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Troy Cooley, Australia’s bowling coach, needs a car hoist and two balancing machines. He cannot tell the difference between a Lamborghini and a beatup Holden. Neither can he distinguish between a Range Rover and a working ute.
If he was the head mechanic of my non-existent fleet of cars I would sack him. Yes, Warne and McGrath have gone but he should keep the cars he has in running order.
Mitchell Johnson has been bowling like a car with bald tyres or more accurately as a car with misaligned wheels.
In this age of biomechanics and ice baths he seems blinded by too much knowledge.
The first priority of a bowling coach is to ensure his charges are physically fit and fine tuned. This means routine and regular checks and corrections.
A good fleet manager knows that preventive maintenance saves on downtime and is cost effective in the long run. When a car comes to a shuddering halt it is doubly expensive to put it back on the road.
Tim Nielsen is also not entirely blameless. He is still mouthing banal statements like “…there are positives..”. I am afraid this did not save the Titanic and unless the back room boys start earning their money, Ricky will never win an Ashes in England as captain. More the pity because he is, along with Tendulkar and Lara, a modern batting great.
Kerry O’Keefe pointed out in his column that it is not Johnson’s left arm that is the concern but the right side and the right arm.
He points out that the low right arm is making him fall away. Conversely it is Hauritz’s low left arm that is stopping him realise his full potential.
In 1965 Kirti Azad, who later coached Kapil Dev, was espousing the Pendulum Principle. Simple and earthy common sense.
For a right handed bowler the high left arm, to the point of inducing a stretch in your side, meant the right had to follow that arc.
Kerry O Keefe may appear light hearted but behind the Parody there lurks a razor sharp brain. He calls for the “technical purity” of Watson’s batting at the top of the order and Manou’s keeping but I think this is Kerry trying to shock the team management into action.
There needs to be only one or at the most two changes for Edgbaston. Clark for North would be an attacking move and would show faith in the bowlers who did so well in the last six months (barring Lords).
Andy Flower on the other hand has gone quietly about his business and is getting the most out of his unfashionable fleet of cars.
It is no use calling for a rocket scientist when all you need is a basic mechanic.
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