Must admit since I've been involved in football I've never met so many unreliable people associated with one sport/pastime.

One stakeholder involved in the game, a veritable doyen, who knows many international coaches, confirms this view.

Another player agent I know confirms this. He says the higher up one goes the worse it gets. Japan may be an attractive option for players, because of sound organisation. I heard of one A League player in Australia who packed up his house to go the MIddle- east to play with a Gulf club. Shortly before he left he was told that the club had decided to go in a different direction and recruited someone else!


A couple of local clubs have some very capable administrators and are easily the best organised clubs.

Of course one can say that if someone is not interested in a proposal, they don't make contact. I'd love to hear the answer ,"No," from the outset.

In specifics I 've found state FFA good if one attends one of their courses, but really slow to send out certificates/licences. The SAP trainer and TD are reliable, but the latter does not always return contact if the organisation says, "No".
In Victoria another member of 442 has repeatedly contacted FFV saying he wants to attend a keeping course run by Tony Franken. He has never received a reply from FFV.


Vikings Futsal has been hopeless. Because of their inept organisation, I appear unreliable to other stakeholders.


Coerver is a problem too. It seems only one person can make any business decisions, but they are always on the run. I've organised a media interview for a significant stakeholder in the organisation, but nothing has eventuated.


Many younger coaches, often current players, have not turned up to clinics they are supposed to be running. According to a stakeholder from state FFA this is par for the course!


Junior association presidents, club presidents, and TDs have not passed on information about attending coaching courses beyond the auspices of state FFA.
I also suspect they don't even pass on about some FFA clinics either, given the abysmal turnouts to some excellent FFA sessions for coaches. A number of coaches within clubs have been annoyed that their officials have failed to inform them about coaching courses available.


Junior association officials have said they intend to come to coaching seasons, but have never turned up.


Junior association officials have said they intend to pass information to their club coaches, but have not done it.


A number of coaches have said they intend to do a course, then not showed up.


Few coaches attend FFA coaching sessions without the extrinsic motivation of a Licence at the end.



As a professional musician there was also a lot of unreliability, but nothing like I've experienced in football. Schools are so well organised comparatively. Welfare/altruistic organisations are not too bad either.



What have other people experienced in their neck of the woods?



If other sports are much better organised, then we are well behind the eight ball. I had contact with competitive swimming and it was much better. Ditto basketball. Cricket and hockey organisational acumen is well in advance of football in this state.









Edited by Decentric: 13/7/2012 12:39:10 PM