MG/Gwen
[...] Of course. Elsie is difficult at the best of times.
Then I'll be honest with you, if Elsie is available and prepared to do this I would prefer her. I might not currently want to see her in person, nor am I in the mood for dealing with her at a professional level as it sits. But if there is someone I need to stare down at the other end of the pitch for this I would still prefer it be her. Since that was rather some of the point of this, a Neep preview if you may, without it being or reflecting the actual Neep, while promoting a very Scottish issue.
But I think if we need to throw that away it might be perceived as a bit of an insult to put Oihrig alone. To replace two coaches (since this would be replacing Ives too) with a captain that got injured and put on rest really only recently is...less than ideal. Especially since she hasn't retired and isn't quite 'a legend returned to coach' but rather one put on rest the other month. If you want her with Ives as a face to represent Portree well that's more on Ives to accept.
My only real request is you give it to the new year to make an official decision. I've told the players we'll start practices a week before the match so there's room there to make changes. The roster splitting I will do myself when I return and we can just hand off what would've been Elsie's colours and roster to whoever takes her place. If needed.