Not a talent issue? Do Mexico have any player who's as talented as Messi, Aguero, Higuain, Tevez, Di Maria or Pastore besides maybe Chicharito?
They're not on that level that's true, but they do have good quality, just cause they lack a Messi (to be fair so does Argentina), Aguero, etc. doesn't mean they just have 4 good players.
I admit I don't know much about most of the Mexican NT players, especially the ones who're not in Europe, but you're saying all this is mainly due to bad coaching of the NT? That probably has some part in it, but if they were as talented as you claim them to be, surely they would've passed the round of 16 more often than they do? Didn't they get owned by Maradona's Argentina in WC 2010? I don't think Argentina being tactically disciplined was the biggest difference between them.
Mexico had lots of inside issues for the last WC (and the qualifiers). You have no idea the pressure the big guns in their football like Televisa or Jorge Vergara have, its enough to screw around a process. Mexico in the last WC went with lots of internal problems, starting with issues with their coach, and tbf, you could see it wasn't a WC meant to be for them to anything big (it was obvious from the qualifiers on). They had a generational issue with stalled potential (the team that won the U17 WC in 05') + oldies. There simply wasn't a feeling (yet Argentina did need a super offside goal to break the result in the second round, didn't they?).
However, lets get back to their WCs since 86', their consistenly qualifying to the second round (1990 they were suspended from the qualifiers son not counting that), beating or drawing or making life difficult for the best teams (Argentina-Mexico 2006 anyone? Holland-Mexico 1998? Italy-Mexico in 94 and 2002? Germany in 1998?), and whenever they took their best teams to Copa America they qualified to the semifinals, going to the finals several times, eventhough it's not their ground.
Football is made of small moments too, Uruguay has taken the biggest advantage out of it, they were just a missed shot + help from their own press away from getting eliminated by the 4th team in Concacaf, but it didn't happened, they made their best in the WC and from there on they built a super team.
Then the Mexican league should have lots of WC and great players if they don't have a talent issue, which they have not according to Senatore. Braida should take more trips to Mexico.
They've been able to have some of the best players in the continent that aren't from Argentina or Brazil (who obviously won't move to Mexico since just by being from where they are they'll get their chances). Camoranessi before going to Italy was playing in Cruz Azul for ex. Salvador Cabañas from América was Paraguay's best player. That said, after Brazil + Argentina, Mexico's league is the best in the continent.
I figured this might have something to do with it. I read the average height among Mexican males was 163cm. Argentinians are generally much taller, most likely because Amerindian ancestry is less common among them and the country have a better living standard(=better nutrition).
Yeah they got rid of their natives back in the later years of the XIX century, nrought in lots of europeans as part of their inmigration policies to populate the country with what was racially accepted back then. Not that some didn't survive from that massive killing spree...
Brazilians seem to, genetically speaking, have a perfect mix of West African, European and Amerindian ancestry. But that shouldn't stop Mexico from producing midgets a la Messi and Aguero who can dribble through a whole team(they probably have many of those, but not on the same level as Messi, Aguero, Tevez or D Silva). Also, the European Mexicans aren't few exactly and I don't think they're that much shorter or different to the European Uruguayans.
Some countries are just lucky, I mean, even if they did "inveted" football, England just hasn't produced the same level of talents as Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Italy. They have had produce some, but not that many. And sometimes is a generation of talents simply and Mexico hasn't been able to get there yet (unlike current Spain).
It also has to do with the policies the country has taken, I think after the 80's under Felipe Gonzalez Spain decided to put lots of resources and efforts on policies for sports and that's why today Spain seems to be so good at sports (that and their Eastern Germany methods
).
Geez I guess at the end the fact that they have no Messi's, or Maradona's or Aguero's (though they have had produced some, like Hugo Sánchez) it's just a testament of Mexico's history. Mexico actually has everything to be a super power in the world today, and back after they got their independence...series of screwed ups, corruption, failed moments, bad luck (all this can be sumed up in "California"). They're a sleeping giant, that just doesn't seem to be able to give the right steps.
Better than Chicharito?
Why is West Ham sending him to Zaragoza then? (I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, I haven't seen the guy play)
Because teams make mistakes. West Ham are in second division anyway, Zaragoza in first, it's better for him (and note I believe Spain is a better place for Mexican players due to cultural ties and game style).