Best Pro team of 2008?

[kevinsmithAZ]

Who deserves Pro Team of the Year? Not necessarily the best team, but whoever you feel was The Team of 2008. If your choice isn't on the poll you can write it in.

[quick_dry]

not to get into the "Pro - because we play good V Pro - because we get paid" thing, but is this "Pro - because our division in North American tournies is called 'pro' " or open to euro teams as well? e.g. Asiago

[Berry_Bramble]

LA Pama Cyclones

[InlineMBA]

For the record - Team Tour STL.

The reason I'm not voting for the Revision Vanquish, is that I am also taking into account the Revision Vanquish's (aka - Revision Mission Militia) 2 championship games losses at the NARCh 2008 West Coast Winternationals. They lost in the Pro final to Pama and they lost in the Jr. Platinum final to the ISCA Grizzlies. Sure, they had a few different players at NARCh Finals in San Jose, and I'm not taking anything away from them, it's just - man for man, I think Team Tour STL would be my pick.

Also, in all fairness, I think if you added the Mission Empire Snipers to the poll, they'd get a few selections too.

Steve Inge - ROXBURY 8

ps - feel free to call me crazy, everyone else does................................

[alex]

When it mattered most, man for man they beat Tour STL 5-3 in the semis at NARCh...

[kevinsmithAZ]

not to get into the "Pro - because we play good V Pro - because we get paid" thing, but is this "Pro - because our division in North American tournies is called 'pro' " or open to euro teams as well? e.g. Asiago

Sure, it's open to any Pro team in the world. But just because a team wins the poll doesn't necessarily mean they will win the "award."

[CoachClipboard]

Sure, it's open to any Pro team in the world. But just because a team wins the poll doesn't necessarily mean they will win the "award."

Kind of like the Heisman Trophy and the NCAA BCS Bowl Matchups and Poll? Yeah, that makes sense!

[InlineMBA]

When it mattered most, man for man they beat Tour STL 5-3 in the semis at NARCh...

You make a valid point. But, I'll "stick to my guns."

Steve Inge - ROXBURY 8

[kevinsmithAZ]

Kind of like the Heisman Trophy and the NCAA BCS Bowl Matchups and Poll? Yeah, that makes sense!

Hahaha. Well if a bunch of new posters signed up and came on here and we had 4 pages of posts/votes for some Euro club I don't know if it would really be fair to say they won.

[fo5]

alex.. you the man. you always have my back! Vanquish is the team to beat

[Hockeydevil29]

Great poll but I think its hard to put a PIHA team in the same category with the teams listed here. Teams like Mission Syndicate, Mission Snipers, and Tour Mudcats would still beat up on a PIHA team. Not knocking PIHA just a different level of players.

[TommyToedrag]

Please excuse my somewhat bad understanding of the qualifications or those teams. What determines if a Roller Hockey team is pro or not pro? I read in a previous post that there is a vague understanding of this "get paid, call ourselves, play in "pro" tournaments" etc.
I am curious for many reasons. One of them is that I was lucky enough to get a spot on a "pro skate" a few weeks ago. Very excited to go there, I prepared carefully and taped my stick like there was no tomorrow. Unfortunately, once I arrived, I didn't see a single pro player there; and as far as I understood it was just a regular open skate.

[quick_dry]

"pro" as used here really means "plays in the elite divisions"

[TommyToedrag]

"pro" as used here really means "plays in the elite divisions"

Thanks for clarifying!