1. Why do we keep attacking India and its fans? Problem is with us right now.
2. Why do ppl have to compare stats from Whatmore and Siddons era?
Whatmore took us out of a 54 match losing streak I believe. It was ridiculous back then. He was one of the boys, hence he could connect with them and inspire them. He did not get boys with proper cricket training from 13 years of age. Some did not get it till after 25. Siddons did. Shakib, Mashrafee, Tamim, Mushfique, Riyad, Neem all were products of BKSP and U-19 team and its coaching staff. The guys already had a solid cirkceting mould. He did improve Tamim, Riyad, Mushfique and Imrul.
But look at how he has neglected and butchered the bowlers. Its his own fault that they cannot win us a single ODI or test. He always criticises and puts down the pacers. A coach at any level is expected to give some encouragement to his players, no matter how professional they are. These guys come in, and a month later they have to hear the coach making a suggestion as ridiculous as " we do not have any pacers in Bangladesh who can bowl at any pace...let's get any Jack or Tom from England playing any 1st division team who bowls, since the English air will make them great!" Pathetic. Shafi is good enough to be better than a Ryan Harris. A few others can be up there with the best of Asia. In case Siddons hasn't noticed, none of the Indian pacers bowl faster than our fastest two/three, but they have honed their skills and collectively can take 10 wickets in any match. This is because their coaches know how to work with their limited resources instead of whinging about it.
Our pacers do not seem to have any self-belief or discipline. There is no steady selection policy. Captain Sakib, and coach, have both dished out criticism time and again about their bowling. I have not heard such criticism of even the WIndies pacers over the last decade, when with much more talent and heritage they could not better our pace attack by much (till the last two years). I blame Siddons, and his shagred, for ruining the pacers.
Spin bowling has also gone backwards. Shakib and Riyad I suspect have done well due to devotion of spin coach Salauddin, but we do not have any other spinners performing now. Razzak the deadweight is still assumed to be the best specialist spinner by siddons, and there is no replacement plan. Naeem is clearly no bowling talent, but they still treat him as all-rounder. On the other hand, there's Saqlian sajib and a couple of others who have mesmarised the domestic teams but Siddons won't even have a look at htem. Its all a mess.
WIth World Cup now 7 months away, Siddons still is exactly at the saem spot at end of year 1.
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Originally Posted by Baundule
I think, Miraz bhai should ask Siddons only one Question: "As a coach what are your mistakes?"
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That would be a very good question to ask.