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Div 1 Coaching Line-up Thread

Could be a big call, but it's up to them to take advantages of their opportunities

The appointment of Sapwell and Ricky Simpson are very clever moves. Sapwell is the head of sports at Trinity. A school that has 3,000 kids or something like that spread over 5 schools. Simpson runs the courts at Starplex and runs his basketball academy as well.

The experience those two men bring to the table should turn Centrals into the "Sturt of the North"

Whatever way you look at it the Sapwell appointment at lions is a further boost for the lions boys program and maybe shows the trinity/lions link is working !! Now with a boys premiership under their belt they won't ever shut up !!

Most clubs have that policy, and it's sparingly adhered to. Why? Because clubs need coaches. The policy makes sense, but enforcing it and running out of coaches is just foolish.

Rupert Sapwell div 1 coach at Centrals for the under 12 boys......

And u16 ??

I would think think Norwood would be begging centrals players to prop up their girls program, given nor woods win loss record in 14 and 16 girl this season !! Don't get too excited the best centrals players are moving to west and sturt for family reasons so Norwoods 'local' players won't be affected and they can continue to play div 1 and lose regularly. Check your facts, i hear it is unlikely Nikki ireland is coaching anywhere next season.

Wup, Wup, Wup, Warning Sarcasm alert!

957, the sarcasm meter has gone off the scale following your post and you are hereby charged with Level 1 Sarcasm. We could impose a penalty, but sarcasm only works on smart ones.

Norwood could be the new Centrals. Norwood is Centrals "minus the white"? Will anyone in U14 girls Div 1 actually reside within a 5 km radius of MARS, or will they just don the red and blue tops on a Friday night? Will Norwood insist on a token "local" in that team? Does anyone actually know what mid-week training is?

Barry,
The training attendance point is so valid. If players are not attending training then their position on the team should be questioned as it affects team balance, they do not know the plays and the coach cannot work on their development. Country based players do have the travel disadvantage, but they also usually play in their own league and usually a second sport.

Regardless of their situation, players need to attend at least one session per week and clubs need to be strong enough to reprimand or drop players who fail to attend training without a valid reason. Consider three actual teams 4 seasons ago.

Team A: 69% attendance: Won 0 of 13 games
Team B: 79% attendance: Won 3 of 13 games
Team C: 86% attendance: Won 8 of 14 games

Irish performance at centrals - results speak for themselves , under14 girls into nationals,classics and finals !!! What a pity any at centrals don't see past the boys program to notice this !! Consequence will probably be an exodus of players leaving girls program in disarray

Nikki Ireland is a great coach. Norwood is closer to her and her sister is playing ABL there. IF she moves to Norwood then that will be a big loss to Centrals. Ben Wigzell has slipped through Central's net as well.

Country kids or coaches aren't the problem but weak clubs who are desparate for players and coaches are ! Most clubs have a rigid training attendance policy that accommodates country players, who by the way, put in as many training hours per week as their metro counterparts as well as up to 8 hrs travel/week.
The 'Irish' invasion maybe correct but both those coaches reside in metro areas !

Well I guess she thought she could get Div 1 teams at Magic and when she couldn't bring that off......