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Firstly I should point out this is not a reaction to the latest limp bowling performance against Bangers, It's something I've been thinking about for a while since BMac's retirement.
While Hesson, along with Bmac helped get us through that difficult Ross Taylor debacle in 2012-13, helped reshape the culture within the team & ultimately helped guild us to probably our 3rd best Test era (behind the 80s side & Flem's side around 98-2003), I do think he's now living on borrowed time.
I suppose it's the same with most leadership/coaching positions, even for the good coaches. They add their 2 cents worth, put their mark on the team, but then there's a time when things start to go stale & there's a need for a new dynamic.
It's just the cyclical nature of almost any leadership position, including CEO's in the corporate world. After a while you need that point of difference, that new direction. To keep the things that are working well from the previous regime, while adding something new.
Even putting aside that issue of tenure, from a personality perspective, he and McCullum complimented one another really well, with Bmac being the more aggressive, outwardly confident figure who lead the approach and attitude in the field & Hesson the mild mannered pen pusher in the background. It seemed to work well with Hesson being the yin to BMac's yang.
Now KW has taken over the reigns, we've got two mild mannered, quietly spoken, & non-aggressive chaps with seemingly almost exactly the same personality, I'm not sure this is such a great combination. There's a real sameness to it.
Anyway, I don't want to bag Hesson, because he deserves credit for helping this side to their first WC final, & probably the 3rd best Test period in our history between late 2013- mid 2015, but I can't help feel that for the benefit of NZ cricket moving fwd, that his time should be nigh, especially if KW is going to be our long term skipper.
Thoughts?
While Hesson, along with Bmac helped get us through that difficult Ross Taylor debacle in 2012-13, helped reshape the culture within the team & ultimately helped guild us to probably our 3rd best Test era (behind the 80s side & Flem's side around 98-2003), I do think he's now living on borrowed time.
I suppose it's the same with most leadership/coaching positions, even for the good coaches. They add their 2 cents worth, put their mark on the team, but then there's a time when things start to go stale & there's a need for a new dynamic.
It's just the cyclical nature of almost any leadership position, including CEO's in the corporate world. After a while you need that point of difference, that new direction. To keep the things that are working well from the previous regime, while adding something new.
Even putting aside that issue of tenure, from a personality perspective, he and McCullum complimented one another really well, with Bmac being the more aggressive, outwardly confident figure who lead the approach and attitude in the field & Hesson the mild mannered pen pusher in the background. It seemed to work well with Hesson being the yin to BMac's yang.
Now KW has taken over the reigns, we've got two mild mannered, quietly spoken, & non-aggressive chaps with seemingly almost exactly the same personality, I'm not sure this is such a great combination. There's a real sameness to it.
Anyway, I don't want to bag Hesson, because he deserves credit for helping this side to their first WC final, & probably the 3rd best Test period in our history between late 2013- mid 2015, but I can't help feel that for the benefit of NZ cricket moving fwd, that his time should be nigh, especially if KW is going to be our long term skipper.
Thoughts?
You deserved it.
