“For anyone crying foul on the whole process, throw out some specific ways it could be improved. What are your ideas?”
You can start with independent evaluators that have zero interest in their former players advancing. The fact that PPE coaches dominate this process is a joke. I’ve seen it multiple times at the U14, U15 and U16 levels. Get these “evaluators” to swap districts or bring in those that are not tied to any of the organizations. Everything looks fair when the cuts go from 100+ to 60. When it gets really fun is seeing the list of kids that advance to natty camp and see the sea of yellow buckets.
I will stick by what I said - it is a sham.