Olympiad Goals

[andyburnett]

Matthew, That would involve giving a lot of responsibility to the selectors. Do you even know who they are? I don't. I know that there are only 3 of them which is open to abuse as all it takes is for 2 to have a mate and they're in.

The selectors are listed as

Andy Muir
Dougie Bryson
Colin McNab

It is not 100% clear from the website but I think, Andy Burnett heads the committee.

It seems to me that is a reasonable committee. I have faith in Andy Burnett. I assume that Dougie has ruled himself out of selection, so he seems an excellent person to have a grasp of the Maths/statistical aspects of selection. Colin is a very strong player who I assume is an automatic choice, he can assess form and ability and the like. I am not sure I would have Andy Muir on the committee simply because he is often going to be on the edge of the team, so is going to have to recuse himself on the tricky decisions.

Hi Matt,

Thanks, the selection board is indeed under my wing - but it was changed, necessarily, for the Olympiad because almost everyone (and their dog?) was up for selection. This year it was Dougie and 2 others.

However, I don't think Colin (or anyone else for that matter) should be an automatic choice for anything - if he wants to play he can't be a selector..and his selection as a player has to be on the same merits as everyone else. Perhaps I've misunderstood you here though?!

I'm pleased so many people are taking the time to constructively debate this issue. However, some people seem to be essentially arguing for the status quo - are we not agreed that the status quo is not sustainable/maintainable or in other ways not what we should be aiming for/happy with?