The chat about the change in him last season to this one, hard not to link it to Kalyn’s chat about how Holbrook tells him to “just be you”. Maybe under AOB he thought that he had to act a certain way as the captain.
It reminds me of changes the Blackcaps made in the mid-2010s. They went from trying to be a tough team like Australia because they thought that would bring them similar success, into talking about wanting to go out there and express themselves, through playing their natural game and displaying their skills. Accepting it won’t always go right and there will be failures, but giving players a long leash and letting them feel comfortable with their spot in the team. It’s definitely led to a decade now that’s probably been the best in their history.
Quite possible. Nothing been confirmed with Baxter yet, I’d thought but also a good call. We have signed the younger McEwen not long ago which is why I thought of them.
Yep think that’s pretty apparent. Seemed to be the big problem with AOB, him not understanding his players, or their strengths and weaknesses. To me he just didn’t seem like a people person who understood that players aren’t a monolith. 6 years with them and somehow not learning a thing or changing a thing, really is quite something.
