Outgoing Bangladesh cricket coach Dav Whatmore, who is eyeing the top job
in India, believes the captain is the boss of a team.
"Definitely, captain is the boss. He is in-charge of the team," Whatmore
said at a media interaction here.
Pointing out that the job of a cricket coach was still evolving,
Whatmore said, "it's the players who make a coach. They are the ones who
have to go to the battlefield. The coach creates an environment where the best
in the boys come out." Asked if it was proper to put the blame on the coach
if a team loses, he said, "when a team wins, the players get the accolades.
And so, when a team loses, everyone should share responsibility." To a
query if he was in favour of the coach having the voting right in selection
committee meetings, the former Australian batsman said he had a flexible stand
on that.
"I had a vote in selection meetings in Bangladesh.
But if you ask me whether I subscribe to that, I will say I don't. It all depends
on the situation in a particular country," he said.
Whatmore, on how he would handle the Indian superstars and
their varying egos, said a coach should be able to communicate to all sorts
of players.
"Part of the coach's job is to be able to communicate differently with
all sorts of players with the single aim of enabling the team to win,"
he said.
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