Football Ferns

Procrastinixing

Hope she isn't part of the yellow card syndicate as well, lol.

The assistant coach has every motivation to do a great job in Jitkas absence.

Fixed too many loses against shark teams maybe?

Stolen some NZF fax paper?

Interesting take on the above by SENZ yesterday on one of their afternoon shows.

He listed all the high performance coaches who have been accused of bullying (not saying this is the case) and that there may in the future be a reluctance on the part of male coaches going into women sports. He highlighted the kayaking, cycling, hockey to football prior etc.

Obviously the coach isn't male - but if once again if the issue is around bullying, at what stage do we look at the player/athlete group.

Have there been similar issues in Australia women's sport out of curiosity? Have there been similar issues in Mens sport in NZ? 

Do our female athletes have the resiliance/fortitude required to be delivered hard truths in straight terms? Is it reasonable for them to be given this way??

I don't have the answer - but I am over the drama.

For sure Australia had their own high profile comparison with Alen Stajcic sacked as Matildas coach. 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-22/matildas-environment-of-stress-and-fear/10734412

Interesting that most of these episodes seem to occur in the international,  rather than the club game. Heraf. Half the Spanish team pulling out before last year's Womens World Cup, plus their post WWC dramas.

Of course the Nix had Chloe Knott leave messily, but most of the mass team protest stuff seems to occurr on the international scene.

In my naviety I thought getting more quality female coaches, coaching female teams would be the answer and solve alot of this. But now seemingly we have a similar issue with Klimokova, and she ain't a man. 

Its a really hard one to get your head around aye. In NZ we've had a multitide of bullying comp[laints and issues in high performace sport, most male coaches of female athletes. Some cases it is genuinely overly aggressive and pushy coaches but on the flip side it is amatuer sports people not liking the change too the professional worl where expectations and demands are higher. In the current Ferns setup I think there is a bit of player power coming to the fore again. Not saying that Klimkova should be staying, but it shouldnt be up to the player group solely.