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From: "Oakley, Caedman" <Caedman_Oakley@nai.com>
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Subject: RE: Discussion on World Ultimate
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 03:15:41 -0700
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Andy,

:I have to say that, although Cads ideas are all put forward with the best
:intentions, they are a little naive. I have seen the efforts made to
:improve the GB team, and everyone involved devotes soooo much to it, and
:they deserve only congratulations for the amount of work they do put in to
:making the GB team as good as it can be.

I'll agree that the ideas are a little naive, and yes I congratulate all the
past coaches etc.  The reason that I think that they are naive is because
they rely on people to work towards someone elses goal, and not for their
own personal glory, not because the ideas themselves don't work in
isolation.

:However, the ideas proposed are complete pie-in-the-sky idealistic ideas
:which are nigh on impossible to implement.

With that I must take issue.  Although the ideas (and hey, they are only
ideas) call for some radical restructuring of the organisation of who and
how GB plays, it is only a question of organisation.  If I remember rightly,
this is sort of the direction that Si Moore was looking in anyway (Si, jump
in  here if I've mis-interpreted what you wanted to do), and certainly a
direction that gives some strength not only to the GB squad, but to the rest
of British Ultimate.


Having watched the discussion with interest, there are 2 ideas out there.

1 - Go back to "send the best team from Tour/Nationals"
2 - The ideas that I outlined previously.

PLEASE can we see some more ideas.  I don't think mine are perfect - they
may have some merit for the sport, but thats about it - and I certainly
don't think that "send the best club" is where we ought to go.  

There have to be some other ideas out there, or do none of you care about
how we move forward, just so long as if an idea is adopted and doesn't work,
you've already gainsayed it??

Cads