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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 10, 2018 11:53:12 GMT
bh,
I have always felt, like others, that appointing Keith Greenfield as Director of Sussex CCC Cricket was a mistake as the title bestowed upon him was wrong. Sussex CCC Performance Director sounds a much more sensible position for him and plays more to his strengths.
Those who are made Director of Cricket, in general, usually hold different and wider experiences to Greenfield. Whether it be Andrew Strauss (England), Marcus North (Durham), Mike Newell (Notts), Martyn Moxon (Yorkshire), Paul Allott (Lancs), Andy Hurry (Somerset) etc.. and there is a strong chance that Alec Stewart will replace Strauss over the Winter.
The problem, in my view, is that Sussex already have a high number of staff positions surrounding the players. For example, Richard Halsall was appointed Academy Director in March and Luke Dunning as Team Analyst in October (he is presently advertising for two interns to support him). Fit in to the equation Jason Swift as Assistant Coach then other batting, fielding, bowling and physical conditioning Coaches, where does the Performance Director position actually fit in? So, we are back to that problem of trying to neatly assemble all the various jigsaw pieces together. Perhaps, Greenfield acts as the umbrella over all such positions? And meanwhile, are we to presume that Sussex have decided to 'kick in to touch' the Director of Sussex CCC role?
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Post by flashblade on Nov 10, 2018 12:01:49 GMT
bh, I have always felt, like others, that appointing Keith Greenfield as Director of Sussex CCC Cricket was a mistake as the title bestowed upon him was wrong. Sussex CCC Performance Director sounds a much more sensible position for him and plays more to his strengths. Those who are made Director of Cricket, in general, usually hold different and wider experiences to Greenfield. Whether it be Andrew Strauss (England), Marcus North (Durham), Mike Newell (Notts), Martyn Moxon (Yorkshire), Paul Allott (Lancs), Andy Hurry (Somerset) etc.. and there is a strong chance that Alec Stewart will replace Strauss over the Winter. The problem, in my view, is that Sussex already have a high number of staff positions surrounding the players. For example, Richard Halsall was appointed Academy Director in March and Luke Dunning as Team Analyst in October (he is presently advertising for two interns to support him). Fit in to the equation Jason Swift as Assistant Coach then other batting, fielding, bowling and physical conditioning Coaches, where does the Performance Director position actually fit in? So, we are back to that problem of trying to neatly fit all the various jigsaw pieces together. Perhaps, Greenfield acts as the umbrella over all such positions? And meanwhile, are we to presume that Sussex have decided to 'kick in to touch' the Director of Sussex CCC role? It's a very uncommercial and sentimental way to run a business - especially one that isn't exactly flush with cash.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 12, 2018 20:43:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 22:59:59 GMT
bh, I have always felt, like others, that appointing Keith Greenfield as Director of Sussex CCC Cricket was a mistake as the title bestowed upon him was wrong. Sussex CCC Performance Director sounds a much more sensible position for him and plays more to his strengths. Those who are made Director of Cricket, in general, usually hold different and wider experiences to Greenfield. Whether it be Andrew Strauss (England), Marcus North (Durham), Mike Newell (Notts), Martyn Moxon (Yorkshire), Paul Allott (Lancs), Andy Hurry (Somerset) etc.. and there is a strong chance that Alec Stewart will replace Strauss over the Winter. The problem, in my view, is that Sussex already have a high number of staff positions surrounding the players. For example, Richard Halsall was appointed Academy Director in March and Luke Dunning as Team Analyst in October (he is presently advertising for two interns to support him). Fit in to the equation Jason Swift as Assistant Coach then other batting, fielding, bowling and physical conditioning Coaches, where does the Performance Director position actually fit in? So, we are back to that problem of trying to neatly fit all the various jigsaw pieces together. Perhaps, Greenfield acts as the umbrella over all such positions? And meanwhile, are we to presume that Sussex have decided to 'kick in to touch' the Director of Sussex CCC role? It's a very uncommercial and sentimental way to run a business - especially one that isn't exactly flush with cash. Precisely FB. He is a fall out of the compromise Zac, foolishly agreed with Robbo, that there should be a DoC. That role was specific to Robbo’s skill set. Then Robbo left. So instead of thinking roles again, Zac on his way out, and the Board, foolishly ‘found’ they had the perfect internal appointment, ie KG. Problem is KG had a limited playing career, then as Academy head, little career progress for his graduates. Just look at the few Sussex cricketers who were in the Academy, when he was in charge who have been capped.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 13, 2018 9:33:25 GMT
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Post by flashblade on Nov 13, 2018 12:21:58 GMT
They should stop playing football during warm ups. Professional sport is often about seeking marginal gains and improvements. Playing football is just an unnecessary risk, and coaches should be strong enough to insist that it stops.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 15, 2018 16:28:09 GMT
It's been confirmed that Jofra is playing in the IPL again next Spring as he's been retained by 'The Royals', so who will be his replacement until the end of May? That Indian seamer fellow was rather good last time. Can we have him again please.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 16, 2018 9:48:59 GMT
Dizzy just can't stop winning. Onward to the Division 2 Championship Trophy next season, then?
