If Lehmann walks or is sacked, who replaces him?

[Wolfs]

Kumble is a massive dickhead see 2008.

Met the guy a couple times. He's really nice and a great guy. Tendulkar is a bigger flog (2008) than Kumble was.

 

[augiewaz]

Can't we have Langer, Dizzy and Ponting involved in some way?

Impressed by what all of them have done and probably what we will need after this debacle.

 

[Bombermania]

Ponting as he both knows the culture and comes across as the one person who would be willing to throw his weight around without fear.

 

[Tandy]

Happy with anyone of those guys

 

[Tulip]

Anyone but Alfie.

 

[DaRick]

Hard to say.

Justin Langer has turned around a hitherto dysfunctional Warriors squad. However, he comes off as a little too earnest and eager to ingratiate himself to his allies.

Ricky Ponting seems to be quite an astute commentator and analyst. At the tactical level he was overly reactive as a Test captain, but that should be less of a problem as a coach - plus he doesn't have Nielsen/Cooley to let him down.

Jason Gillespie is highly regarded, but from what I've heard not on the best terms with CA.

I'd normally want to have a look at the Sheffield Shield winning coach, but neither Seccombe nor Griffith are overly experienced coaches.

Internationally, Gary Kirsten and Anil Kumble may be worth looking at, though the same cultural and organisational issues that eventually ended Mickey Arthur's tenure could easily swallow them up.

 

[JG22]

Ponting is hardly even a coach, he has just dabbled in a bit of limited overs stuff.

Langer is the absolute guaranteed next Australian coach, we have known for quite some time.

 

[Wet Toast Rule]

Justin Langer is exactly what this team needs right now.

Hardened player, successful coach, doesnt tolerate cheating or fools.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

Rick Charlesworth. They'll all end up hating the control freak's guts but he won't stand for any nonsense from any of them and they'll probably work like machines at least for a while. He also won't respect reputations.

 

[Kram]

I don't want anyone that is or has been in the West Australian setup. Langer has as a coach.
Ponting has only dabbled in the national set up.

Fixed

 

[Borisdog]

IF Lehmann knew about the tampering he should have been sacked yesterday. On the spot. IF he knew about it he should have stopped the tampering occurring the instant he knew about it, IF he knew. Therefore IF he did know then he did nothing, effectively condoning the actions of the tampering. That constitutes gross misconduct in anyone's dictionary.

If he knew and hasn't been sacked then WTF are CA doing?

If he didn't know then he stays, and he does his best to rid our team of this very sorry saga. If he resigns and he knows in his heart he did nothing wrong then the stigma will be automatically painted on him. Probably already is anyway.
If I was innocent I'd be coming out very strongly saying I had no knowledge and was disgusted by the actions of the culpable players. It is his only sane option if innocent.

 

[SherbertLemon]

There should be no "if" about it.

He better be sacked or I'm not watching.

Disgrace.

I think all nations do it btw, but that's no excuse.

 

[Richard Pryor]

Met the guy a couple times. He's really nice and a great guy. Tendulkar is a bigger flog (2008) than Kumble was.

Although to be fair anyone who got treated like a deity from their late teens probably turns out a bit floggish.

Would go with Punter as Langer will select the WA XI.

 

[Buzzasto DaSilva]

Micky Arthur?

 

[smasha]

Ponting.

 

[workhorse]

I'm hoping for Ponting but it will probably be Langer. Would love to see Ponting lead with Langer, Gillespie, Katich involved.

 

[Gough]

I'd go left field and select Hick. I would argue the conditions that allowed yesterday were created in no small part by the golden era sides, and I'd be loathe put put a player from that era in charge of the side as it is at the moment.

 

[Power Raid]

Langer, Dizzy and then Ponting in that order

Ponting should be the interim coach until a formal process has been run

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Fixed

This is what I mean when I say your floggery knows no bounds.
I justified why I wanted who I did.

Couldn’t help yourself.

 

[jo172]

Given how naturally cheating/tampering came to Bancroft you'd have to say there are big question marks around his mentor Langer.

They should be looking for a much cleaner skin imo

 

[Demosthenes]

Langer is a great coach and seems like a nice guy, but he didn't get his nickname for nothing. He isn't enough of his own man to take charge of this situation.

 

[Wolfs]

Ponting has a contract with Delhi.

I agree with looking outside the team culture if that's the problem.

 

[Mateyman]

Given how naturally cheating/tampering came to Bancroft you'd have to say there are big question marks around his mentor Langer.

They should be looking for a much cleaner skin imo

I think that's a bit of a long bow, like blaming Kevin Sheedy for the Essendon saga

 

[jo172]

I think that's a bit of a long bow, like blaming Kevin Sheedy for the Essendon saga

If you're to take Bancroft at his word for it, that he volunteered to do it after hearing the senior players discuss it, it's a pretty natural inference he's done it before.

 

[DaRick]

Rick Charlesworth. They'll all end up hating the control freak's guts but he won't stand for any nonsense from any of them and they'll probably work like machines at least for a while. He also won't respect reputations.

Apparently wore out his welcome with NZ pretty quickly when he was involved with them.