It is my understanding that the Head Coach selects their own Assistants. It is hard to find good Assitants since ODP doesn't pay for any of their expenses. Which I know has been a sore point in the past, when a Head Coach gets a really good assitant that they want to go with them to the ODP camp.
I am not sure how they select the head coaches but I have not seen that to be a problem in the past. Most of the head coaches tend to be very good.
I am interested in why the low turnout on the boys side. My daughter has been every year except last year, in which she went to England instead of ODP. And the numbers and quality of players has only gotten better over the years. I know the younger age groups had great numbers. As an 89 player they had about 25-30 players high quality players at the tryout, which I found very exciting. The proof is in the pudding they won all their region games last summer.
