Footy Smart wrote:azzaisbest wrote:FS or Bullsforever, heard today from a reliable source that TTG has pulled back the reins on sounda in regards to the para hills coaching job. Heard he was given the choice of one or the other. Surely TTG was not threatened by sounda taking on the para hills job as well , i viewed it as a good move in the area of strengthening the relationships of local district clubs and ATCA clubs, from my understanding , para hills would have been the ones on the short end of the straw only having him there one night a week with the occasional visit on a sat arvo. Also noticed that on the atca website the announcement that para hills made has been taken down last night , did TTG have anything to do with that ?? thoughts boy
I have no idea re TTG giving sounda an either us or them choice.
What i can say is that impact on TTG would have been too great for him to do both. The new Cricket Director has restructured the club to some extent and this means sounda works not only with the seniors, but juniors also. He will be providing more specialised training to the Junior grades and will assist in the intergation between Snr and Jnr grade.
These changes can only lead to positive outcomes for TTG, however they could not occur if sounda was coaching on a wednesday night at PH's.
I think the thing everyone is missing in all this is the extent of commitment between a grADE club and a Adelaide Turf club is extreme. Good turf players would hold their own in Grade cricket because they wouldn be doing the pre season fitness work, the extra training that is required to play high level grade cricket. Whereas at the turf club, i have heard that training is a lot less stressful shall we say. Some grade players go to turf clubs andn think it is ngoing to be easy, their commitment drops off and all of a suddenn struggle. Class stands out wherever it is, but unfortunately that only belongs to a chosen few and not the majority of gradde or turf players.
Without knowing, it appears as though TTG coach has had his wings clipped, how that was done, that is for the board to know. I suggest as far as players go, won't make any difference, they are blissfully unaware of board issues.
Relationships between grade and turf clubs are important, but as Para Hills is in Prospect zone, cannot see how TTG and Para Hills relationship would build bridges between two clubs. The fact that players from that club nare more likely to go to ND or TTG because of ease of travel seems to ben the key, but that is SACA zoning for you. I think you can live acrossnthe road from Glandore and be in West Torrens zone.
Anyway Sleep back at TTG full time. Any more gossip.
