They should never have done away with tail wheels, that's where the skill level began to deteriorate. Most pilots today are dependent on tricycle gear and wouldn't be able to keep a tail dragger on the runway, let alone the centre line.
Think of all the tail strike damage that would be avoided!
At Transwest (all DC-3s) we had a few furloughed pilots from the majors apply for jobs who were pretty good in the air, however, they never did not understand the dynamics of the main gear being in front of the CG and that the use of feet was required.