doedin wrote:And for every Manu and a Bressler there was a Blaauw, a Strauss, a Bezudenhoit, a Lutui, an Atiga, a Dominquez, a Leonardi, a McLennan, a Te Rure, a Katoa, an Andress and a Hilterbrand for example. The likes of Helu, Allen, Tovey, Fihaki, Rasolea and Scholes have hardly been a resounding success either.
Some of those had/have potential, the 2 Ulster lads for a start. You would not have signed Seymour for Glasgow if you applied your usual criteria.
The success rate when a player is signed from lower reaches is not usually high; don't know until they get exposed to full time training and playing at the higher level. Except you do, having declared before they come whether they are any good or not and refusing ever to change your original view; you only see whatever reinforces your prejudice. And illustrated when the likes of Francis goes on to success.