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Post by philh on Nov 16, 2018 12:39:05 GMT
It's been confirmed that Jofra is playing in the IPL again next Spring as he's been retained by 'The Royals', so who will be his replacement until the end of May? That Indian seamer fellow was rather good last time. Can we have him again please. As I understand it, most of the early season will be filled with the 50 Over tournament in 2019. If (and it might be a big 'if') there are no or few County Championship games until mid to late May, I wonder if there will be a temptation to 'get by' especially if Chris Jordan is not part of the IPL this year.
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Post by jonboy on Nov 16, 2018 17:39:41 GMT
It's been confirmed that Jofra is playing in the IPL again next Spring as he's been retained by 'The Royals', so who will be his replacement until the end of May? That Indian seamer fellow was rather good last time. Can we have him again please. As I understand it, most of the early season will be filled with the 50 Over tournament in 2019. If (and it might be a big 'if') there are no or few County Championship games until mid to late May, I wonder if there will be a temptation to 'get by' especially if Chris Jordan is not part of the IPL this year. Sussex generally don’t need much encouragement to try and “get by”
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Post by jonboy on Nov 16, 2018 18:18:14 GMT
Seriously though, if we can get a quality overseas batsman for the season, then do that. With Jordan around, and a fully fit Garton, Sakande and Whittingham, all available, we could get by, if we can manage to set some decent totals. In an emergency, there’s always a few half decent bowlers knocking around, that we could borrow
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 16, 2018 22:26:30 GMT
jb,
I think most people agree with you. A quality run-scoring machine in the top four would do wonders to the team's first innings total. Another Muzza would be perfect. Sadly, there are no signs of the Club seeking such a player and with a major question-mark over van Zyl and his long-standing injury, we are taking a BIG gamble if we rely totally on the youngsters for next year when there is such a fantastic opportunity beckoning to be promoted to Division 1.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 18, 2018 17:57:31 GMT
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Post by joe on Nov 18, 2018 19:08:22 GMT
Here’s some Sussex news to cheer your boring Sunday. Luke Wells scored 154 for his Melbourne premier grade team Casey-South although the game ended in a draw.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 24, 2018 18:12:46 GMT
You can’t keep Dizzy down even when he’s presently living on the other side of the world. Never has the club appointed such a high profile Coach who seeks the media like a moth to the proverbial light. To help matters, JG has a midas touch for success too eg. recently being awarded ‘Australian Coach of the Year’ by South Australian Sport for helping the Adelaide Strikers win the BBL tournament earlier this year. Never has there been such a bloggers' delight. Like so many 21st century self-publicists, Twitter is the primary tool and Jason Gillespie uses this to communicate with his 140,000 followers. Joining in 2012, he has now fired off 21,500 tweets which cover not just the field of cricket but more and more his left-wing political views which traverse everything from criticisms of Donald Trump and Brexit to his growing views on veganism. Admittedly, he is careful not to become too political and airs his opinions mainly via clicking the like button on other people’s comments. Occasionally, he goes off-piste as when a Michael Thornton tweeted an opinion on immigration this year. “You can’t talk about immigration in this country without being called racist. If I moved to another country I would be expected to assimilate, speak their language obey their laws, live how they live. Why are we different? Why are we so soft? When will we grow balls?” JG simply replied, “Pathetic!” which is one of his more favoured critical responses. And no doubt, there is a regular and well-read Guardian newspaper poignantly sticking out from his tracksuit pocket. Therefore, it seems that living in Brighton for 7 months of the year is an idyllic conurbation for him, where 68% of its inhabitants voted to remain in Europe and where there are more vegan restaurants and shops than in any other similar populated City in Britain. Certainly, a more kindred spirit environment than the harsher more Brexit and right of centre county of Yorkshire. So, back to his vegan views. Below is a link to an interesting piece on why JG became a vegan. His transformation occurred in 2014 and was prompted by the sudden death of his father coupled by watching a film called ‘Earthlings’. He is still in that early evangelical period where JG uses every opportunity to announce the merits of, what some people refer to as, “a growing food cult”. www.figjamco.com/industry-insights/how-a-professional-sportsman-turned-to-veganism/www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXc-wwP78o0www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLdUwUA0iMY
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