LONG DOES NOT MEAN FOREVER

Am informed that my grammar needs to be worked on, and thus i will burn the midnight oil to ensure that i improve.
For the longest of time we have praised our prowess in the 7's and proudly worn the National team jersey and thronged the stands during Safaricom sevens us it is now known, as we moved from being giant killers to Giants, a sense of arrogance crept in, the team and union officials were afraid to change the squad since it seemed to be performing and this led to the most experienced side in the IRB sevens circuit to become complacent as they knew their places in the team, was assured.
I did not have the pleasure of watching the matches but the results i have seen seem to indicate that we lost all our group games.
'' long does not mean forever.'' we have for a long time been living in a bubble and finally it busted on our faces, the lads at the union if they have any irk of passion for the game left, must be asking themselves, why? oh why? Am no guru or legend, just a stupid,weak and non-achieving rugby fan, but who lives, eats , and breaths rugby. So i might be wrong but this is my two cent worth, on the plight of 7's rugby in Kenya.
Gentlemen, a lot has been said about what ails rugby in Kenya by me or others out there, so to day I WILL NOT BOTHER YOU WITH A LIST FOR I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE VERY BUSY MEN. I will just state that which I think is the root cause of the problem. In this age and time of the technological revolution, instant millionaires,crash courses,fast foods, instant messaging and social networking sites , PATIENCE as a virtue has lost its allure and gotten thrown out of the window, to give way for instant gratification.
The success of the sevens team in the last decade, I have always attributed purely to the talent of the players and not at the coaching staff, clubs initiative or structures in place.
''Talent can only take you this far but not any further.'' as my high school teacher used to tell us back home in western. The player's talent has reached optimum and the only way forward, is for the clubs and the union to put up development and monitoring structures at the grassroots, to ensure the tapping of talent at an early stage and more importantly, the monitoring of the player's development in terms of international standards of progress, a change of coaching staff which i think has done a great job though their time is up will be the final pieces to complete the puzzle, together with a health dose of patience.
ALL THE BEST IN THE USA, CARRY OUR FLAG HIGH AS ALWAYS. SO LONG