My Belief Is To Still Have That One Coach – Andrew McDonald Didn't Consider England Head Coach Job Due To Split Coaching Roles
Published - 03 May 2022, 02:18 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 06:07 AM
Newly appointed Australia National Cricket Team head coach Andrew McDonald never considered the England head coach job because he feels that there should only be one head coach in the team.
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have decided to split the head coach roles down white and red-ball lines as newly appointed ECB managing director of men’s cricket, Rob Key, wants to have two different coaches for white-ball and red-ball cricket and last week two jobs were advertised.
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Meanwhile, Andrew McDonald, who replaced Justin Langer as Australia’s head coach, gave his opinions on the spilt coaching system and said that he firmly believes that international coaches should oversee the teams across all three formats.
“No, I don’t think there was a risk. I think the way that they’re going to set up, structure up, is clear. I think they’re going to go for a split coaching role. My views on that differ slightly,” McDonald told SEN. “
“My belief is to still have that one coach and share the workload within that. I think for me the continuity of messaging is critical. But also the priorities shift. And people probably don’t like me saying this, but the priorities do shift at certain times. You can’t be everything to everyone.”
“For example, Pat Cummins, on the back of three Test matches in Pakistan, at the end of that he’s severely fatigued and then the white-ball team gets compromised because Pat Cummins isn’t playing. But he’s not ready to perform in that environment.”
If you had split coaches, which format takes priority? – Andrew McDonald
McDonald added that one selection panel and one coach should decide the priorities of a team and in the spit coaching system, there will be confusion.
“If you had split coaches, which format takes priority? So, I think the ability to have one selection panel, one coach to work through that, give the direction to what the priorities are at the time and managing the overall squad as such and then someone, potentially a Michael Di Venuto or another assistant coach, coming in to allow the head coach to balance the workload but still stick on the same path,” he said.
“For example, we’re going to build towards the 2023 World Cup, am I going to do every one-day game leading into that World Cup? There’s no chance of that. So I think that the continuity of messaging for me is important.”
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