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Couldn’t agree more with Tavis. The rotation policy is absolute fodder. The excuse that players need to be rested is ridiculous. If a player needs to be rested then they are obviously not of high enough calibre to be in the Australian Team. It’s funny though…you don’t see too many being rested in the domestic season whether the 4 day, 1 day or T20 format! Yes, I understand the supposed ‘rigours’ of International Cricket takes a little more of a toll than the Domestic side of things, but as has been said, drink a cup of cement and harden up!! If a champion like Warnie (who carried a few extra kilos, didn’t have the best diet, smoked, drank etc.) could still go out and play Test after Test and ODI after ODI surely the ‘Young Pups’ who are supposed to be these you beaut built Athletes can back up and play a few games in a row, right?
So who plays cricket for Australia these days?
The problem with the Lakers isn’t Dwight himself, but the coaching appointments to go with Dwight. You can be sure that if Phil Jackson was still there Dwight would not be getting tech foul after tech foul and even ejected before half time, because if he did he would be warming the pine or be gone…fullstop!! The Lakers need a hard nosed coach to keep the players in line, keep them focused, and remind them that NO ONE is indispensable (unless his name is LeBron James!). Boston to some degree are in the same boat. Doc Rivers has gotten soft on Garnett and Pierce (especially Pierce) and it’s no coincidence that they put up half efforts night in night out. On the other side of the coin you have Sir Popovich of the Mighty San Antonio Spurs (yes I am a Spurs fan!!). You can bet your bottom dollar if ANY player on his team doesn’t come to play and do the right things, they will get strips torn off them. Dwight needs this. Stan Van Gundy dictated to Howard. Howard might not have always listened but SVG let Dwight know that, franchise player or not, HE was the coach and he was not going to let Dwight dictate to him. Mike Brown and now D’Antoni I feel were/are intimidated by the quality and bargaining power that Dwight thinks he has and therefore are cautious in pulling him up on it, especially given how public things got between SVG and Howard. Still, if the Lakers are to put together a winning team that includes Dwight, this needs to happen!! The Lakers must trade Howard?? Yes. If it comes down to firing D’Antoni or keeping Dwight Howard, I think the latter will be the chosen path.
Lakers must trade Howard
The choice to run far and hard and try and rip down thunderbolts is up to them. There are plenty of prime examples of pace bowlers that didn’t throw them 140+ and are/were still successful in taking wickets, drying up the scoreboard, etc.
Warnie whilst not having the same impact in his delivery striding as compared to a pace bowler, still had a lot of impact through his deliveries. Being a wrist spinner is very taxing in other ways (hip rotation, shoulder, wrist, etc) not to mention the amount of overs he had to bowl (and the long spells at a time). If being a wrist spin leg break bowler was easy then we’d have a plethora of them coming through the ranks instead of pace men. The point was more to do with his physical conditioning (or lack thereof) vs the trim, lean, don’t eat or drink anything not approved otherwise you won’t be in peak physical condition to bowl/bat your 1 or 2 games before being rested, philosophy.
So who plays cricket for Australia these days?