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Post by Wicked Cricket on Feb 14, 2017 13:39:31 GMT
Joe,
I share your sentiment but we won't see Adams back at the club unless there is another Members Rebellion - which is apt given
it's the 20th Anniversary in late March. And Prior is far too busy with his cycling profession to take on a full-time club job.
In fact, Matt Prior tweets today:
Fantastic appointment @sussexccc getting Mike Yardy as batting coach. Don't know another person who
epitomises what the club is about...
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Post by hhsussex on Feb 14, 2017 17:41:32 GMT
Hhs, I have criticised Sussex in the past for always turning to its old players but on this occcasion it does seem to be the right man...I am a little surprised by this response to Yardy's appointment given your consistent stance against the club's "jobs for the boys" policy. Isn't this yet another typical example? I have nothing against Yardy. He has been to Hell and back with his depression and my admiration for him is unsurpassed. But isn't the club once more falling into the trap of playing safe by choosing someone of a similar club mindset; someone who won't challenge the status quo; and someone who may not bring fresh ideas and new energy but merely a revamp of the old? Agreed, he's a winner; agreed he has a strong mental resolve; agreed he has a deeper empathy and understanding of human nature than most... But we are still back to the 'jobs for the boys' syndrome which was recently highlighted by the appointment of Keith Greenfield as Director of Sussex Cricket. Surely, here was an opportunity to appoint someone from outside the club - an outsider who could bring in new ideas and new energy and challenge the present creed. But with Yardy it is nothing more than "the same ol' same ol." If the appointment had been as Coach/Manager to Sussex then, yes, I would have been critical on the grounds that a key position had been given to a former player principally because he was "one of us". However, what we have argued for since last year's disgraceful and disastrous part-time old boys act contract to Murray Goodwin is that Sussex need continuity in the technical positions. We don't need or want a part-timer, however many rounds he stands, and we want someone capable of developing talent that shows itself in age group sides, then in the second eleven, and is capable of surmounting that final hurdle to ensure that a player comes into the first team technically and temperamentally equipped to perform well and has support to call on if he falters. Giving due attention to those criteria then I think Yardy is a very good choice. There isn't anything fundamentally wrong with building a team ethos based on respect for former players and the development of a line of tradition. The problem comes in finding the right people to make that meaningful and to build a team that isn't just complacently marking time. Yardy is someone who has gained respect for his ability to come to terms with mental illness, to walk away from a position of celebrity and to rebuild his life, and still make a strong contribution as a player. Surely those are strong and desirable qualities? I think that when we talk about ex-players as a group, rather than considering them as individuals, we are equally in danger from over-venerating them as "keeprs of the flame" , or from denigrating them as ,in your expresion, "the same ol' same ol." |
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Post by hhsussex on Feb 23, 2018 13:21:09 GMT
An important career move for Jon Lewis, another interesting opportunity emerging in the hitherto monolithic Sussex coaching structure, and a very good and well-worded tribute to Sussex, all in one move www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22552838/lewis-confirmed-19-head-coachIt was quickly apparent that Lewis had more nous than the majority of ex-players who joined the coaching set up in English cricket and the biggest sign of this is the comparative luxury of (fast) bowling options that Sussex now have: Jordan supported by Archer, Sakande, Garton, Whittingham, Mills in his restricted format, and Robinson at a lesser pace. What a world away that is from the lonely furrow ploughed by Magoffin with support from names like Anyon and Liddle, only a couple of years ago. And not to forget the sadness that we never saw Matt Hobden's talent mature into something rather more. The quote from the ECB performance Director, David Parsons, is especially welcome to read: "We should also recognise Sussex's considerable contribution to English cricket through the development opportunities they have provided to coaches such as Jon, Carl Hopkinson, Mark Robinson and Peter Moores." What do we need now? Another Jon Lewis, to see all of the above come to their fruition as fast bowlers and to develop the next generation, or perhaps someone of a slightly different stamp who also has sympathy with other styles of bowling and will be able to make a strong case for finding and nurturing spin bowlers, not just to "do something different" in T20s but to add richness and allure to the team performance in all formats? There could be some interesting choices ahead for Sussex, and that itself is a great thing for the club and its supporters. Vive la difference! |
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Post by deepfineleg on Feb 25, 2018 10:18:53 GMT
Congratulations to Jon.
Do we need to ask why the batting lacks the same options as the bowling? Or is it much harder for a batter to progress since one mistake in an innings can be his last.
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Post by joe on Mar 22, 2018 19:34:09 GMT
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Post by joe on Mar 22, 2018 19:37:39 GMT
Meant to post this tweet this morning but since copying it it seems to have been deleted!
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Post by liquidskin on Mar 23, 2018 21:04:43 GMT
It'll be good of the coach to turn up. I hope whatever he's been working on in pre-season has benefitted his team, whoever the hell they are.
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Post by joe on Oct 9, 2019 9:17:21 GMT
Dizzy has extended his contract till 2022.
I think this is good news as he has unfinished business and will want to leave the club in a better place than he found it.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Oct 9, 2019 15:26:48 GMT
Agreed, this means that both Andrew and Gillespie are in for the long haul. Hopefully, they have faced the stark reality that the
Academy does not have sufficient quality players to give us promotion, so expect a number of new signings over the next year
or so.
I am still hopeful the T20 squad is strong enough to vie for another trophy, so long as Dizzy can keep the bulk of this year's squad
together.
I remain optimistic where some blame must be apportioned to Andrew for believing the Academy/youngsters were good enough
before he carried out his own due diligence. After this season, the proof is there for all to see.
It will be interesting to see what influence Travis Head has over the team next season.
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Post by flashblade on Oct 10, 2019 7:15:38 GMT
New batting coach awaited . . .
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Post by liquidskin on Oct 13, 2019 10:08:11 GMT
Dizzy has extended his contract till 2022. I think this is good news as he has unfinished business and will want to leave the club in a better place than he found it. Or took it. Mod, mod, the same conversation has been going on over two threads. I don't wanna be a tell-tale-tit but I'm not sure that's within the rules. |
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