Nobody seems to ever come through from grass roots and you've no chance if you haven't played the game. Several thousand pounds to do your badges and the likes of Ian Cathro getting shot with shit because he didn't play at a certain level. I know school teachers, sparkys and binmen who would be able to speak more eloquently and be able to impart more knowledge because they have an eye for the game and crucially the ability to explain things to people in terms they understand with objective and rationale. Look at the plight of cunts like Merson, Pardew et al. jobs for the boys wankers who can get be perma-pissed, bankrupt, morally bankrupt and utter shit and spiting bile; kicking the fingers of others on the ladder trying to get up from the bottom, yet are immune to or spared any consequence seemingly.
I don't know enough about coaching in other leagues to know how pally it is, can't be any worse than in Britain.