[Gowza]

of course the coach can make a difference, and yes he's part the reason why shakib isn't in the series, but if BD has to rely only on shakib for any sort of competitiveness then they should not be a test nation.

now as far as the coaching helping, the players still need to be willing. mash has always been a decent player, al amin has been good since his arrival and taskin has conveyed a great attitude so if they have a good coach they will improve because they have the right attitude.

it's the players that don't want to put in the work, and sadly it seems like that's most of the team, that aren't coachable until they are willing. now you could say the coaches job is to make them willing, i say why are they playing for their country if they aren't willing. this isn't just a normal job, this is representing an entire country and if they are fine with things the way they are then they obviously don't have much passion for their country and thus should not be representing their country.

a normal job, sure people just do it for the money, a cricketing career is the dream of millions across the world, it's as good of a job as you can get (money to fun factor, of course just my opinion) and it's a job where you are representing millions of people, you should care about who you are representing. the other thing to remember is the people they are playing against are very passionate and committed so if BD players aren't at the same level as those players then they're already behind.