Cooley appointed

as interim coach for the saffie tour

according to story on abc online

we can rest assured that Oz cricket is in good hands (as safe as haddits)

Speaking of which - Wade it is.

Cooley FFS? Isn't this the same bloke who completely farked Midge in the head? Mints are his only claim to fame, and Freddy probably gave him that tip.

skully wrote:Cooley FFS? Isn't this the same bloke who completely farked Midge in the head? Mints are his only claim to fame, and Freddy probably gave him that tip.

Dont give Cooley too much credit for that ...Mitch was 95% there on his own

True enough, but at least with natural ability he roared to 100 Test wickets. He's basically had one good Test since then.

Midge is to our bowling attack as Fuse is to our batting. It's been a good effort by Aus to get back to 4th with 9 players.

As acting coach, Cooley will also be an acting national selector, including for the South Africa T20 and ODI squad selections due to be announced later this week.

garq me

Meanwhile, CA has also advertised for a new full-time national selector and two part-time selectors, all positions recommended by the recently-tabled Australian Team Performance Review.

I'm going to apply

What exactly is a part time selector?

They don't get to sit and watch ever Shield game they want to. Sort of a 2nd job.

skully wrote:They don't get to sit and watch ever Shield game they want to. Sort of a 2nd job.

Oh, I thought they might be selecting part players like the previous NSP.

Heh. Very good.

England reject.

FFS

"Troy Cooley once again finds himself tackling Australian cricket's great conundrum after being appointed interim head coach - and an acting national selector - for the upcoming tour of South Africa.

But Cooley remains hopeful he will get Johnson "up and running" - just like he did as Australia's bowling coach in 2009."

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What? I thought Midge went OK until Cooley tinkered with his arm and wrist position. The big dumb Banjo couldn't make it work and it completely r00ted him. His only decent performance since then was when he had the Doctor pushing the ball into the Pom right-handers in Perth.

So he's farked him once - what makes him think he can get it right the 2nd time?

"Acting"! Does anyone at CA actually have a permanent confirmed position?

No, they are all actors.

Expect Shoaib to be appointed next. As batting coach. On a temporary basis.

future CA acting appointments
akmal - keeping coach
Ksnr - selflessness
Athers - captaincy
Martin - batting coach
Tuffers - fielding coach
Fleas - morale coach
Midge - captain coach of fast bowling technique

MacNob - spin coach
Hilditch - mentor to selectors

I almost chuckled, h. Almost.

hehehe...at the suggestion of fleas as acting coach responsible for morale?

At the general list. Some worthy humorous stabs.

skully wrote:FFS

"Troy Cooley once again finds himself tackling Australian cricket's great conundrum after being appointed interim head coach - and an acting national selector - for the upcoming tour of South Africa.

But Cooley remains hopeful he will get Johnson "up and running" - just like he did as Australia's bowling coach in 2009."

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What? I thought Midge went OK until Cooley tinkered with his arm and wrist position. The big dumb Banjo couldn't make it work and it completely r00ted him. His only decent performance since then was when he had the Doctor pushing the ball into the Pom right-handers in Perth.

So he's farked him once - what makes him think he can get it right the 2nd time?

I heard the Press Conference ...he basically said that Billy is the bowling coach and that he's in charge of Mitch ...so it sounds like Cooley will stay the garq away from trying to coach him




He also said he thought Copeland could do a similar job at Test level as ...


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Spoiler:

and I think he meant it as a compliment to Copeland

Oh dear. Copeland will be shattered.