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McDermott Australia bowling coach

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TT Boy said:
He comes across as a bit of a wierdo. Tried to exude a nicer than nice impression when he was captain at Somerset, said all the rights publicly but apparently wasn't well liked by the club and the players.
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Doesn't surprise me.
 
Xuhaib

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loved Big Mc still remember a huge six Wasim hit him at the Adelate Oval one of the biggest hits ever.
 
Andre

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Understand the point of jobs-for-the-boys but reckon Langer reeks of that really badly, where as McDermott doesn't so much.

All jibes aside about his career after cricket, he was pretty decently removed from cricketing circles before he came back into the coaching fold a few years ago. He doesn't carry any baggage really with anyone in the current set-up - he was before all their times (even Ponting from memory).

Langer, meanwhile, I can't understand his continued employment. Would have thought he'd need to pay his dues a bit more - there is a great opportunity for young coaches now to develop through T20 for example rather than with the Test squad. Would prefer if Dene Hills was given the job, or even a Matthew Mott.

Someone came up with a great point about Donald earlier on too - that he's not left much of an impression where he has been. Southee is the only bowler that springs to mind that has impreoved markedly under his tutelage from his time with England, Warwickshire, South Africa or New Zealand so not sure he's as gooder coach as he was bowler. Doesn't mean he lacks knowledge - far from it - but coaching is as much about communication and learning about personalities and how to get the most out of them as it is where to put your hand at the time of delivery.

Love the comments from Damien Fleming about what McDermott will bring. Such a shame Fleming isn't interested in the gig, he'd be outstanding I reckon.
 
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Andre said:
Someone came up with a great point about Donald earlier on too - that he's not left much of an impression where he has been. Southee is the only bowler that springs to mind that has impreoved markedly under his tutelage from his time with England, Warwickshire, South Africa or New Zealand so not sure he's as gooder coach as he was bowler. Doesn't mean he lacks knowledge - far from it - but coaching is as much about communication and learning about personalities and how to get the most out of them as it is where to put your hand at the time of delivery.
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Waqar would make a good bowling coach :ph34r:
 
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I can understand where you're coming from but I hung out with Langer a bit years ago and in person he's not all Mr New age, bit of angry short man about him (well, there was, maybe he found God or something). I can only imagine he is that way in public because he doesn't really know what to say when the cameras are on him.
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I think that he may have found God, think I read a book review about his autobiography and whoever did the review talked about how boring the parts were where he talked about his newfound relationship with the man upstairs.
 
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Andre said:
Understand the point of jobs-for-the-boys but reckon Langer reeks of that really badly, where as McDermott doesn't so much.

All jibes aside about his career after cricket, he was pretty decently removed from cricketing circles before he came back into the coaching fold a few years ago. He doesn't carry any baggage really with anyone in the current set-up - he was before all their times (even Ponting from memory).

Langer, meanwhile, I can't understand his continued employment. Would have thought he'd need to pay his dues a bit more - there is a great opportunity for young coaches now to develop through T20 for example rather than with the Test squad. Would prefer if Dene Hills was given the job, or even a Matthew Mott.

Someone came up with a great point about Donald earlier on too - that he's not left much of an impression where he has been. Southee is the only bowler that springs to mind that has impreoved markedly under his tutelage from his time with England, Warwickshire, South Africa or New Zealand so not sure he's as gooder coach as he was bowler. Doesn't mean he lacks knowledge - far from it - but coaching is as much about communication and learning about personalities and how to get the most out of them as it is where to put your hand at the time of delivery.

Love the comments from Damien Fleming about what McDermott will bring. Such a shame Fleming isn't interested in the gig, he'd be outstanding I reckon.
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Fleming WAS outstanding at the Academy, doesn't call himself the bowlologist for nothing!
 
robelinda

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Fleming is king. What a champion. Born to be bowling coach, what hell is he doing in the commentary box?!?!?!?!?
 
Agent Nationaux

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Fleming was a very good and intelligent bowler. Shame that he had such a short career. I also remember that he could also bat pretty well.
 
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Spikey said:
look short people don't make good teachers so langer is doomed.
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Langer strikes me as the kind of person who, if it weren't for his ability to flail a plank of willow would have ended up at the circus wrestling other midgets in a pool of jelly.
 
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Australian news: Craig McDermott brings empathy to the job | Australia Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo

Seemed a reasonable article, fairly straightforward until I read this;

"That becomes part and parcel of planning, the top of end of the game is actually more in the head than in the body," he said. "You've got to be physically fit no doubt, extremely fit to be a fast bowler for a long period of time, but certainly the mental side of the game, it is very important to be able to think batsmen out and spot their weaknesses, and to be able to execute your skills, being able to pursue those weaknesses in batsmen.
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Oh dear God no. He's been infected with G.Chappelli. Unclean! Uncleeeean!
 
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