Even some of the more sensible media pundits - Richard Gordon, for one - have been getting stuck into George Burley. It's all just a bit too easy, and a bit of historical perspective is required.
A few decades ago, Norway and the Netherlands were footballing backwaters. Norway have been at least on a par with us for a long time, and the Netherlands long ago left us in their slipstream, Archie Gemmil notwithstanding.
There was a lack of foresight shown about the development of the Scottish game, back when Burley was still in short troosers. This is the country that only sent 13 players to the 1954 World Cup when we were allowed to take 22, because the powers-at-be didn't think it was worth putting up a full squad; we lost 7-0 Uruguay. The country that only recently has realised that putting skinny wee boys out to play on full-size pitches might not be the best idea, that the Dutch were onto something with their small-sided matches and focus on youngsters' skills over winning trophies.
Burley might have done a better job, but we should be looking to the history books for the root cause of Wednesday's humiliation.