Langer given the power of a despot

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/australian-cricket-coach-justin-langer-to-have-power-over-team-choices-with-selectors-to-take-a-back-seat/news-story/ae911efd204c772b01c52c61b983bb5c

All powerful Langer!

Red wrote:https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/australian-cricket-coach-justin-langer-to-have-power-over-team-choices-with-selectors-to-take-a-back-seat/news-story/ae911efd204c772b01c52c61b983bb5c

All powerful Langer!

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Australian cricket coach Justin Langer to have power over team choices
Ben Horne Exclusive, The Daily Telegraph
July 26, 2018 7:04pm
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JUSTIN Langer is set to be handed unprecedented power at cricket’s selection table under a new streamlined system for picking Australian teams.

In a move designed to prioritise accountability, the buck will largely stop with the Australian coach on all major selection decisions.

Outgoing selection panel member Mark Waugh will not be replaced and a more efficient model is expected to be phased in which gives the balance of power in decision-making to the coach and possibly still, a national selector, Trevor Hohns.

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Giving the Australian coach the team that he wants is the basic premise of a system cricket’s head of team performance Pat Howard has been advocating for some time.

The new model represents a drastic change in thinking for a game as set in its ways as cricket has been, given there has been times in the not so distant past when the Australian head coach hasn’t even had a vote in selection.


With power over team selections, Australian coach Justin Langer will be assured of getting the team he wants.
Major football codes generally operate by a system where the head coach is ultimately accountable for team selection and powerbrokers believe cricket can also benefit from this change in outlook.

Ultimately it’s the head coach who usually lives and dies by team performance in professional sport.

Selectors are still expected to play a role in picking teams but increasingly State representatives may be relied upon around the country to provide information to the panel on player performance.

Logistically a reduced selection panel wouldn’t be able to physically attend every game of domestic cricket played in the country.



The expected move will increase the amount of responsibility that’s been taken on by Langer since he assumed the role vacated by Darren Lehmann.

Before the South African ball-tampering scandal, there was a school of thought that Australia would look to divvy up coaching responsibilities across the different formats – but Langer felt the game needed continuity across the board following one of the biggest controversies in the game’s history.

If there’s a deadlock on a selection matter, it’s believed Langer and Hohns would have the casting vote. This is particularly pertinent on overseas tours when Hohns won’t always be there.

Cricket Australia’s board is due to meet on Friday in Melbourne.

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Meanwhile, Australian cricket’s cultural review is ongoing with players around the country continuing to be interviewed by the Ethics Committee. A handing down of findings is anticipated before the start of the home summer.

Cricket Australia is also set to have its new chief executive in place by around that time as well.

An announcement on James Sutherland’s successor is anticipated by late September-early October.

Senior Cricket Australia figure Kevin Roberts, former NSW chairman John Warn, Western Australia chief Christina Matthews and Australian Grand Prix chairman John Harnden appear to be the leading candidates.

c+sbnlg.

...bit of a joke really.

Farewell objectivity

Big Dog wrote:Farewell objectivity

... and welcome Agar to the Test team

.... welcome Mere Marsh as the hollow man captain of Oz cricket. (Farewell, via a golden handshake to Ima)

... welcome as many East Praetorian batsmen as possible to the Test team. Finally they will enjoy belated recognition for their abilities in the long form of the game.

From the report:

"Giving the Australian coach the team that he wants is the basic premise of a system cricket’s head of team performance Pat Howard has been advocating for some time."

Ironic that CA is adopting a system advocated by a man many of us have wanted sacked for a very long time.

stupid decision 

need some outside views

CA has sunk to a new low. It has sacked a woman employee who tweeted about the lack of access to abortion services in Tasmania. The woman tweeted on her private account. Even s+cbnlg towers above this appalling decision.

Well they were a female employer of choice

I reckon there is more to this

Yeah CA is run by farkwits.

Purple & Second both out for the Pakster series. The way is open for BNG to bring in some second rate wozzie hack.

Or any hack.

Sayers and Bird will be cannon fodder in the UAE.

JGK wrote:Sayers and Bird will be cannon fodder in the UAE.

As will Tye & the Richardsons

Should we just forfeit?

JGK wrote:Should we just forfeit?

Everyone will be.cannon fodder in the UAE