Justin Langer should have announced his resignation months ago and gone out a conquering hero after the Ashes | ANALYSIS by Malcolm Conn
“Never in my time as a player did [we], as a playing group, influence what a board was thinking as far as appointments,” Ponting told ABC radio.As captain and vice-captain of Australia’s tough 2005 Ashes campaign, Ponting and Gilchrist are credited with saving the career of coach John Buchanan, who was facing the sack, according to multiple sources at the time.
Ponting was replaced by Steve Waugh as a mentor for the 2019 Ashes. Langer used both extensively as confidants during those long weeks and months on the road, when the coach was struggling with his health. It should have been obvious to Langer and CA following a revolt of players and support staff in August that this was the beginning of the end; that Langer’s intense and volatile micromanagement - more than three years into a four-year contract - had worn everyone down. They wanted some relief from the constant pressure cooker they lived in for months.
Hockley constantly referenced “issues” at that meeting during a difficult press conference on Saturday.
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