Juniors - Pathways General Discussion

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[Bellend]

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Real Shame in the past there was great people running that club.

 

[balmain boy]

Shaun Mielekamp recently made a very good point regarding questions as to why the club is not doing a lot more in providing information, discussing and highlighting our promising players.
Like many others, my nitrous are we should be doing a lot more as it could make our younger and emerging players feel good about themselves and hopefully make them feel more attached to the club by seeing articles about themselves from within the club.
Shaun pointed out that he feels by highlighting our best younger and emerging players, although it would be good communication and reading for our fans, it also highlights them to our rival clubs and potentially makes them a bigger target.
Our club gets heavily criticised by myself included when we lose promising young or emerging players such as Cooper Clarke to rival clubs, so it does make a bit of sense to limit their exposure as much as possible.

That's absolute rubbish. SM cannot possibly be so naive.

Scouts are at or watching all these games. The people that need to know who the best players are know who the best players are. Whether we promote them or not.

Choosing to ignore our young talent only makes them feel unappreciated.

 

[Merlot]

putting large money into scouts is a waste of money ,just listen to trusted staff in the local comps , x players out n about ,then in a blue moon send a club rep-S Gallant as an example to NZ England QLD and the island , for 6wks,

 

[Vicious]

That's absolute rubbish. SM cannot possibly be so naive.

Scouts are at or watching all these games. The people that need to know who the best players are know who the best players are. Whether we promote them or not.

Choosing to ignore our young talent only makes them feel unappreciated.

That’s what I always thought as well, but until Shaun mentioned it I never really thought about the added exposure it brings when highlighting and putting your clubs best rising stars on a pedestal.
I can now see the pros and cons.
Yes other clubs will certainly be well aware of them regardless, but I can also see it could create added demand when their own club really highlights them and puts them on a pedestal.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

putting large money into scouts is a waste of money ,just listen to trusted staff in the local comps , x players out n about ,then in a blue moon send a club rep-S Gallant as an example to NZ England QLD and the island , for 6wks,

We need more trusted staff - development officers, recruitment officers, liaison staff and coaches.