The LTA will have to look at themselves and think: 'We blew this one'.
The LTA must now decide whether to retain Gilbert in order to work with Britain's lower-ranked players.
"I'm loving the New Year so far and the off-season training is definitely paying off, " Watson told the LTA website.
An LTA official watching the match from courtside told BBC Sport that Dean is "better than Robson was at the same age".
The LTA estimates that 30-40 juniors are competing in tournaments each week.
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) said it was looking into the incident on 10 April at a Scottish Inter-club Challenge Cup men's match.
And he says it was also encouraging that the LTA continued to attract sponsors of the calibre of BNP Paribas and Highland Spring.
While headlines about the LTA spoiling young players are likely to emerge again next summer, Morgan says the players will not be affected by them.
The short-listed candidates will be invited to return to face an LTA panel in mid-November with an announcement of the new team expected soon after.
Three years ago, the LTA "stripped back" its number of sponsors.
"We are reviewing the situation, " said LTA chief executive Roger Draper.
The pressure was on the home favourite, with LTA chief Roger Draper and GB Fed Cup coach Nigel Sears among the crowd on a packed Court One.
It is easy to understand why the British media and public are sceptical about whether the funding strategy employed by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is working.
Gilbert's role with the LTA included taking training camps both in the UK and abroad and "helping to raise the playing and coaching standards in the UK".
The LTA chief executive Roger Draper is equally frustrated by what he sees as the meagre coverage tennis receives in Britain outside of the two weeks during Wimbledon.
Maes and his compatriot Steven Martens, who will look at the under-12 age group, have been taken on by the LTA specifically because of their work with female players.
While Brad Gilbert, Paul Annacone and Peter Lundgren have joined the LTA revolution on the men's side, plenty of experienced coaches have been brought in to help the women.
"If he was just working for the LTA, I see that as a great opportunity for Alex Bogdanovic or Jamie Baker to have Brad full time, " Petchey told BBC Sport.
Head of women's tennis at Britain's Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), Nigel Sears, told CNN the slippery nature of the clay surface also set it apart from other types of court.
Maes calls for patience in judging the LTA's revolution and it remains to be seen whether he can deliver a British Clijsters, but he is in it for the long haul.
Individual towns and cities have their own Legal Traffic Authority (LTA) that sets their own speed limits, and sometimes even have to obtain approval from the state DOT before implementing them.
As well as coaching Murray, his role included "helping to raise the playing and coaching standards in the UK", working with players and the LTA's network of coaches and its high-performance clubs and academies.
Annacone, the LTA's head coach of men's tennis, was full of praise for Bogdanovic, who turned professional in 2002 and reached 108th in the world in June 2007, but is mystified by his lack of success.
Annacone described Bogdanovic as "one of the most puzzling guys I've been around" and also revealed the LTA may stop funding the Londoner if he does not make progress during the second half of the year.
If he does team up with the LTA, it will be the second high-profile addition to the organisation after Brad Gilbert was hired to coach Andy Murray and to help with the development of junior players.
But Hawks, who is aiming to add one million signatures to his online petition www.stoptaxingtennis.com, thinks there is no time to waste in widening the pool of players that the LTA can send on its route to potential stardom.
The team will now be without the top two players in Britain, as Alex Bogdanovic has also decided not to participate, having had his Lawn Tennis Association funding cut and been refused a wildcard into Wimbledon despite meeting the LTA criteria.
Recruitment firm Rockpools have been conducting a wide-ranging and rigorous search to fill the nine senior posts - ranging from head of men's and women's tennis to commercial director - that will form the backbone of the LTA's efforts to re-invigorate tennis in Britain.
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