Disaster Index: 4.1 Entry: Public Vacancy Filing, Pre-Appointment Cause: Scotland supporters conducting the next head coach search in public, via fan poll, before the SFA has formally concluded the previous appointment. Category: Administrative / Emotional Evidence: Steve Clarke's tenure has not yet been officially closed. A BBC Sport poll is already gathering candidate preferences. The gap between institutional process and national impatience is being measured in real time. Historical precedent: Scotland has form for the interim period becoming its own weather system. The debate over who should manage Scotland generates more structured opinion than the football itself occasionally permits. Affected parties: SFA appointments committee; the candidates named in fan polls who have not applied; the supporters who will be disappointed regardless of outcome. Immediate outlook: The vacancy is real. The mandate being assembled is informal. Both conditions will persist for some time. Filed: 28 June 2026 / Post-tournament, pre-appointment window