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Post by tigertiger on Jan 22, 2017 9:07:07 GMT
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Post by gmdf on Jan 22, 2017 9:30:41 GMT
I presume he means 'smaller' in terms of the financial resources he had to work with - which is undeniable when compared to some other (most other) counties. And he's trying to show, I guess, how his coaching experience with Kent has prepared him for his new job. Something many of us have done in our own professional life, I guess. |
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Post by flashblade on Jan 22, 2017 10:25:14 GMT
"Kent ARE a small county" ?? Pluralising the name won't make the county any larger.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2017 11:08:02 GMT
No argument with the 'smaller' comment. Surely a simple statement of fact.
Adams biggest misfortune was to coach Kent when the club's only real ambition was to survive rather than to succeed and so he was denied the resources his predecessors such as Woolmer, Wright, Inverarity and Ford were given.
His power was also heavily circumscribed by not being allowed the title 'Director of Cricket' which the likes of Ford and Farbrace enjoyed. For example, I remember when he was appointed he said he would expect to have "first dibs" on any West Indians looking to spend a summer playing county cricket. But such decisions simply weren't in his remit as a 'coach' who lacked executive authority and in the end I don't think he was permitted to sign a single player from the Caribbean.
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Post by gmdf on Jan 22, 2017 11:11:04 GMT
No argument with the 'smaller' comment. Surely a simple statement of fact. Adams biggest misfortune was to coach Kent when the club's only real ambition was to survive rather than to succeed and so he was denied the resources his predecessors such as Woolmer, Wright, Inverarity and Ford were given. His power was also heavily circumscribed by not being allowed the title 'Director of Cricket' which the likes of Ford and Farbrace enjoyed. For example, I remember when he was appointed he said he would expect to have "first dibs" on any West Indians looking to spend a summer playing county cricket. But such decisions simply weren't in his remit and in the end I don't think he was permitted to sign a single player from the Caribbean. Brendan Nash? I always assumed JA had something to do with Brendan signing for Kent. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2017 12:18:20 GMT
No argument with the 'smaller' comment. Surely a simple statement of fact. Adams biggest misfortune was to coach Kent when the club's only real ambition was to survive rather than to succeed and so he was denied the resources his predecessors such as Woolmer, Wright, Inverarity and Ford were given. His power was also heavily circumscribed by not being allowed the title 'Director of Cricket' which the likes of Ford and Farbrace enjoyed. For example, I remember when he was appointed he said he would expect to have "first dibs" on any West Indians looking to spend a summer playing county cricket. But such decisions simply weren't in his remit and in the end I don't think he was permitted to sign a single player from the Caribbean. Brendan Nash? I always assumed JA had something to do with Brendan signing for Kent. A fair point and I'd forgotten Brendan! But by the time Nash arrived in Canterbury he was no longer a Test player, had played his final game in the Caribbean for Jamaica and was returning to his native Australia to make it his permanent home again. I was thinking more of the big names of Windies cricket which Adams tantalisingly suggested he would be able to lure to Kent but who went to other counties - Gayle, Bravo, Pollard, Sammy, Fidel Edwards etc. If Adams was offered what he called "first dibs" on such players, he wasn't able to convince those above him. And that was my point, really. I find it impossible to criticise Adams' tenure at Kent because in reality he had very little power to change anything. From the only conversation I ever had with JA, he accepted the constraints he had to work under graciously and uncomplainingly - but knew he was being asked to do the job with one hand tied behind his back. |
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