El_Nombre wrote:Over The Moon wrote:shrewsbury saddler wrote:There was an article in the i this morning about Bayliss,I can't seem to find online, which basically asked, "what exactly does he do?" i've been wondering the same thing for a while. He gives the impression of being laid-back and in control, but he's increasingly looking like a teenage slacker-always an excuse as to why he did nothing.He hasn't even watched Stoneman play. He seems very good at delegating.I don't think he'll survive past a bad Ashes.Which, at the moment is likely to be what we'll get.
Edit. Found it.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cric ... 47561.html
I think Bayliss just let's Farbrace get on with the coaching, which makes you wonder what the hell does he do, if he isn't going around the grounds looking at players like Stoneman, I suppose he will say that's the selectors job.
I think he was brought in mainly to improve the one day side after the shocking performances in 2015 World Cup and to be fair he has done, but the test performances on the whole haven't when England lose, they lose badly like in India, this test against SA and the first test defeat to Bangladesh, like you say lose this series against SA, the Ashes and he will be out on his backside.
It's an interesting article. I'm dubious about the effectiveness of all head coaches, not just Bayliss. Once the initial philosophy of a head coach is implemented what else does he do? As you say, the selection and player development can be "blamed" on others. The philosophy remains the same whether you are playing Bangladesh in Asia or Australia at home. You don't need a head coach to say "it might spin a bit here" in the middle of the desert and vice verse.
It's a good point about the one day team too, he and Strauss are clearly focusing on that format more than they are the test arena, which greatly worries me.
To be fair to Bayliss his philosophy was radically different to his predecessors and worked to begin with but it is very much a case of what have you done for me lately? As a person who watches test match cricket and doesn't really bother with ODI games that is not a lot. He needs to make changes for the third test in my opinion and they need to work. Not just him but the selectors too. I genuinely can't work out the logic at the moment. The logic of playing Liam Dawson as a front line batting spinner in a team that bats to 7 at worst. The logic of playing Gary Ballance at all, never mind at number 3. The logic of playing two spinners at Trent Bridge, granted SAs spinner turned it a bit more than previous matches there but I feel that would have been luck rather than judgement considering what we know about the place.
Wasn't it Shane Warne who said about his old Aussie coach John Buchanan, he should have only been there to drive the coach because the Aussie team of that time didn't need much coaching