributes="member: 15983"><p>I'll put a different slant. When I was playing semi-pro hockey, did I get mad because the young kids were coming up and getting faster (OK, it was me getting slower). The rinks got bigger to accomodate THEIR style of hockey whereas I grew up with and liked the small rink where there was a lot more contact. Should I be mad that the rink and the game didn't fit my style of play anymore?</p><p></p><p>My response was to recognize that the game was changing so I took a step back in playing and took over running the team instead. I UNDERSTAND the frustration with essentially losing the busy because they're no longer able to run it but they can't blame the younger crowd with far superior technology available to them, from taking advantage of it. This is a testosterone sport. Always has been and alway will be. If you can build a bigger and better rig, it's going to be done and that's where the younger crowd is going. The old-timers (or more experienced wheelers) should be leading the young kids to understand trail ettiquite, teaching them how to build bridges, how to work with the DNR to get what you want, how to repair a mud hole or correct a drainage problem. Instead, at least in terms of Elbe, they have chosen to wash their hands of it because they don't get to play on ONE trail. There' WAY more mileage out there still very suitable to their rigs that they don't need to abandon an entire trail system and leave it to the dogs simply because they lost one trail because the "GAME" has changed.</p><p></p><p>I KNOW that within the various clubs, the old-timers are doing just that, it's not like they've just quit. But all in all they've dropped Elbe from their list of things they care about and I think that's very unfortunate for the sport as a whole. The younger guys could learn a LOT from the old-timers.</p><p></p><p>Joe is a little more PC than I am, so maybe he'll have better luck getting them involved again.:awesomework:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gibby1, post: 1077201, member: 15983"] I'll put a different slant. When I was playing semi-pro hockey, did I get mad because the young kids were coming up and getting faster (OK, it was me getting slower). The rinks got bigger to accomodate THEIR style of hockey whereas I grew up with and liked the small rink where there was a lot more contact. Should I be mad that the rink and the game didn't fit my style of play anymore? My response was to recognize that the game was changing so I took a step back in playing and took over running the team instead. I UNDERSTAND the frustration with essentially losing the busy because they're no longer able to run it but they can't blame the younger crowd with far superior technology available to them, from taking advantage of it. This is a testosterone sport. Always has been and alway will be. If you can build a bigger and better rig, it's going to be done and that's where the younger crowd is going. The old-timers (or more experienced wheelers) should be leading the young kids to understand trail ettiquite, teaching them how to build bridges, how to work with the DNR to get what you want, how to repair a mud hole or correct a drainage problem. Instead, at least in terms of Elbe, they have chosen to wash their hands of it because they don't get to play on ONE trail. There' WAY more mileage out there still very suitable to their rigs that they don't need to abandon an entire trail system and leave it to the dogs simply because they lost one trail because the "GAME" has changed. I KNOW that within the various clubs, the old-timers are doing just that, it's not like they've just quit. But all in all they've dropped Elbe from their list of things they care about and I think that's very unfortunate for the sport as a whole. The younger guys could learn a LOT from the old-timers. Joe is a little more PC than I am, so maybe he'll have better luck getting them involved again.:awesomework: [/QUOTE]
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