yes Gings , people have chosen to not do FTC and some of that is coaching related. However I expect this drop-off is similar in any type of "elite" junior sport program. I'd also suggest (early days I know) that this season 2013 will be better than last. Why am I confident? Because a good consultation process was entered into, the #1 coaching problem is no longer there, they have attracted some top coaching talent, and some effort is being put into including the club coaches.
Regardless it's 1000x better than the school of football program.