I tried to keep relatively calm after yesterday's debacle and in the meantime have attempted to take in the various posts and trying at the same time form some sort of personal view on what has gone wrong. In a nutshell it's almost the perfect storm, a number of ill timed events which in combination with human errors has left us with the calamity we currently have.
Compromised drafts occurring during DH's realm together with stop gap "moneyball" additions as people have been referring to it. In combination we basically have a squad that is high in deficiency with a marked plateau in development meaning we are treading water and all other teams are swimming on by.
Any solution is painful, play kids now and we lose convincingly, keep playing the hacks and we lose but we still are reasonably competitive. DH and his football department have to now make the decision as to how the future unfolds, I believe no pain no gain.
I think we need to blood the kids whether ready or not, send a clear message to the has beens that you earn a game at the RFC you are not gifted games. Then at end of year the knives need to come out and we need to bring in skill and more skill plus pace and more pace, unless a prospective recruit has both attributes then they should not be considered.
Today's game is fast and precise, we don't have a team that competes in this environment, we must change or accept we will be cellar dwellers for many seasons to come.
