The primary reason I agreed to co-facilitate the ongoing national coaching indaba in Cape Town this week is because I have strong opinions on South African rugby and want to be part of finding a workable solution. We can all criticise the state of South African rugby and see that something is amiss, but the challenge in life lies in being part of the solution instead of the problem.My primary objective this week is to get the assembled group of Springbok coaching staff, Super rugby coaches, former national coaches, players and specialists to share their rugby knowledge.As a rugby nation, I believe that we need to reach a point where we are comfortable enough to share our intellectual property among ourselves.We shouldn't be so secretive about what we are trying to achieve in South African rugby, because a coach's ability to implement a plan is what sets him apart in coaching circles.To offer an analogy, anybody can find a recipe to bake a cake, but the fact of the matter is that some people just bake better cakes than others.In my book, the first prize from the two-day indaba will be to devise a system through which we can assess our own style of play and find a degree of uniformity across the board.While it doesn't have to be absolute, the trick is to create a system in which a head coach in Polokwane, for argument's sake, can access an SA Rugby database and have a set of drills and attacking and defensive systems at his fingertips, and can serve as a framework for him to implement within his organisation.Ultimately, the object of the exercise at SA Rugby's first indaba since 2005 is to create a base throughout the country where rugby people share knowledge and when trends change, they are able to debate the issues among themselves and adapt accordingly.Ahead of the conference, which concludes today, I consulted widely across all different structures, including schoolboy rugby.I had a host of conversations with a plethora of personnel within the rugby fraternity and the pleasing aspect is that a number of relevant stakeholders are prepared to add value.For many there probably won't be anything in it for them now, but in life you don't always have to reap the benefits immediately. As I said to Springbok coach Allister Coetzee, we should actually ask the assembled franchise coaches: "Do you realise that in three years' time one of you could be appointed Springbok coach and the work we put in now may end up benefiting you directly down the line?"Meanwhile, we can't really criticise Duane Vermeulen and Schalk Burger at the moment for being outspoken about the ills within the structures of South African rugby.As players who have represented their country with pride and passion, they are entitled to say something because the reality is that South African rugby is not where it should be.It's now up to the decision-makers to take it on the chin and say: "No problem, we accept that and we're going to fix it."While there is no quick fix, I'm convinced that the indaba is a step in the right direction...