Quote Originally Posted by Mad with football View Post
What is the latest news Re TD’s at clubs for next year ? Charlestown lost theirs mid year ( not been replaced) and I believe the Maitland TD also stood down a few weeks ago from role , so what is happening? I see NNSW have taken away the need for a B licence coach to be a TD to a C, which is a joke ( as per stupid ongoing decisions from Nnsw ) and nit saying a C licence coach can’t be a TD but the role needs experienced coaches to plan and implement strong development pathways and by downgrading the criteria it shows to me NNSW don’t really care about player & coach development
I think these licenses are full of you know what, sorry.

Why do you need a piece of paper to tell you how to coach.
20+ years ago players were getting developed by coaches who weren’t licensed coaches. They all turned out, ok. These coaches now who don’t have licences in the competition that are doing great and developing players at clubs and if you have people willing to give up their time to coach why stop them, they might not be blanked to afford a licence or have the time to give up weekends to do the course due to work or other commitments. These licenses are just another reason for someone to line their pockets with $$$$.
Your important roles like your TD’s and Football Directors and the Head Coach of the club. Yes, I agree let those guys have the right credentials to make sure those below them are doing the right things.
Anyway that’s my 2 cents worth on that.