billy wrote:Possibly 6 out of 7 bottom finishes in 1st grade in the last 7 seasons might be a clue Prospect are gone .. if you go back further it gets even worse for them .... Redbacks win though they have only finished bottom 4 out of the last 7 years .. 1 shield in 37 seasons ..... keep blaming grade cricket though it excuses SACA and everyone in that culture from any responsibility .. After their last attempt to improve things by the circus that tried to get rid of West Torrens the response has been to put their head in the sand as an organisation. Yes .. we definitely need 8 teams !! .. .. Redbacks league is not the answer so rather than get angry at the clubs come up with a different strategy to get it done .....
We have too many grades for a start .. A and B grade and an Under 19(kids coming up from U15 program) would surely stop the money being spread so thin and enable the clubs to focus more on developing talent aiming to play first grade
Run an U 15 comp and one Under 12/13 program and the kids for that can come from the community clubs .. they have that many pathway programs for U12 U14 U16 u17 at the moment they don't know if they are Arthur or Martha ! In my view that is speading everything too thin at a critical point in young players development .
A complete restructure at first grade into 2 divisions would give the opportunity for a club like Prospect who are completely gone to still maintain their history and not disappear off the face of the earth ? That would seem to me the most feasible/acceptable option given the history of clubs.
Would it be possible to do what other sports do and employ high end people to come in and do the review job ... looking at the change to Head's technique since he joined the Australian set up surely they have now worked out that the simplistic way our young batsman were expected to bat is completely flawed as a starter .... before you go through all the other cultural issues in their HP program!!
You make some sense but the clubs in district cricket won't downsize their own operations.
They all know the problem with SA cricket and how terrible it is but it is the coin the stops any progress.
None of them want their clubs to fade into the past, funny thing is if you got rid of a couple of sides it would cost less money to run your club.
Your club will remain, at this rate clubs will disappear.
But hey, what would i know.