What does playing at IFS get you anyway?What does the perceived pathway lead to?Same as Football NSW's Project 22,jack shit.People should wake up & stop funding these bullshit programmes.Originally Posted by Why Blue
What does playing at IFS get you anyway?What does the perceived pathway lead to?Same as Football NSW's Project 22,jack shit.People should wake up & stop funding these bullshit programmes.
the problem with all of these programs is very simple.................PARENTS. Its a sucker pull for the program organisers, $600 here.............$1000 there but they all promise the same thing, development pathways for your child. Pay me $$$$ and your child will develop.
Gumprecht has a very loyal band of followers, as does Foley, Zane, EJ's, Newcastle, Macquarie & Hunter Football...........the list goes on.
Problem is that these are business's and like all business's with out customers they do not survive. So they continue to take the $$$, continue to tell parents that their child is developing and parents seem happy enough to keep paying, because all kids develop differently !!!!
Cant see it ending, especially now that kids are in development squads at 8 and 9.................will probably only get worse.
I have never heard of Hunter Sports doing anything similar, i would hope not, with all opens players from that school spread throughout, Jets, Azzuri, Lambton predominately i think ?? But i will stand corrected ???
Opens ??? do you mean older boys...........senior squad ??
To my knowledge HSH coaching staff have not tried to influence players ( one teacher is a Magic fan and never forgets to mention them )
Obviously Pascoe coaches older boys and Jets Youth.............but not all HSH kids are in Jets Youth nor are all Jets Youth at HSH
They seem happy enough for kids to make their own decisions, not only in football but other sports as well, from what I am told
I think that's being a bit harsh on Kahibah, the IFS and Gumps. I doubt anyone is forced to play for a team, rather the FFA makes it hard for academies of any type to compete without being registered through the association. Linking with a club is the only way to allow those kids that want to play with their schoolmates to get a game. Good luck to them and any academy that tries to develop players. The more competition the better for all. If Emerging Jets had looked after coaches like Gumps and not let junior muppets run the younger EJ program we might have a far better product.
I wouldn't be jumping any hurdles to have my kids fork out pocket loads of cash for no return at any of these trumped up Academies run by questionable big name former players.Ask The Entrance or Woongarrah on the Central Coast re coaching abilities of Gumps & the like!
FR differant story when Southy engaged this coach last season with his coasty players. Now they have moved to another club they are scum?
With this attitude maybe they made the right decision.
Ahh yes I remember this time well.....................start of the EJ era. Lots of parents who had invested a lot of time ( and money ) in gumps, running around rallying support.................pushing his barrow to the uneducated..............geez they worked hard.
But we all knew that TD at the time was not a fan...................so was all for nothing.....................well except the big $$$$ they had paid gumps for his expertise
I agree with your statement - I understand there was no forcing of kids to play for a certain team, rather they were strongly encouraged by several members of the football coaching staff. This directly from a parent who had a kid at the school and was playing NPL at the time.
Tonester, perhaps you shouldn't ask others but judge for yourself.
so you say had a kid at school and was playing npl ????
when was this..............my understanding is that "encouragement" was only this year since gumps moved to Kahibah and yes "encouraged" is one word
But then from Gump's point........the more the boys play together the stronger they get................problem is why go to NewFM ??? should be encouraging boys to play NPL or higher.......................oh unless the club that pays you is NEWFM
and there is the problem.................they dont really have the kids interest at heart................they are businesses !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That doesn't make sense.I don't need to ask any one,you do & everyone else that sponsors these programmes.I know all about these Academies,all the way back to Coerver & the rest.Ripoffs one & all.
Tonester, glad you are an expert on what I do and don't know. Next time I have an opinion I will get you to tell me what it is.
Perhaps only those whose kids underachieved would judge it a failure. Academy, NPL or sports school all come at a cost. If you judge success only by going on to a professional career then there are going to be a lot of disappointments. Be it football, music, dancing or academia, parents will want to give their child a chance to excel. Unfortunately most come at a cost, but we all have the option to pay or not. Good luck to those coaches that can make a living out of it, I suspect they can because they have something special to offer. I just wish there were more of them.
Gumprecht coming to Kahibah must be a good thing, politics & opinions aside.
He's better than the muppet EJ "supercoach" with bumfluff still on his face.
Wire Blue, Y Blue, Wild Blue, Sacre Bleu. Wild Brew... will the real Why Blue please stand up, or are you all part of some CCB inner sanctum ?
me's suspect that me is the only one with CCB interest.................but certainly not inner sanctum..........that is only 1
as for the rest...........imitation is a form of flattery..................
Badly worded, I should have said has a kid at that school. He played NPL last year and has now followed Gumps.
Gumps the messiah!Heaven help us.
Agree WB, imitation is a form of flattery. Enjoy and respect your opinion and wish you and your CCB the best for the season ahead. Always like a good laugh as I know you do. Hopefully the season will produce strong competition across the board.
PS How's your Latin?
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