17-09-2016, 12:46 PM
I'm ok folks, I got up at the count of 8 from Craig's post and am currently trying to get out of Andrew's triangle choke! b-(
None of what I have said so far has been intended as a negative or personal attack on anyone who has represented Scotland either in Baku or previously, so please don't take it that way.
We played well in Baku, performing to about our expectations, and the less active players prior to the event did well - John and Colin have huge experience and are great players and naturally I want them in a team! But how do we improve on this performance?
Perhaps it's not the selection criteria which needs changing. I personally think it is somewhere we should be looking to tweak things, but I do not plan to ride roughshod over the views of those who have more experience than I do, or who have provided solid arguments against my suggestions.
However, selection is also a privilege not a right. I don't see how anyone can argue that just walking into a team without playing any games is in any way correct or desirable or likely to produce a better (relative) result. If this isn't what we should be looking to achieve, then we need to decide what is :/
None of what I have said so far has been intended as a negative or personal attack on anyone who has represented Scotland either in Baku or previously, so please don't take it that way.
We played well in Baku, performing to about our expectations, and the less active players prior to the event did well - John and Colin have huge experience and are great players and naturally I want them in a team! But how do we improve on this performance?
Perhaps it's not the selection criteria which needs changing. I personally think it is somewhere we should be looking to tweak things, but I do not plan to ride roughshod over the views of those who have more experience than I do, or who have provided solid arguments against my suggestions.
However, selection is also a privilege not a right. I don't see how anyone can argue that just walking into a team without playing any games is in any way correct or desirable or likely to produce a better (relative) result. If this isn't what we should be looking to achieve, then we need to decide what is :/