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**Habalinnyf** · 09-01-2012, 05:42 AM

Despite all the funding - worst Olympic performance since Atlanta 1996. I'm looking forward to seeing the spin.

Clearly the PD has to go.

I'm skeptical that any attempt to centralise and "drag us kicking and screaming into the modern age" will have any real effect other than to line the pockets of management, consultants and specialists.

We have a great free market of coaches, clubs and competitions in this country. Pour the money into the clubs, coaches and athletes that are doing well and are actually involved in the sport on a daily basis and leave BF to select athletes off a ranking list, choose national coaches to accompany teams and run competitions. The USA has shown this is a very viable and successful model.

We don't have the infrastructure or career paths to do what France, Germany, China do with national squads and training, so why are we trying to build a second class copy. My comments equally apply to the academy.

09-01-2012, 05:42 AM	#31
Habalinnyf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 386 Senior Member	Despite all the funding - worst Olympic performance since Atlanta 1996. I'm looking forward to seeing the spin. Clearly the PD has to go. I'm skeptical that any attempt to centralise and "drag us kicking and screaming into the modern age" will have any real effect other than to line the pockets of management, consultants and specialists. We have a great free market of coaches, clubs and competitions in this country. Pour the money into the clubs, coaches and athletes that are doing well and are actually involved in the sport on a daily basis and leave BF to select athletes off a ranking list, choose national coaches to accompany teams and run competitions. The USA has shown this is a very viable and successful model. We don't have the infrastructure or career paths to do what France, Germany, China do with national squads and training, so why are we trying to build a second class copy. My comments equally apply to the academy.
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