Hampshire has the one thing you can't coach and that is pace.
Today's game is over coached by virtually every team in the competition. Hampshire probably doesn't fit into today's predetermined moves and coaches don't think they can afford to have a "luxury" player.
These things go in cycles. When crowds continue to drop and interest continues to wither on the vine the game will revert back to a more open game as the "technical" coaches are ditched by clubs who need the lost income and support more than D, middles ( I still don't know what a middle is or is supposed to do) and full quotas of jacks of all trades but masters of non.
Hampshire seems to lack confidence and maybe he needs somewhere that will let him rule the roost rather than live of the scraps that Gale allows him Cas.
I'm an unashamed fan of Hampshire based on some his outstanding performances for the u19's and it would be sad if the game lost out on a potential precocious talent whilst talentless players abound in the competition because they tip their cap to whatever coaches tell them to do.
The game is riddled with half backs with no discernible talent but play to a plan derived on a whiteboard by coaches who over complicate issues and don't trust any of the players to play it as they see it.
Maybe Hampshire flattered to deceive but no one can convince me otherwise that today's game is wretched to watch and generally is devoid of any free thought for players.