Wow. I never went through minor hockey around here but I've heard from similar stories from a few family members that either coach or have kids in the system. Didn't realize there was such an emphasis on doing awesome at the Atom level.
Sounds like the coach thinks he's in a different league or something. These are ten year olds for crissakes. It's like he's trying to run a Manny Fernandez/Dwayne Roloson tandem or something but favors one over the other.
I'm trying to think of the best possible way to say this without sounding like an uninformed ass, but is your contact with the coach productive? Sure, he sounds like a ###### and doesn't seem to grasp the idea of letting kids have fun and learning the game. At the same time, however, you seem to have gotten on his case a few times and I wonder if that's making the situation any better. Perhaps a change in tactics is warranted.
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