Old cricketers new international coaches?

[usy]

Should old International cricket legends become international coaches, not for just their country, but other teams aswell? I think yes.

Wasim, Warny, etc.. can become a great coaches IMO.

http://content-www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/352716.html

 

[manee]

Yes and no. Cricketers who have learned a lot from the game and improved as a result could be good coaches. But it is an out and out wrong assumption that good players are necessarily good coaches as a handful of players have reached greatness through natural ability and practice, instead of reading up on the game and being coached by several people. For example, to teach a team about fast bowling, I'd much rather have Brett Lee or Shoaib Akhtar, who have modified their actions throughout their careers for extra pace, rather than a Shaun Tait who has been fast since he was 16 years old and any increase in pace from there has merely come from strength.

 

[Adarsh]

Lee and Shoaib have always been fast though. I don't think you can increase the pace of your bowling all that much from sheer training.

 

[manee]

Lee and Shoaib have always been fast though. I don't think you can increase the pace of your bowling all that much from sheer training.

Indeed, but I was creating the contrast between entirely natural and worked on. They both came on to the scene as 145kph bowlers and subsequently both hit 160kph in 2003. Akhtar more sporadically, but Lee sustaining such pace throughout the tournament

Perhaps, indeed, Wasim Akram would be the best example of a player who is certain to be a good coach. He came into Pakistani Domestic Cricket as someone who simply just bowled inswing but managed to add outswing and reverse swing to his game. Dennis Lillee also took a keen interest in coaching during his playing days (releasing his book "The Art of Fast Bowling") and introduced the importance of physical training to the game of cricket so would be a good coach.

It is naturally hard to signal an international player who would not necessarily be a good coach because it is hard to tell the degree in which a player had to work to get to where he was at international level but I'd imagine that Jeff Thomson, who had few tools other than raw pace may be a more limited coach, although being a very good bowler - however, even he added cutters late in his career.

The message I am trying to convey is that a great player =/= a great coach. Nor does a great coach have to equal a great player.

 

[King Pietersen]

Bob Woolmer was arguably the best coach in the modern era, and he was a pretty awesome ex-professional. So there's definitely scope for players to become coaches, David Lloyd coached England aswell. So, if the player has the right characteristics then they can easily make it to a coaching level, but not every top pro can make it as a coach.

 

[MUFC1987]

I think if they're fully qualified they can make better coaches as they know the mental side of the game. I'm not a fan of players being coaches without going through the qualifications that the rest of us have too.

 

[usy]

Also, it gives the cricketers to do something else after they retire,

 

[icyman]

Yes and no. Cricketers who have learned a lot from the game and improved as a result could be good coaches. But it is an out and out wrong assumption that good players are necessarily good coaches as a handful of players have reached greatness through natural ability and practice, instead of reading up on the game and being coached by several people.

I agree with you.Look at Kapil Dev & Greg Chappell for India.No one can argue that they didnt have the best of teams to do business with.

Not all cricket players can become great coaches.Onyl a few good ones.Warne's done well with the Royals so far.Akram,well he can talk about the intricate parts of bowling. So,it depends.