22 October 2009

Moles under pressure in NZ

Andy Moles is under a lot of pressure in New Zealand, despite the fact that they surprisingly made it through to the final of the recent Champions Trophy. It would seem that senior players think that Vettori is having to take on too much and isn't properly supported. I wonder what Shane Warne would think of that, given that he has always seemed to see coaches as bag carriers!

For me, it looks like a classic business mistake - don't set out roles/responsibilities and expectations in advance and hope that it all works out. It never does. That's why using ex-players has a limited advantage - the ideal would be to have someone who understands playing at the highest level, and has the business skills to make it work.

Given what's in the press now, surely it's only a matter of time before Moles has to resign....

1 comment:

Ed said...

Sadly for Moles it seems that he had a matter of a couple of days before coming to this conclusion too - that he had to resign....