Andy Robinson has revealed he will use Scotland's anger over England's World Cup antics to motivate his players before next weekend's Calcutta Cup clash.
Robinson has stood by his claim England had been 'arrogant' during October's final Pool B match in New Zealand, which Scotland lost to a last-gasp Chris Ashton try.
The Scots were upset by England's behaviour during and after the game, with head coach Robinson admitting that was partly behind his decision to cite Delon Armitage for a dangerous tackle.
Armitage has since hit back at Robinson, who nevertheless suggested he would have no qualms reminding his players of October's events before the sides' Six Nations opener a week on Saturday.
He said: "You use every emotion. That is what rugby is about.
"It's an emotional game, it's a passionate game, it's a physical game and you've got to channel all that into your performance and that's what we'll be drawing on in the lead-up to the game."
Despite England reaching the World Cup quarter-finals at Scotland's expense, fans north of the border arguably had the last laugh when the full details of their arch-rivals' New Zealand meltdown emerged.
Robinson, who spent two unhappy years as England boss, agreed the whole episode had been unsavoury.
And he seemed to question the subsequent clamour for manager Martin Johnson to lose his job, saying: "England won 10 games out of 13 (last year) and if you just look at the pure stats and winning the Six Nations last year, Martin Johnson did pretty well."
Robinson and Johnson knew each other inside out but the Scotland boss will face a more unfamiliar foe on and off the field next weekend.
England interim boss Stuart Lancaster has made sweeping changes from the World Cup debacle and there is school of thought that Scotland will never have a better chance of beating the old enemy.
"People say every year is it a good time to be playing teams," Robinson said. "Two years ago, it was 'Is it a good time to be playing France first up?'
"We have total respect for the way that England will be prepared and the way that they'll go out and play."
On the other hand, planning for what will be an unknown quantity provides its own problems. It's the challenge.
"But you face that every Six Nations, where teams will bring something new. We've just got to focus on ourselves and what we're going to do.
"We've got to control what we can control."
That is something Scotland have failed to do too often for more than a decade and Robinson's frustration was clear last week when he declared he did not want to be in charge of a side who lost more than half their matches.
They are not quite there yet but need a good Six Nations to avoid dipping below the 50 per cent mark.
Robinson, who has demanded victory in the opening two matches, said: "We don't want to get into a situation that we've been in in the last two Six Nations with me in charge with us coming to the last game not having won.
"We understand the pressure that's there. I'm building the pressure on that because we can't hide away from it."
Try-scoring has been the Holy Grail for recent Scotland teams and is something that would elevate them from wooden spoon contenders to championship hopefuls.
"What we need