I know a few people have been hating on Netball NZ but I can fully see it from their point of view. They have to make our competition the best they can and loosing some of our best isn’t going to do that. I feel the problem is Noeline yes she might have a mastermind netball brain, but when your head coach is saying our competition is crap and we need players to be in the SSN to improve then we have lost games before they have even begun. That mindset is not what we need. We need to have the mindset of making our competition the best, not trying to compete with SSN but creating a competition where our players are under pressure week in week out.
When you look at that Silver Fern squad of 28 players we have some exceptional talent. It’s time for our coach whom everyone is calling the mastermind to get stuck in and coach as opposed to saying we are loosing because of X Y and Z! We have the talent!
Who in her coaching circle is questioning her?? She has Debbie back who is her friend and of the same mould, Netball NZ has pretty much given her a pass for getting forth at worlds. I am hearing a lot of excuses and not any actual action on the right now, we cannot rely on SSN to make the Silver Ferns great again.
Look at Anna the pulse coach she was losing front line players left right and centre but she didn’t say ooh bugger it we will throw in the towel. No she said I’m going to work with what I have and coach them to go out and have success. Work with each players strengths change up my game plan and use that to keep winning. At no time did any of those players go on court feeling that they weren’t good enough look at Salmon.
I’m not saying that ANZ league is the same as internationals but Noles still have some outstanding talent to work with across NZ. I’m just getting sick of hearing excuses as to why instead of working with what you have and making that amazing.
Rant over haha
