Salmond was told he was wrong, by a convincing margin. He was given his chance to persuade his countrymen, and failed. He resigned, as was appropriate, and Scotland moves on.
What else is there to discuss? Anyone with any thoughts of the Scots going their own way is wrong. The political will to do so is simply not there. For every 9 men who said yes, 11 men said no.
"There you have it, democracy in action. We'll run instead."