Quote Originally Posted by Y Bloo? View Post
Good on Magic for giving kids 2 games most weekends. But what is happening with so many exiting? And I'm not talking about the strugglers, but kids that are certain first graders in the years to come?
Firstly, no kid is a certain First Grader until they have established themselves as a first grade starter, that occurs through hardwork, patience, determination and an insighful headcoach. No one can predict which kid at 15-18 will be a first grader and you will be lucky if 2 per grade that come through will ever make it to regular starter status at any club. To predict that kids will be "certain first graders" is the kind of ignorant thinking of a parent skiing with the head coach and assistants johnsons in hand. Kids priorities change; they start going out, the competition is too fierce and they lack the mental resilience to battle it out (primarily by being over inflated by youth coaches and parents), and the system is against the kid age penalty to the pps should have stayed in some part.

Which "certain first graders" are you refering to? Magic U19's player Pat Langois was the only NPL player to get offered a Yth contract in 2016 is obviously playing for the Jets in NPL 2017.