How can it be good for kids to be coached in the Mainland set up for around 3 years by the same coach. In other countries, the kids move up a year with a new coach and their old coach get a new intake of kids at that age group. These players need exposure to different coaches and new ideas to improve their developement. Also I hear from one of Danny's boys, they all went to a meeting with Woolston Tech on Monday night and were being brainwashed into playing for Tech under Danny.
Agree. Too many dads coaching their own kids through the age groups - Danny, Ceri, Terry, Glenn. None specialising at any age group and then passing on that know-how. Poor coach development really.
Hopefully Dannys boys realise they won't be able to play together as a team any longer now they are in the real world.
I guess it comes down to how Danny picks his squad. Theres either going to be a mass evacuation of tech players coz DH has picked his kids over them or the kids are going to scatter. Either way it aint going to be pretty. Things will get stickier if the tech-cashmere merger happens as that further adds to the player pool.
I agree with the no parents coaching at rep level. Surely we have coaches of a reasonable standard to run the rep program without having parents selecting in their kids age group/s...