pup11
International Coach
This is not a knee-jerk reaction to the series loss to South Africa, but this is something i was thinking about discussing for sometime now, is Nielsen the right man as the coach of the Australian cricket team?
From what i have seen the answer is a big no, we all clearly no that Ponting is no tactical guru, but it would be a great help for him to have someone as the coach of the side who is good thinker of the game, and Nielsen if anything comes across as an even dumber tactician then Ponting, some of the statements and ploys that he made in India and before the South African series were absolutely silly and something you don't expect from a smart enough person, who has the responsibility to coach a cricket side.
I am not having a go at Nielsen for Australia' record under his coaching term, as i know the team is going through a transition phase and maintaining the same kind of record as the Aussies had in the past isn't easy, but its his dimwittedness that really is annoying, and on top of all that CA has extended his contract till 2011.
From what i have seen the answer is a big no, we all clearly no that Ponting is no tactical guru, but it would be a great help for him to have someone as the coach of the side who is good thinker of the game, and Nielsen if anything comes across as an even dumber tactician then Ponting, some of the statements and ploys that he made in India and before the South African series were absolutely silly and something you don't expect from a smart enough person, who has the responsibility to coach a cricket side.
I am not having a go at Nielsen for Australia' record under his coaching term, as i know the team is going through a transition phase and maintaining the same kind of record as the Aussies had in the past isn't easy, but its his dimwittedness that really is annoying, and on top of all that CA has extended his contract till 2011.