The lack of self awareness by you is not surprising with all the assumptions you have in your mind of what others think and try to project those poor assumptions onto another. If you approach a discussion in the wrong manner, do not expect another person to waste any more time on you.
Bowlers get injured more often too. Hopefully Pat won’t, but this is why Smith is vc, his input will be vital.
I don't think Smith was ever going to be a good leader of men but I think he was really improving tactically as a captain. His tour of India as captain was really good from a tactical perspective and he and the coaching staff had obviously done a heap of planning going into it.
I'm ok. The rest of your nonsense projections, are just that, nonsense.
I just don't see any evidence that Smith has matured. He's a peculiar character; it makes him a great player but not a great leader, imo. I consider sandpapergate a stain on the game and Smith should have received the same leadership ban as Warner. There's nothing stopping him from offering Cummins advice from first slip, Australia should have moved on from him being a leader permanently.
Australia is lacking in leadership, no question, but I'm not ideologically ruling out fast bowlers. If Cummins turned down the role, then Hazelwood or Lyon would have to be the next candidates. But I don't think there was ever any question of Cummins turning down the role, so the only issue is the vice captaincy. Even though I'm not convinced he has any more leadership qualities than Smith, I would prefer Labaschagne take the VC role, then either he matures into the role, or he gets overlooked for someone else when it is time to appoint a new captain. Smith is still there to offer advice, but as I said, I don't think they should have gone back to Smith in any formal way after what happened in South Africa.
No, I'm pulling out names of people who have security in their spot. As I said, leadership is lacking in Australia. But I don't care if Hazelwood has 'shown any indication he wants to be leader', Smith has been leader and shown he is not up to it, so Haze would automatically be a better option. The two worst options for captaincy are Warner and Smith, so everyone else is an upgrade.
Doing fine as Stars captain. Very popular teammate in IPL and ODIs. Plenty of kids just love him. You caught him on a bad day, as you say "years ago". Nobody ever knows the full story behind certain behaviours but that's not the rule.
Did he consistently fail to perform? In his last 2 series as a Test cricketer he was 2nd and 3rd on the averages list for Australia.
Yeah, I'm sure he matured heaps in last 5 years. One of my family members used to play tennis with him as kids and sounded like a bit of a drama queen back then. When people are young and trying to be excellent at a sport some of the behaviour can be off. Most grow out of it by their mid 20's
He is extremely competitive, as a youngster took losing or falling short very hard. He sets a high standard for himself but is uncompromising about what works for him. He challenges himself in every situation. He also has an excellent cricket brain.
Agreed. That is what I assumed he was like when my family member said he used to throw tantrums in their tennis games against each other.
No, I'd see him more as a batting allrounder at 6, if he ever became a decent enough off spinner to help take some wickets.
