Last week's sacking of Sean Lineen as Glasgow Warriors head coach has had the effect of pouring a bucket of cold water over the heads of the Scottish rugby community as people wakened up to just how bad things are getting.
Had it not been for two late tries by Peter Wright's under-20s last weekend, all three of the national teams engaged in full Six Nations campaigns would have been whitewashed, more than two years after Graham Lowe, the man being blamed for Lineen's removal, was appointed as director of elite performance at the SRU.
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