Opinion The former greats lining up behind Langer are hypocrites
Discarded coach Justin Langer and the all-time greats lining up behind him should ponder the words of Australia’s first coach and mentor, Bob Simpson, after he lost the job.
“I’d be a hypocrite if I [were] to carry on about this after being a national selector for so long, when I had the job of leaving players out every now and then.” Whether Langer’s greatest supporters agreed or disagreed with any decision about his future, they should have looked to the horizon and pondered what was best for Australian cricket.
He merely did what generations have done before him regarding the coach, except the coach this time had a much higher profile than most who had gone before him and has become a lightning rod for attention.Senior players have often been consulted about coaches since Simpson became the first national mentor in the mid 1980s.
Negative player feedback formed part of the Argus review that forced Tim Nielsen out. He resigned after being asked to re-apply for his job following Australia’s 2010-11 Ashes series loss, with Ponting standing down as captain.
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