KingofSpain
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GerryShedd wrote:
The latest Cricketer magazine has a different take on the end of season review from the on-line version:
"Following a disappointing four-day campaign from a team perspective, the management duo of Gavin Larsen and Mark Robinson carried out an October review which included asking the opposition coaches for feedback on what they felt were the team's strengths and weaknesses."
A novel approach, though I think I would have been inclined to tell them: "That's your job. If you don't know, I'm not going to tell you."
Are these pair for real? They get paid big salaries to win cricket matches and yet the best they can come up with is to ask other teams what they should be doing better.
Case in point why both need to find the door marked 'exit'.
The T20 fixtures are out on Thursday followed by Championship and ODC on Tuesday 26th.
The Cricketer has published an article about the review headed 'all options are open' and says the review will be presented by the end of November.
The full article is behind a paywall unfortunately.
The coaching staff seem to have sucked all of the joy out of playing. They have created a toxic environment and a culture of underperformance.
Bald_Reynard wrote:
Solbear wrote:
KingofSpain wrote:
Players have reported back to Edgbaston. No sign of Robinson...
Not so sure about that - looks like he's supervising training in a video posted on the Bears Facebook page on Monday 11th November....
I expect he's just there temporarily 'covering' early training and nets, until a proper replacement is made. The fact that he's not made any public pronouncements in nearly 2 months, must mean he's on his way.
This seems likely. Robinson will still be on the payroll and until they agree a settlement he will have to turn up for work.
I hope we get news on the coaching set up and new players soon. The inactivity of the club does not bode well for next season.
The good news is that we should have plenty of funds for recruitment with the amount of senior players departing and off the wage bill. I imagine Rhodes, Burgess and Norwell were on significant salaries. Unless the club spends it all on T20 mercenaries again.
Players have reported back to Edgbaston. No sign of Robinson...
A real shock that Burgess has jacked it in. Another big hole to fill with our recruitment. We now need two front line batsman, wicketkeeper, spinner and fast bowler.
I hope Larsen is well down the road with these signings but at least there's still plenty of time.
Officially retired from cricket, sadly.
No reference at all to Robinson in the PR. The silence is deafening.
I certainly hope you are right BR.
Meanwhile, as the club dithers, we are missing out on potential coaches and players. Recruitment is crucial. Even today Middlesex have signed Zafar Gohar from Gloucester (classed as a domestic rather than overseas player). He would have been an ideal addition to be our main spinner and he can bat too.
Bald_Reynard wrote:
https://www.cricketworld.com/ethan-bambers-first-interview-as-a-bear/98007.htm
Interview with Ethan Bamber, VERY interesting (possibly!), that all the WCCC part is done by Larsen, there are no comments by Robinson and no mention by Bamber that he is looking forward to working with / benefiting from the coaching of MR ..... blah blah ..... like new recruits often say.
I might be reading too much into this, but I might not be!!
Larsen seems to be front and centre at the moment. Robinson nowhere to be seen or heard.
It's a shame we missed out on Lehmann, a real coup for Northants. That's the calibre of coach we need.
Total silence since this review was called. No recruitment, no words from the hierarchy.
Interesting news that Darren Lehmann is available and in the running for Northants. We need to move quickly to get him (if Trotty or Bell are unavailable). Ideal replacement for the dead-man walking Robinson.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2024/10/22/darren-lehmann-northamptonshire-county-northants-australia/
That would be a real shame. Perhaps the clubs can fund the service from the millions being brought in from the 16.4? That particular competition has a massive marketing budget, of which even a fraction could subsidise county cricket coverage.
On the plus side we might never have to hear Clive Eakin's heavy breathing again.
Robinson was bordering on smugness in his post match interview, saying we could enjoy it and relax once in the knowledge that we were safe. I really don't think he should take any pleasure out of a desperately poor season which was ultimately saved by our local rivals beating another team.
He made some more delusional comments about improving in white ball cricket plus the usual excuses ranging from the weather, the pitches, injuries and the overseas player situation.
I sincerely hope that is the last one we have to listen to. Alarmingly, he spoke with some confidence about the end of season review. He needs to pack his bags along with the other coaches.
Highveld wrote:
Do many players actually improve much once they are 25? In most cases somoene who has played regular first team cricket since they were 18 would probably have reached a plateau by that age. Obviously there are always rare exceptions.
Many of the dismissals this season, all through the team have been caused by bad decisions by the player concerned, that is the responsibility of the player, not the batting coach. Or are we absolving the players of all responsibility for their actions?
I don't think a single player has improved their game at Warwickshire since Gilo and Welch were here. Some have gone backwards. The current set of coaches are failing year after year.
We won the toss!
Thankfully we didn't have to use our bowler of last resort, Roman Walker.
In true Robinson fashion he has packed the batting ranks.
It would be laughable if Roman Walker has to play. There are better bowlers in the Birmingham League.
Robinson and the club stooges are as deluded as ever. So one overseas player was going to change the entire season and win us more than one championship match.
The entire set up is in decline but I don't expect them to acknowledge that.
Hopefully Ian Bell on the review committee can focus a few minds and bring about the change the club desperately needs.