Admin Notes
I'd certainly support this as an alternative to the chat feature. One catch is that Discord wouldn't link to DEL accounts, so there wouldn't be ties to your DEL login and teams. That said, we could very easily repurpose the old AOL IM field that I can't imagine anyone still uses, so that at least the coach lists could include some reference to discord.
I know Greg had prototyped a Discord server some time ago, so would encourage folks to reach out if they wanted to help set it up.

Comments
John Henry (Jun 2 11:35:19 2021 )
Anything to get more chatter if easy to incorporate.

Jeff Blevins (Mar 1 15:30:37 2023 )
Don't know if you need to replace the message boards with this but could add it to help.
Bump....this could maybe help retention!

Bob Miller (Sep 14 04:14:53 2025 )
Seems to me this may increase coach involvement in the league so I’d support this proposal.

Gregor Ellis (Sep 27 23:00:16 2025 )
After realizing that this might be the only way to get a forum running again without recoding the site for mobile compatibility I now support this

- I tried to get one up before last season but was trying to let us use our DEL emails and had problems with making that work. I also had some issues with my basically atrophied tech skills so if anyone wants to look at the server I set up and see if we can get it up and running then please email me directly.

- Anyone want to help with this?

Coach Kahn (Sep 28 23:20:38 2025 )
I set this up a while back, and we now have 14 brave souls on board. Each league has its own section in Dolphin. Although admittedly, right now it’s about as lively as a Chicago White Sox game. That said, with the official Dolphin seal of approval, maybe it'll get a little more action.

Currently, its peak usage is when the main site is down—so basically, it’s our emergency generator. But hey, the infrastructure is ready and waiting!

Here’s the link:
https://discord.gg/25dVc35mSx

Once Andy joins, I can give him admin privileges, and we could start advertising this in the PRs to get some actual chatter and maybe even a meme or two flowing through there.

Andy Dolphin (Oct 5 13:30:14 2025 )
Coach Kahn, would it be possible to configure the channels by sport rather than by league? For example, general (which you have), newbie help, baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and soccer channels? The per-league channels could end up being just like press releases except you don't get credit for it and most coaches wouldn't see your post.