nzfan
International Vice-Captain
I squarely blame it on the management, it could include selectors, coach, senior players, captains and the leaders in the team. They collectively lack courage and conviction to make sure the future is taken care of. If Southee wouldn't have been appointed a captain I'm pretty sure he would have followed suit with Boult. CDG did that too and so did Jimmy.
I understand they are often under immense pressure to win games, particularly in professional sports where there are financial and reputational stakes involved. Particularly the financial part. I think England has learnt that and so has India, there has to be a good mix of experienced players and youth involved to get consistent results.
Phillips (time and again) has proved he can perform under pressure scoring 100s in t20 wc, scoring that quick 50 vs Pakistan in a crunch game, Allen taking on the Aussies in the t20 wc head on, Ravindra playing out a last session vs India in India and bowling equally good in Bangladesh on his first tour etc... There have been signs that we could move on but then the management fall back on CDG, Ish Sodhi, M Bracewell...(Macewell is a gun white ball player and should play the white ball for at least 2-3 years) clearly shows they lack the trust and faith with the younger lot but have a lot of time for the older lot but then the older lot are looking to secure their financial future and rightly so. Nothing wrong providing the older guys a go but then there has to be a balance.
I get that the senior players have a strong emotional or professional connection to older or more experienced players, particularly if they have been with the team for a long time or have achieved great success in the past but at some point in time they have to look at the up coming stock and give them opportunities. In this changing times it was very important to look after the younger lot and secure them for future but this management hasn't done that enough or has not been consistent with that policy i.e. if that policy exists at all.
If we had slid in the likes of Sears, Fisher, Duffy etc much earlier we would have been in a much better place. The management should have preempted this, this is been an ongoing saga for over a decade now. I think NZC need an overall haul. Right from the ability to promote games to future proofing. We could do without a coach that believes we need to tamper our expectations and happy as long as the boat is floating.
I understand they are often under immense pressure to win games, particularly in professional sports where there are financial and reputational stakes involved. Particularly the financial part. I think England has learnt that and so has India, there has to be a good mix of experienced players and youth involved to get consistent results.
Phillips (time and again) has proved he can perform under pressure scoring 100s in t20 wc, scoring that quick 50 vs Pakistan in a crunch game, Allen taking on the Aussies in the t20 wc head on, Ravindra playing out a last session vs India in India and bowling equally good in Bangladesh on his first tour etc... There have been signs that we could move on but then the management fall back on CDG, Ish Sodhi, M Bracewell...(Macewell is a gun white ball player and should play the white ball for at least 2-3 years) clearly shows they lack the trust and faith with the younger lot but have a lot of time for the older lot but then the older lot are looking to secure their financial future and rightly so. Nothing wrong providing the older guys a go but then there has to be a balance.
I get that the senior players have a strong emotional or professional connection to older or more experienced players, particularly if they have been with the team for a long time or have achieved great success in the past but at some point in time they have to look at the up coming stock and give them opportunities. In this changing times it was very important to look after the younger lot and secure them for future but this management hasn't done that enough or has not been consistent with that policy i.e. if that policy exists at all.
If we had slid in the likes of Sears, Fisher, Duffy etc much earlier we would have been in a much better place. The management should have preempted this, this is been an ongoing saga for over a decade now. I think NZC need an overall haul. Right from the ability to promote games to future proofing. We could do without a coach that believes we need to tamper our expectations and happy as long as the boat is floating.
