Have know idea! It is just a steaming pile of **** at the moment. Nobody quite knows what is going on.
Stuart Hess has had his credentials revoked.
I think it being made public that he was interviewed for the job has pretty much forced them to go with him. After the rugby success everybody wants cricket to find its Rassie, and Manack and Van Zyl just don't inspire the same level of confidence. It's not impossible that they could be good at the job if they were to be appointed, but they're not Graeme Smith - one of South Africa's most iconic cricketers and a man who personifies leadership. So appointing anyone other than Smith would be met with far too big a wave of disapproval that they probably can't afford not to appoint him.
Thing is Rassie had the players, im not sure cricket has at the moment
I think the players are there on a talent basis.... but the experience is not. Rugby has players with superrugby experience which is still an international stage. If you were pickuing player direct out of provincial rugby Rassie would not have done anything. As discussed many times the cricket domestic structure is in such poor shape that the step up takes longer hence the need to pick the right players now and get us to a point in 4 years time. Smith would have more than twice as long as Rassie. His bigger job would likely be fixing the domestic structure and importantly getting buy in from sponsorship, without the money little will happen.
Maybe, maybe not. There's obviously no guarantee that Smith would be successful even given carte blanche by CSA, but it's what his appointment would signify i.e. that they're serious about fixing things. Appointing anyone else instead of Smith when we know that he's interested in the job would be seen by the public and sponsors as them not being interested in setting things right - perhaps unfairly, but that's what the perception would be.
