Re: R19 Eagles v Centrals Sat 2.10
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 10:47 am
Have heard that a decent broom is going through the under age program down thereAl4 wrote:Jim05 wrote:Will certainly be interested in the thoughts of a couple on here who defended everything the club didwhufc wrote:Last year we had a team that hated the coach but at least saw the season out
This year everyone is happy and more than happy to checkout a month before the season finished
There are probably plenty of things not being done well at CDFC, same as other clubs go through, but there is one glaring problem - its our under age sides. From 1994 to 2005 we won a couple of premierships in U17s and U19s and we were a around the middle of the ladder the rest of the time. But from 2005 to 2021 our U17s/U16s have "won" 8 wooden spoons and rarely been in the top half of the ladder. Same with our U19s/U18s - 5 wooden spoons and no appearances in the top half of the ladder.
Without juniors coming through, we don't get the depth to support our recruits, and anyway the best young players go in the afl draft. It shows in our league results four or five years later, when the players have reached 22 or 23 years of age.
A lot of the problem is just demographics and zones, but some has to be down to the club. I hope we focus on junior development for the next few years. Maybe it's something our incoming CEO can look at from a fresh viewpoint.