I just think when half of the team come from one club - which is likely to be the case for the next wee while as all of the Phoenix guys should be around for the next campaign - why do you need a full time coach unless he's going to coach the youth teams as well?
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That March 3 window is very frustrating.� The A-League schedule is actually terrible - for one that window isn't reflected well in the draw plus the season finishes ages before the World Cup
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A full-time coach is not just a team trainer which essential what a number of part-time club coaches in this country are. Where do you see the first team club coach being more interact with the whole club structure in NZ other than working with the 2nd team for his reserves on the odd occasions?
Does he look over what the parent coaches are doing in their training sessions and look to improve the coaching and even planning their weekly training or take a few sessions himself? Not many coaches have that time. But a full-time paid club coach can do these things and more.
In a national set up, we want a coach that interacts with the club coaches and the development coaches and ensure that everything is maximised for the high performance and to improve and align the structure to maximise the better football output that eventually produce the players that he feels will be aligned to the playing structure and style of the national team or the present and in the future.
We want a closely integrated system where the national team coach calls the shots and produce a blueprint for football pathway in this country. A coach that interacts with the NZFC coaches and with the regional federations academy systems. The national teams full-time coach should be involved with the U17s right though to the national team in development. Better structural alignment with the National senior men's coach over looking what he needs to grow and develop the game.
When Kinnsman was coaching Germany, he completely change the whole football system to allow the best development of players as well as the best training and preparation of his player before the WC tournament. And that was because clubs had to agree with him according to their association contracts. Getting high performance centre with common structures in alignment with the national team needs is important for the national team as well as for the players development.
Many countries have this going on and some even produce a set of achievement standards of skills that the players need to achieve in the youth system. A skill assessment and development for development players. This is the only way to produce very technically skill players for the future.
A full-time coach will see that something will be made towards this system. If we look at what Pim is doing over in Australia and how useful that is starting to work out, then we have to do something similar. People may argue that PIm is using aspects of the KNVB systems for Australia, I would not have a problem if we are told to do something similar to that and use 4-3-3 as a starting formation point for youth coaching before moving on. But I am sure that we can make use of best of many aspects around the world. This is where a full-time coach can research material and share material with other countries along with getting some friendly matches sorted.
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