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[QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 3035809, member: 229"]
I've been to both.  I think your 'if you want a serious club team it's Albany Power' is a little biased.  The practices are run the same, high level with good coaching.  AP probably has more positional instruction and theory which is good.  I'd say TD is only laid back in vibe because it's not win at all costs.  Parent vibe is way different to.  But really the vibe of both programs mimics their leaders.  Marr is laid back, Vorgang is intense.  It's my opinion that one will not get you anymore ahead than the other.  Like everything else it's what you put into it.  Good kids will get noticed no matter what.  And really if you want to get seen, it's showcases and prospect camps, not tournaments.

Both orgs play the same tournaments though, the only difference is that Power takes two teams to the Big4.

United morphed into TopDog.  Marr took over United Albany from Carcaterra and changed the name to TopDog.  Rogue still does winter skills clinics but the owner/operator is a State Trooper and gave up the club business because of time.  It's not that they folded for a lack of kids or interest.  FCA sniffed around to start an Albany chapter and didn't.  But you're right, there's not enough players (or parents committed to travel), but a big often overlooked aspects is that there's not enough [U]quality[/U] coaches to support more clubs.  Not like in Syracuse.
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