Former Australian cricket coach, Mickey Arthur has been naive in the aftermath of his dismissal.
How could he realistically believe that the contents of his unfair dismissal claim would not become public knowledge in some way or other?
One can feel for about the stress he has been under following the double whammy of his dismissal as Australian cricket coach and the loss of his mum.
However, he has also been ill advised by his legal representatives, who seemed to have given little thought to his long term future, when there are so few senior coaching positions on offer worldwide.
He will most likely now never get any job in cricket in Australia after this, whether or not he wins and receives the scullion that he has asked for.
It’s probably best he try work in another country (on the Indian sub-continent or back in his homeland) where he can start with a clean slate and where he will receive more empathy for his plight.
It showed a lack of appreciation of the way things work in his adopted country, which again is indicative of his ignorance of the Aussie psyche and mentality. This was very much evident in his failings to effectively man-manage the players.
His recent actions have no doubt re-enforced the opinions of his previous employers about his inability to do the people part of his job well.
He should have gone graciously and quietly, let the dust settle and ease back into another coaching position in a year or two.
A good bloke by all accounts, but one who needs to be more savvy.
Jonty 23
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Big difference coaching a team (SA)with quality players and a strong captain compared to a bunch of hacks and a captain while a world class player and great on field is found well short in others areas of leading. While Arthur may have had his short comings he can hardly be blamed for CA`s and the current teams short comings
James the elder
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??????? Here was a man who had managed magnificently in the cauldron of South African cricket. Battling racism, language barrier(the English/Afrikaans divide is as large as ever), political meddling in team selection and some very tough hombres in Smith, Steyn, Kallis etc, etc. Not to mention the ongoing and constant loss of talent to overseas countries. But Sutherland did manage to defeat him and has not yet finished demolishing Australian cricket. Someone is naïve here and it is not Arthur or me.
Tigersboy
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Two things were not appreciated fully. Micky didn't appreciate the Aussie culture or public, and the Aussie public didn't appreciate how poor our cricket team is.
Abmerlin
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And how did he get the job in the first place? Oh that's right Cricket AUSTRALIA appointed him! Considering what's happening in England at the moment Aussie cricket opinion is not held in particularly high regard. Considering the disgusting way Robbie Deans was treated by the rugby community it seems to me that many are of the opinion that you have to be quite special to be putbin charge of an Australian team - when the reality is that Arthur and Deans in particular did an amazing job, despite ultimately failing, in trying to pull Australia's head out of its arse! What exactly are Australasia good at, at the moment? Unforgivable considering where many of its world sports (not NRL and certainly not AFL) were 10 years and less ago!
John
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Indeed you are correct. The national team is clearly better off without him as evidenced by the first two Test results. Remember, visiting sides do best at Lord's, inspired by the history and aura of the place. Our new national coach clearly had the team "up" for this challenge. Expensive bowlers who took few wickets are now taking them for far fewer runs. Batsmen previously falling after good starts or no start at all are now scoring the hundreds the new coach has called for. Remember that in FOUR innings the highest score has come from a 19 year old debutant batting at 11. Starc has been dropped, Pattinson has been ineffective and expensive, Siddle has been good but not quite consistent. And the bowling was our STRENGTH. You are indeed correct. It all had to do with the coach and not understanding the psyche. Yep. That's it. Oh, and are you calling for Warner to be brought back into the side? The chap who should have spent a night in a cell rather than in Zimbabwe? Does the psyche you refer to allow David to boast about punching someone who scored 180 in a Test while he failed against a second tier nation's B side? I don't care who coaches them. Nor do I care what his style is. So long as he is effective.
Silver_Sovereign
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Cant wait till we stop hearing about him. Go home and finish your homework Mickey