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Anonymous

Years ago

State Coaches: Times are a unchanging.

SA's talent pool might not be as big as other states, but that is no reason to accept second best.

One has to look at our local competition to understand why we under achieve.

There are too many meaningless games, where the result is decided by quarter time.
They play too many games in a year, and only a small percentage of those games end up being close.

We need to create an more competative environment that reduces the number of meaningless games and increases the number of closely contested games.

How do we do this?

I think that one has to look outside the square to make the competition more evan.

Options may include:
Promotion / relegation?
amalgamation of some clubs?
Weaker clubs playing over age players?
create an elite div 1 league of say six clubs?
Play games against higher age groups?

I think one needs to break with some traditions and move forward.

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