20-12-2011, 08:07 PM
Robin,
Resident in Scotland we have 4 Grandmasters
Jacob Aagard was IJD for a short time and a coach for youth squad meetings and at some international events. Both of my sons returned from Dublin where Jacob had been coaching fired with enthusiasm for the game. One of my failings as IJD was that I was unable to persuade Jacob to coach - demands of work and demands of fatherhood. In my view Jacob remains the most inspirational coach resident in Scotland.
John Shaw did much junior coaching over a period of perhaps 10 years.
Now do that math.
50% of resident GM's have provided significant amounts of coaching time in the relatively recent past.
There is nothing to be gained by hacking off a significant part of Scotland's players through their inactivity over the past 4 months. You owe them an apology.
Resident in Scotland we have 4 Grandmasters
Jacob Aagard was IJD for a short time and a coach for youth squad meetings and at some international events. Both of my sons returned from Dublin where Jacob had been coaching fired with enthusiasm for the game. One of my failings as IJD was that I was unable to persuade Jacob to coach - demands of work and demands of fatherhood. In my view Jacob remains the most inspirational coach resident in Scotland.
John Shaw did much junior coaching over a period of perhaps 10 years.
Now do that math.
50% of resident GM's have provided significant amounts of coaching time in the relatively recent past.
There is nothing to be gained by hacking off a significant part of Scotland's players through their inactivity over the past 4 months. You owe them an apology.