After a long self imposed exile, I'm back. I spent the last month or so just watching what was happening and events taking place. I managed to watch most of the Sevens Circuit but refrained from commenting as at times I get too worked up. What has clearly emerged is that the KRU are struggling to manage the phenomenal growth the game has seen in the past few years and instead of expanding their structures and letting the growth manage itself, a few individuals are hell bent on maintaining grip on the proceedings in order to boost certain self serving interests.
The circuit was interesting from my point of view. That two teams can be head and shoulders above the rest was shocking if not disappointing. The clubs were actually that far ahead due to contrasting reasons or methodologies and this should be a lesson to most, if not the powers that be. Having been deeply involved in rugby in my past, they are two methodologies I have struggled with and came to realise the way out.. but that is not the point I am trying to make now.
One team forms the core of the National Sevens Team. Whether they were good before joining the national team or became good because of joining the national team is a topic for another day, but four players on this team have been on practically every trip the Sevens team has made in the last two years. The other team has focused on structures and training of players. They freely rotated players round in the circuit and have several young, fresh players. That they made every final of the circuit, even when their national players were unavailable shows the depth in this side. And that they have players in the Shujaa side that they do not even field maybe shows an error in our methods of selection. Perhaps it also shows that maybe you do not become good just by being in the National team.
What then should be the way forward, for clubs, or even the national team? Have reliable players who through thick and thin will pull you through? Or have a system that is consistently producing quality players, able to maintain some level of consistency, irrespective of who is fielded? And that is an oxymoron, really. Or is the oxymoron leaving out the top points scorer and top try scorer by miles from the National Team to the Commonwealth games?
Do have a good week and maybe, just maybe my mojo is back and you'll be hearing more from me.
5 Comments:
We may all dislike Quins but you must agree that they have moved the game to another level.
I doubt if these players became good after joining the Sevens team - did you watch Christies Final in 2005? Humphrey Kayange was the unknown star!
quins is the benchmark of rugby in the country, a club that is more organised than the national setup coz its run by level headed people and thats why iam a proud supporter...and on your ramble, im pro structures, structures, systems e.t.c will always succeed i.e when your star players have a day off and to produce better quality players
Quins are structured while Mwamba are roho juuz type team. Pity that Quins personnel are not running the union. There would be a marked and better difference. They have too much quality personnel not be to be utilised in all spherez. Omwela are you listening if you want to leave a legacy?
Dataminer. It was not a competition of depth. But of the best winning player and coach combinations. Now u r implying tht mwamba does not develop its players and tht its the national side coaches tht does it 4 them. Accept it, Mwamba has developed the best sevens team in africa outside SA.
U cant take tht away no matter how hard u try. As 4 fifteens thts another story.
Roho juu demolished those structures
@All, mine are just casual observations. I don't claim to be an authority on anything other than observing...oh and of course mining data!
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