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[2023 Six Nations] Scotland Squad
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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1116415" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>What would I do differently?</p><p></p><p>Invest in domestic youth development to reverse record low levels of domestic playing numbers. </p><p></p><p>Avoid having 1/3 of your official u16 sides based in another country while players in 4 cities north of the central belt have no realistic pathway to join an official Scottish youth side without relocating. </p><p></p><p>Related to above, get a Super 6 side based north of the central belt as the number 1 priority to give a pathway to players from half of Scotlands geographic territory and half of its 8 cities. </p><p></p><p>Root out the culture of elitism that means if you didn't go to the right school your chances of accessing decent quality training and progressing in the sport are extremely impaired. </p><p></p><p>Replicate what rugby nations with a similar population like Georgia, Wales, NZ, Ireland do. Particularly Ireland & Georgia who historically didn't have anything like the same level of public interest and participation in the sport but have completely overtaken Scotland in domestic player development. </p><p></p><p>Stop with the factually incorrect defeatism about Scotland being "too small" to compete (see above). Scotland is in absolutely no way more disadvantaged than Georgia but is routinely far behind them at u20s.</p><p></p><p>Stop picking journeymen with caps for foreign teams over reasonable domestic talent, thereby disincentivising and demotivating young domestic professionals from making the sacrifices that are often required to be a professional player. At least the Wallaby Dempsy has some years ahead of him. McConnachie and Cooney are over the hill and simply denying a Scotsman their decades long dream of wearing a Scotland shirt at a RWC.</p><p></p><p>Stop selecting more foreign developed players than the rest of the entire Tier1 rugby world combined (now a factually accurate statement).</p><p></p><p>Stop failing at pretty much every metric except for revenue generation and domestic coach development (Blair & Townsend).</p><p></p><p>I think the above about covers it without going into too much tedious detail. </p><p></p><p>I mean, you are amongst like minded folk in this thread and it appears myself and DSLD are in a minority. But personally I hope the SQ Barbarians get humped so badly at this 6N that the diabolical SRU has to change course and emphasise domestic youth development. Picking up rejects from other nations is a recipe for certain failure in the medium to long term. Almost by definition it ensures failure. </p><p></p><p>To turn it around. What explanation is there for Scotland being overtaken badly by Ireland, Georgia and Wales since the 1990s in terms of producing domestic talent other than consistently abject mismanagement of the domestic game by the SRU?</p><p></p><p>To be more on topic. I think this squad selection has a chance at finishing 4th. If Finn goes down injured or has another mental walkabout or apparent conflict with Townsend then the SRU has a chance of the wooden spoon it so richly deserves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1116415, member: 74121"] What would I do differently? Invest in domestic youth development to reverse record low levels of domestic playing numbers. Avoid having 1/3 of your official u16 sides based in another country while players in 4 cities north of the central belt have no realistic pathway to join an official Scottish youth side without relocating. Related to above, get a Super 6 side based north of the central belt as the number 1 priority to give a pathway to players from half of Scotlands geographic territory and half of its 8 cities. Root out the culture of elitism that means if you didn't go to the right school your chances of accessing decent quality training and progressing in the sport are extremely impaired. Replicate what rugby nations with a similar population like Georgia, Wales, NZ, Ireland do. Particularly Ireland & Georgia who historically didn't have anything like the same level of public interest and participation in the sport but have completely overtaken Scotland in domestic player development. Stop with the factually incorrect defeatism about Scotland being "too small" to compete (see above). Scotland is in absolutely no way more disadvantaged than Georgia but is routinely far behind them at u20s. Stop picking journeymen with caps for foreign teams over reasonable domestic talent, thereby disincentivising and demotivating young domestic professionals from making the sacrifices that are often required to be a professional player. At least the Wallaby Dempsy has some years ahead of him. McConnachie and Cooney are over the hill and simply denying a Scotsman their decades long dream of wearing a Scotland shirt at a RWC. Stop selecting more foreign developed players than the rest of the entire Tier1 rugby world combined (now a factually accurate statement). Stop failing at pretty much every metric except for revenue generation and domestic coach development (Blair & Townsend). I think the above about covers it without going into too much tedious detail. I mean, you are amongst like minded folk in this thread and it appears myself and DSLD are in a minority. But personally I hope the SQ Barbarians get humped so badly at this 6N that the diabolical SRU has to change course and emphasise domestic youth development. Picking up rejects from other nations is a recipe for certain failure in the medium to long term. Almost by definition it ensures failure. To turn it around. What explanation is there for Scotland being overtaken badly by Ireland, Georgia and Wales since the 1990s in terms of producing domestic talent other than consistently abject mismanagement of the domestic game by the SRU? To be more on topic. I think this squad selection has a chance at finishing 4th. If Finn goes down injured or has another mental walkabout or apparent conflict with Townsend then the SRU has a chance of the wooden spoon it so richly deserves. [/QUOTE]
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