Quote Cas Till I Die="Cas Till I Die"No, my evidence for Castlefords academy being higher than a 3 (where did I say it was wonderful ???) '"
These quotes suggest you think the rating is massively wrong
Quote Cas Till I Die="Cas Till I Die"Sorry but to do down our youth system at cas is incredibly ignorant. Not many clubs have the record we do over the last few years than us. In either quantity or standard we more than pull our weight'"
Quote Cas Till I Die="Cas Till I Die"3 really is a joke for us '"
Quote Cas Till I Die="Cas Till I Die"So, what have the clubs/areas judged to be better produced ???'"
I'll ask you again. Have you read the document, the summaries, the grading criteria and the key areas judged?
Quote Cas Till I Die="Cas Till I Die"is the number of players playing not just at our club but at others that have come through our system. 16 players from our academy in a match vs Hull FC suggests quantity is not a problem. '"
Neither is it a major criteria of the grading.
Quote Cas Till I Die="Cas Till I Die" Quality not there ??? How on earth have we got a result at Wigan with 11 academy products a few wins ago with talented players learning the game such as Clark, Walker, (ex England academy CAPTAIN) Milner and Thompson. '"
So 1 result means players are of a high quality?
Against a Wigan team missing several players including Tomkins & O'Loughlin and backing up from a tough game away at Warrington 4 days earlier?
I'd rather look at performances over a whole season or more. Which show us that Cas only avoided last place in 2012 by points difference, are currently 12th with the 2 clubs below them imploding.
Which is why it's not just about numbers. It's about quality. I'll say it again, would you rather have 1 Sam Tomkins or 3 Richard Owen's?
As I said before Cas' challenge is to get their academy producing average to good SL players, not average to poor.
Quote Cas Till I Die="Cas Till I Die"Consistency is the problem for our young players and that will only come with a few years. '"
Which is where Cas recruitment and player development policy has failed. Because you should be drip feeding them into the first team as and when they're ready. Not putting them in as first 17'ers at the start of a season because you couldn't find anyone else.
Quote Cas Till I Die="Cas Till I Die"Oh but it's not that it's about how shiny your weights are and if your failed players can earn top bucks doing something else a year after they are found not to be good enough as a RL player.'"
That's the second time you've bizarrely mentioned shiny weights for some reason. Facilities are important as is player welfare, if Cas Acadeny share your viewpoint that they're irrelevant then maybe that's why they don't produce top players.
A dedicated gym, associated facilities and staff is important, the extras like player performance management and performance analysis are important, ensuring players complete their studies is important, ensuring players attitudes are modern and professional is important. They go toward creating and moulding young lads into professional young men.
And I'm sure most conditioners would say that weights play a very minor role in academies these days.
I'm not sure why you've attempted to turn this into some imagined witch hunt against Cas. Though maybe if Cas turned up to some best practice seminars run by the best clubs they might have learnt a few things and gained a 2 instead of a 3.