Cowan: NSW cricket culture "toxic".

Just heard him interviewed by Fine and Smoky on the cricket show and he said he moved to Tassie to have a chance of playing for his country but has fallen in love with the Tassie cricket environment. He said that in NSW it was always self before team and that used to grate on him. The NSW players were basically competing with each other for higher honours and he said obviously a committed team with great ethos will always beat a team with more talent where egos get in the way of a cooperative culture.

Timely comments given the recent underperformance of the NSW team in Shield games.

Red wrote:Just heard him interviewed by Fine and Smoky on the cricket show and he said he moved to Tassie to have a chance of playing for his country but has fallen in love with the Tassie cricket environment. He said that in NSW it was always self before team and that used to grate on him. The NSW players were basically competing with each other for higher honours and he said obviously a committed team with great ethos will always beat a team with more talent where egos get in the way of a cooperative culture.

Timely comments given the recent underperformance of the NSW team in Shield games.

... and the propensity of spivs to ball watch when running between wickets ......

Cowen is not the only 'imported' player to comment on the positive structure of Cric Tas. Cossie, also attributes his resurgence to culture of the Tas team.

Big Dog wrote:Cowen is not the only 'imported' player to comment on the positive structure of Cric Tas. Cossie, also attributes his resurgence to culture of the Tas team.

is that what he calls it now?

Red wrote:Just heard him interviewed by Fine and Smoky on the cricket show and he said he moved to Tassie to have a chance of playing for his country but has fallen in love with the Tassie cricket environment. He said that in NSW it was always self before team and that used to grate on him. The NSW players were basically competing with each other for higher honours and he said obviously a committed team with great ethos will always beat a team with more talent where egos get in the way of a cooperative culture.

Timely comments given the recent underperformance of the NSW team in Shield games.

Why post this? Bleeding obvious for years to anyone who's been watching the game.

Colin Miller, Ed Cowan, Damien Wright, Michael Dighton, Adam Griffith, even Cosgrove and that translocated q'billy opener whose name escapes me ... the list goes on.

Tas cricket culture not only nurtures its own (Hilfenhaus, Butterworth, Doolan, Bailey, Paine, Wade, Triffitt) but gives new life to those rejected in/by other states, allowing Tassie to punch well above its weight. Tim Coyle is a great coach and man manager.

I think Phil Hughes will find the Pears a breath of fresh air...............that's no guarantee that he will be able to find his off stump though!

Bas, I hope the mighty Pears are not infected by spiv blight

horace wrote:Bas, I hope the mighty Pears are not infected by spiv blight

No chance - there's a really strong team ethic: I think Phil will enjoy himself.

Big Dog wrote:Cowen is not the only 'imported' player to comment on the positive structure of Cric Tas. Cossie, also attributes his resurgence to culture of the Tas team.

BD, did you ever cross over with Paul Hutchison while you were at the TCA?

lardbucket wrote:

Colin Miller, Ed Cowan, Damien Wright, Michael Dighton, Adam Griffith, even Cosgrove and that translocated q'billy opener whose name escapes me ... the list goes on.
.

Kruger?
Or Jelich?
Or Harris?

Mick Sawyer wrote:

Big Dog wrote:Cowen is not the only 'imported' player to comment on the positive structure of Cric Tas. Cossie, also attributes his resurgence to culture of the Tas team.

BD, did you ever cross over with Paul Hutchison while you were at the TCA?

I've never crossed over anyone that i recall.

Big Dog wrote:

Mick Sawyer wrote:

Big Dog wrote:Cowen is not the only 'imported' player to comment on the positive structure of Cric Tas. Cossie, also attributes his resurgence to culture of the Tas team.

BD, did you ever cross over with Paul Hutchison while you were at the TCA?

I've never crossed over anyone that i recall.

hmm, not even your sister? Thought that was a Tasmanian birthright thing.

Mick Sawyer wrote:

Big Dog wrote:

Mick Sawyer wrote:

Big Dog wrote:Cowen is not the only 'imported' player to comment on the positive structure of Cric Tas. Cossie, also attributes his resurgence to culture of the Tas team.

BD, did you ever cross over with Paul Hutchison while you were at the TCA?

I've never crossed over anyone that i recall.

hmm, not even your sister? Thought that was a Tasmanian birthright thing.

A Tasmanian joke............and so original.

BD[A Tasmanian joke............and so original. [ BD

shouldn'y that be the Tasmanian joke?

Naaa....if there is a 'THE Tasmanian joke' it has to be the two heads thing.

Anyway......i still don't understand Mick's original post.

I don't even know who the hell Paul Hutchison was? Hutch from 'Starsky and...'?

Fred Nerk wrote:I don't even know who the hell Paul Hutchison was? Hutch from 'Starsky and...'?

Aye......the only Paul Hutchison i ever heard of was a very average English County player.

Big Dog wrote:Anyway......i still don't understand Mick's original post.

You made comment about players from other states enjoying their time in Tasmania. Paul Hutchison came to Tasmania in the mid 90's from elsewhere. He only played a few games. I know him & wondered if you had met him during your time in and around the TCA.

Mick Sawyer wrote:

Big Dog wrote:Anyway......i still don't understand Mick's original post.

You made comment about players from other states enjoying their time in Tasmania. Paul Hutchison came to Tasmania in the mid 90's from elsewhere. He only played a few games. I know him & wondered if you had met him during your time in and around the TCA.

Ah...ok.
No, sorry, doesnt ring a bell at all.

Big Dog wrote:
A Tasmanian joke............and so original.

Whereas your Pom jokes are as fresh as a daisy

WideWally wrote:

lardbucket wrote:

Colin Miller, Ed Cowan, Damien Wright, Michael Dighton, Adam Griffith, even Cosgrove and that translocated q'billy opener whose name escapes me ... the list goes on.
.

Kruger?
Or Jelich?
Or Harris?

Freddie was the one I was trying to think of. Jelich, Harris, Goodman, Mark Ray ... the list goes on.

Brass Monkey wrote:

Big Dog wrote:
A Tasmanian joke............and so original.

Whereas your Pom jokes are as fresh as a daisy

Pomgolia is no laughing matter....unless they are being pantsed in a whitewash by the Stannies, Oz or Windies

Big Dog wrote:

Fred Nerk wrote:I don't even know who the hell Paul Hutchison was? Hutch from 'Starsky and...'?

Aye......the only Paul Hutchison i ever heard of was a very average English County player.

Paul Hutchison? The left armer from Yorkshire? He was a real talent, from what I can remember. Career cut short by injury, like Somerset's Matt Bullbeck.