There Was A Concerted Push To Have Justin Langer Out Of The Position – Adam Gilchrist

Legendary Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist feels that there was a concerted push to have Justin Langer out of Australia’s men’s head coach position.

The Ashes-winning coach Justin Langer recently stepped down as the head coach of Australia after he was offered a short-term extension to a contract that expires in June. Meanwhile, several legendary Australian players have bashed the Australian Test captain Pat Cummins and Cricket Australia (CA) for Langer’s resignation.

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Adam Gilchrist has said that he doesn’t care to listen to the corporate talk about transition and analysis of the head coach’s position.

“I don’t care to listen to any of the corporate speak about transition and analysis of the coach’s position and requirements and evolution, that is just covering up that certain players and support staff around that team have spoken and they no longer wanted Justin there,” Gilchrist said on Monday as quoted by Fox Cricket.

“I’m not inside that camp so I can’t question whether they are well intentioned or not. I am sure they are well intentioned from the way they see it.”

Adam Gilchrist said that there is “some disunity”. He added that he is stunned to see that no explanation has been provided on why a long-term contract wasn’t offered to a massively successful coach.

“Absolutely, there seems to be some disunity there. I don’t think the players would have pushed so hard both privately to CA and clearly, I could not tell you if players were doing (it) or player managers, but feeding information to the press. There was a concerted push to have Justin out of the positions.”

“Justin has realised those key fundamental values he has always based his life on. There was very little of that coming from within the group or CA. That’s where my focus goes to now. The cost on a human being and his family and the method with which everyone has gone about this and none the least CA and the board. It stuns me the personal capital and human capital they are happy to churn and burn is extraordinary,” Gilchrist said.

Justin Langer is painted by particular people as a monster – Adam Gilchrist

Former wicketkeeper-batsman said that Langer is being painted as a monster since the leaks began to emerge about his style during 2021. He added that Langer will always be the first one to admit he has his “frailties”.

“Since then, through to now where every day he is being painted a certain way, painted by particular people as a monster. That is not Justin Langer,” he told SEN.

“He’ll be the first to admit he has his frailties, his areas of weakness. But geez, he’ll sit with you and look you in the eye and sort it out. He’s being painted as a monster.”

Gilchrist also said that he is “staggered” to see that some decisions taken by the cricket board have been “ fuelled by greed”.

“What sort of effect would that have on your personally? What’s the flow-on effect on to your family? Particularly through a period of time where you are not really understanding what’s going on.

“I think it’s quite reckless and some of the decision making over a long period of time has been fuelled by greed and it really leaves me staggered.”

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