Bulls forever wrote:daysofourlives wrote:Footy Smart wrote:quote]
I wouldnt assume anything about me, i was at the most successful club of the time yet we still understood our place in producing state cricketers. The whole problm with SA cricket is guys like you who live in the fish bowl of your grade club and dont look at the bigger picture.
Maybe its just a SA footy forum thing and its not representative of how clubs see things but i doubt it very much.
With the new Super league you will all become just feeder clubs so its fantastic for SA cricket.
I can assure you that BF is well credentialed to talk about state cricket representation and our club most definately has a state cricketer production focus. The point that is being missed is that Grade clubs can only do so much, they can only provide what they can within limited funds. The club volunteers work tirelessly (well I know they do at TTG) to produce the best possible facilities and the club to provided the best possible coaching staff. What needs to improve is the emerging redbacks program and futures league (which really should be a 2nd 11 again) - this is where the real development for the 1% of cricketers who are good enough to play state cricket (both skill, determination and want) will occur. This is no disrespect to grade coaches who work tirelessly on improving the players however SACA have the funds, high performance coaches and one on one time with the players.
BF must have come from another club because i can not recall Tea Tree Gully ever producing a decent state cricketer.
It seems your club in the past hasn't been that focused on producing state cricketers. I think Trav Head will by far be the best prospect to come from your club (Even though i believe he comes from the Northern Districts Zone)
I know you are baiting me DOOL, but here we go, Martin Faull, Kelby Pickering, Damien Reeves, Gary Chillingworth, Peter McIntyre (Vic import - but played Test Cricket whilst playing for his only Grade club in SA - yes TTG), Ben Cameron, Greg Blewett lived in TTG zone whilst playing State & Test Cricket - you bought that into the argument as stupid as it is. There are others, but you don't deserve the time for me to name them all. Oh and guess what DOOL, there are currently 7 locals with full training rights at Redbacks, TTG have 3 of them, last season we put out teams that won 2 premierships - yes the minor ones I know and in each team there were 10, yes 10 TTG juniors in those teams and the 11th player was a import from, yes you guess it ND. I don't think there is a Grade Club with that many local players in their A Grade, so DOOL, research, facts correct, then come back to us with your knowledge.[/quote]
Yeah and add Hammond and Kelton to that list, all household names, so where are the proven shield cricketers? Maybe its the culture at TTG that not one of them had the mental strength to succeed at higher levels.
I dont care what your club does regarding minor grade premierships its how many players that turn into 1st class players that matter, but obviously to you all up there in the hills your grade club is the only thing u care about. Which has been my point all along and its not just your club its the whole selfish grade system.
