Burnwinter I blame Pep. His Barca teams tiki taka was mimicked by the Spain national team to great success, I think a lot of countries development plans then tried to copy the Spanish style, I know for definite it happened here as I've read Irish player development documents. The FAI tried to focus heavily on passing but found it was stopping the development of individuality and flair. Not that we created any great passing mids but thats another issue. They've now pivoted to a more naturalistic coaching where you try to allow players express themselves, learn from their mistakes, etc I imagine Spains influence was felt all across the world in similar ways.