Observer44,
Obviously it is the coaches fault due to overrecruiting of recruited walkons. He should have just stuck with the first kid if he had any integrity and knew how to coach.
Seriously, the coach would most likely take the heat for this even though not his fault. As someone else said in another post on this topic the real problem with todays rules especially the new ones is eliminating the free transfer rule. This is far more damaging to players who might make a bad decision than overrecruiting IMO.