Bermuda are facing a period of international isolation and it could be the best thing that has happened to cricket on the Island in recent years.The International Cricket Council’s decision earlier this week to have only 12 teams in the Twenty20 World Cups in 2012 and 2014 means Bermuda are highly unlikely to compete on the world stage until 2016 at the earliest.While there is the small matter of trying to win promotion back into Division Two of the World Cricket League in 2013, it might be better to look at that as the first step, rather than continuing a practice that has brought nothing but failure.Time and again Bermuda Cricket Board have lauded their own investment in youth, and losses since 2007 have been excused as part of a re-building process that is now in its fourth year.However, that approach has often been pushed aside by the modern demand for instant success, which is ironic given the heavy defeats Bermuda have been on the wrong end of over that time.Players such as Janeiro Tucker and Dwayne Leverock came and went, and came again. Other senior players like Irving Romaine stayed on in what was supposed to be part of a transition to a new generation, and David Hemp took over the captaincy.All have served Bermuda with distinction and all should be admired and thanked for what they achieved during their international careers but now, maybe, the time has truly come to close the door on their participation in the national team.Not only them, but others too who have served Bermuda well, but aren’t likely to still be around in 2016.Bermuda could quite easily pick a side full of senior players next year and hope that they prove more successful than the team that was relegated in April, but this would be a short-term view that would do little for the Island’s future.While they may well win a return to Division Two, their chances of progressing beyond that would be slim and a place in the 14-team 2015 World Cup is, in reality, nothing more than a pipe dream.Better then to start a real period of re-building now, accept that there will be two or more years of disappointment and embarassing defeats and come out the other end with a team of talented, well-drilled players, fully equipped to deal with the demands of international competition.Head coach David Moore has often commented that his players are behind other nations when it comes to reading the game, making the right decisions, and executing game plans that make the most of their undoubted talents.So, if the current crop can’t do these things then why not give the likes of Terryn Fray, Kamau Leverock, Damali Bell, Lateef Trott, Joshua Gilbert, Christian Burgess, Alex Dore, and the rest a chance. They are the some of the best young players on the Island and are the team’s long-term future.In many ways it is a shame that the ICC’s announcement came after the squad was due to be submitted for next month’s ICC Americas in Florida. That would have been the perfect time to start a new era, in a tournament that now seemingly matters very little.Of course, it would be foolish to throw a group of Under-17s in at the deep end without some experience around them. Which is where the likes of Rodney Trott, Stephen Outerbridge, and for a time at least, Lionel Cann come in.All three are potential captains, although Trott seems the most likely to fill that role. Cann, meanwhile, has found a new lease of life under Moore, while Outerbridge, when fit, is still one of the Island’s best batsmen.Trying to gradually include the next generation hasn’t worked, so starting from scratch is the only other option, and Bermuda only need to look as far as Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea to see how effective that can be.It will be painful at times and potentially embarrassing at others. But if the BCB truly believe in the validity of their development programme then now is the time to give Moore the nod and put it to the test.