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[The_Bird]

Very good point 

[ppccopener]

just waiting for shane warne to get a whiff of this! seems very odd

think it was Warne who said the role of the Coach was getting the team to and from the ground

 

[tim2000s]

It does make you wonder what is going on in the upper annals of Cricket Australia. This kind of stuff really looks like what went on with England in the early nineties!

Good for all of Australia's opposition...

[Alvaro]

Should have stuck to colouring in.

[kouservice]

It goes from bad to worse for the Aussies.

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/australia-stand-down-four-players-for-breach-of-discipline-20130311-2fw9i.html

Dropped for not being able to use Powerpoint. 

The decision was not made on their inability to use powerpoint, but due to the attitude and compitment. I really appreciate them for taking such a step, every team member is required to behave in a certain code of conduct and have comitment toward the game. When you have lost 2 games badly and the team is in a depressing mode, the coach just asked for all the players to provide just 3 points on how they can make a come back. And off couse this is business they are getting paid more than any consulting firm does, so they should respect that.
Come on you dont need to know powerpoint  to just write down 3 suggestions

[tushar sehgal]

The decision was not made on their inability to use powerpoint, but due to the attitude and compitment. I really appreciate them for taking such a step, every team member is required to behave in a certain code of conduct and have comitment toward the game. When you have lost 2 games badly and the team is in a depressing mode, the coach just asked for all the players to provide just 3 points on how they can make a come back. And off couse this is business they are getting paid more than any consulting firm does, so they should respect that.
Come on you dont need to know powerpoint  to just write down 3 suggestions

Mate the point isn't about powerpoint its about the attitude of leadership, overcomplicated & unnecessary...seems like Artur and more so Clarke are on comply or die type crusade and anyone who doesn't gets kicked off the roster...Katich, now these 4...i wonder if Hussey retired graciously due to these kind of things, he had a bit of cricket left in him for sure...

P.s. Johnson jokes are funny although I do feel for him and Khwaja

[uknsaunders]

see watson has gone home as well. His departure was planned due to the wife giving birth, but it's been "accelerated". I wonder if this is the last we'll see of him in the test arena. Creaking body, big IPL money and a muppet for a coach.

[ppccopener]

good points tusher
it's a failure of management, I see 2 legends of Aussie cricket, Border and Mark Waugh have slammed the decision this morning comparing it to under 6's cricket.....

it looks from the outside..shambolic.

[charlie15]

Surely the rolled up bits of paper would have missed the bin and be scattered on the floor?

If there was ever proof this forum needs a like button!

[petehosk]

Johnson could have done it quickly - wides and inconsistency whilst bowling, then catching practice when batting!

Seriously though...this all seems a little crazy!
Sack the coach I say! Also may as well sack Clarke for going along with this!
Or if you don't sack Clarke, at least ban him from playing in the Ashes! 

[PedalsMcgrew]

I don't get this, what's unreasonable about asking players to think about ways they can improve? If the four players in question honestly can't think of 3 ways the entire team can do better then they're probably not intelligent enough to play International cricket in the first place! All the other players did it din't they?

Maybe it is a bit 'school teacher' of Arthur to take this line with the players but it is obviously indicative of other things that have been going on behind the scenes. Arthur is the coach, his record speaks for itself with SA....maybe he has just found these 4 not to be professional enough for the culture he is trying to build?

[trypewriter]

It's great when none of the players are really playing well enough for player power to be a factor...

But having said that, all of this disarray now, could see Aus stronger for the Ashes...

[The_Bird]

England's class of 05 are having a lot of banter about this on twitter, Freddie being the main instigator!!

[uknsaunders]

one of the many issues I have with it is:-

You just been stuffed (again) and feeling pretty down. Your coach, who should be providing the answers to some extent or at least rebuilding morale, then wants you to find the solutions. There is an element of knowing what you did wrong as a group but at the same time it's up to the coach to earn his money.

Flower did, by playing 2 spinners, getting the batsman to play straighter and making the big calls (dropping broad / playing root). England adapted to the conditions and backed their players. Australia dropped their best spinner, played 4 seamers on a slow turner and ask for essays from demoralised players, in turn further weakening their team with sanctions. Sometimes players make the coach look good, looking like SA made Arthur look good and not the other way round.

[ppccopener]

how very well put

could'nt agree more