Rep coaches shouldn't even take teams in grades they coach in for the sake of transparency.
It would be impossible to have rep/FTC coaches all totally independent of clubs, we simply don't have that many coaches around. I say devolve football development to the clubs with the assistance of the FDO's and do away with centralised development etc. Divide the city up into 8 areas and group clubs together playing regionalised rep leagues on Sunday mornings, then send these teams to Sth Island tournaments where they are then identified for FTC training over the summer. Resource the clubs and club coaches who are already at the coal face. Why limit the knowledge and information of people like Ed Baronowski and Alan Walker to the 5 coaches and 70 odd players training in the current School of Farceball setup? So narrow sited.
Rep coaches shouldn't even take teams in grades they coach in for the sake of transparency.
It would be impossible to have rep/FTC coaches all totally independent of clubs, we simply don't have that many coaches around. I say devolve football development to the clubs with the assistance of the FDO's and do away with centralised development etc. Divide the city up into 8 areas and group clubs together playing regionalised rep leagues on Sunday mornings, then send these teams to Sth Island tournaments where they are then identified for FTC training over the summer. Resource the clubs and club coaches who are already at the coal face. Why limit the knowledge and information of people like Ed Baronowski and Alan Walker to the 5 coaches and 70 odd players training in the current School of Farceball setup? So narrow sited.