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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Aren't youth development coaches just an extension of the national coach? If the coach is good then those youth coaches are good too. Australia and Canada played in a playoff in 1994 and were bascially even. I would argue that Canada was unforunate not to win that series. Since then Canada has gone backwards and Australian forwards. Those Australian players at elite levels were kids in 94 and are the reward for that development. Where are Canada's players?
Those guys that Australia hired could have gotten Canada into a World Cup, or at least closer, like in the Hex. Once in the hexagonal, anything can happen. The fact that Canada can't even make it into the top 6 or top 10 in CONCACAF is pretty embarassing.
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No, they're not. It's about revamping the entire program. Guus Hiddink had nothing to do with developing talent in Australia, he coached the senior national team. That's it. Most national coaches have little influence over youth programs, maybe over U-20's but not over the entire development system. That's where Australia pulled away from Canada, they created a strong youth system. They've done the same thing in a number of sports.
And the guys Australia hired couldn't have put Canada into a World Cup, I'm sorry that's just reality. Canada doesn't have the skill to get to the WC right now and throwing millions at a mercenary coach would be the absolute worst decision the CSA could have made. Spend a years budget on a coach when your players are largely second tier talent? Makes no sense. The fact that Canada can't make it into the top 10 in CONCACAF demonstrates how far the gap is, no coach can close that without players.