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ringo1 said:
The Bushrangers were a powerhouse at one stage, Unfortunately with the decline in standards in many catchment areas the quality of players appears to be deminishing.
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not to mention the amount of players who leave these areas on scholarships etc and are aligned with new nab league homes
former bushies at oakleigh, bendigo kids now play for ballarat, a friend from gipsland said one of there good ones gets drafted as an oak Leigh player.

Not helping things if head ofice is ok with it
 

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ringo1 said:
The Bushrangers were a powerhouse at one stage, Unfortunately with the decline in standards in many catchment areas the quality of players appears to be deminishing.
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They’ve tried driving kids into playing at O&M or GVL , much like VFL clubs trying to force players to have their chosen clubs/ leagues as the players home club .
Players aren’t that keen on footy to be dictated to and are rebelling .
 
The Roar Is Back said:
They’ve tried driving kids into playing at O&M or GVL , much like VFL clubs trying to force players to have their chosen clubs/ leagues as the players home club .
Players aren’t that keen on footy to be dictated to and are rebelling .
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The best kids get scholarships and play for oakleigh or Sandringham when available.

Hasn't that always happed roar, kosi went from he's home club into albury in the late 90s. The money for coaching tac cup hasn't kept up with private schools or clubland. Look at the ovens and murray last year, you had Schneider, a well regarded coach in afl circles, who came home, Stevie j, with plenty of afl coaching experience, Ben reid, who's now at the bulldogs as a coach, Anthony miles at Albury, Tim broomhead at North Albury and Sam Murray and Geoff at rovers. Add lynch and crezza this year and heatley. Mark Brown might be a good coach, but he hasn't been at afl club for a long time to see training and playing standards and styles.

Add to the fact the travel involved to play, where 2-3 guys might get drafted out of 40, some parents might just think play senior footy and play with your Mayes and concentrate on year 12.
 
Trent the flight Steward said:
The best kids get scholarships and play for oakleigh or Sandringham when available.

Hasn't that always happed roar, kosi went from he's home club into albury in the late 90s. The money for coaching tac cup hasn't kept up with private schools or clubland. Look at the ovens and murray last year, you had Schneider, a well regarded coach in afl circles, who came home, Stevie j, with plenty of afl coaching experience, Ben reid, who's now at the bulldogs as a coach, Anthony miles at Albury, Tim broomhead at North Albury and Sam Murray and Geoff at rovers. Add lynch and crezza this year and heatley. Mark Brown might be a good coach, but he hasn't been at afl club for a long time to see training and playing standards and styles.

Add to the fact the travel involved to play, where 2-3 guys might get drafted out of 40, some parents might just think play senior footy and play with your Mayes and concentrate on year 12.
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No it hasn’t always occurred , the bushrangers use to have a large amount of their squad from other leagues .
 
far canal club said:
Kids get sick of the not what you know who you know attitude.
There are multiple kids in the bushies squad that aren’t in the top 5 players in there local team.
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Same problem across most of these under 18 teams, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.

The ‘boys club’ mentality/ environment in these teams is alive and well.

I can also assure you promising young players are told by people involved in these organisations to change clubs in order to be chosen for these squads/ teams. The system is a disgrace and has no regard for the players home club who have put the time and commitment into the development of the player.

On top of this we now have private schools (despite their denials) offering scholarships and incentives to have young players come to their schools and become part of their program that is aligned with one of the under 18 clubs.

The system is pathetic.
 
For schools to claim these kids as part of the factory or the program is laughable. They can have it - pathetic in every sense of the word. Started by Assumption College lets not forget that. Cherry picking out of the bush for years closely followed by St Patricks. To think they all actually believed that the Christian brother Carroll was a guru coach - had the cattle - simple as that. Flogs
 
johnnymossop said:
For schools to claim these kids as part of the factory or the program is laughable. They can have it - pathetic in every sense of the word. Started by Assumption College lets not forget that. Cherry picking out of the bush for years closely followed by St Patricks. To think they all actually believed that the Christian brother Carroll was a guru coach - had the cattle - simple as that. Flogs
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I'm sorry; I take offense to that. Ray Carroll was not a Christian Brother and was highly respected. Howard Clarke at St Pats was an outstanding mentor. There were no scholarships at Assumption.
 
ringo1 said:
Does anyone else remember the golden days of big-name recruits and the excitement that used to bring over summer?
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Yes but that is when people also turned up to watch and engage with their local club , not sit at home and watch the AFL competition on any day of the week ..
 

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The recruiting pathways have taken a turn, blokes could throw the towel in after getting overlooked for TAC cup, youngsters were lead to believe that’s your only ticket. The Ovens & Murray is as good a recruiting pool as any league in the land. 20-24, tearing the competition apart, ears will be pricked don’t you worry about that.
 
Echuca will need to find some quality.
Tenace and C Willoughby - Carlton VFL ( Not sure if they will play but in the mix)
S Willoughby- QLD/
A Byrne- Qld
Prout- Carlton VFL- Aberfeldie
K Morris- not sure if he is going around again?
 
Trent the flight Steward said:
They've got plenty in their thirds and reserves ringo
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If you lose your two rucks, a couple of gun mids, a key forward etc they will be hard to replace. For mine, Morris would be the biggest loss as his presence and ability to kick goals whilst resting forward will be sorely missed if he retires.
 

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