Is Mike Hesson suited for Pakistan's limited overs coaching?

[Savak]

How many coaches have been chopped/changed in the past 10 years? I have lost count.

Problem is not the coach it is the base - there’s zero foundation at the club/school/domestic level. No facilities, no infrastructure for the kids. If you don’t have the foundation, its impossible to build. The PCB is the face of overall picture of what’s going on in the country. The country has been destroyed and the kids/young people have no hope. The country itself is a disaster. Chopping the coach is not the solution.

To be honest the foreign coaches need to be hired at the domestic level, U19 teams, A team, Academies because this is where the rot is stemming from. I know its easier said than done and requires a big financial investment but our domestic and academies coaching staff have not produced any world class cricketer for a long time, this is where the problem lies.

In India you see the likes of Laxman, Dravid, Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and co spending time coaching at the academies, U19, A teams and not to mention the foreign coaches at the IPL, some big time legends from Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka and co and you can see the return on investment in Indian Cricket with quality cricketers coming through the pipeline.

 

[mrtaim3]

Why can’t legends produce one solid cricketer? Who is stopping them ? Why all are sitting in tv?

Unfortunately due to India’s ban on Pakistan, our former players get very few opportunities to earn money post retirement. A huge contrast to Indian former players, who can make enough in just one IPL season to not spend anytime on these 3rd class tv programs. They have the capacity to spend time with youngsters for free.

Best thing our former players can do is to open cricket academies across Pakistan. Run scholarship programs, find local sponsors but also charge fee from youngsters who can afford to pay. Hire coaches. Also give their time to these academies. Only way i see them finding a talent.

 

[BlackstoneRock]

Unfortunately due to India’s ban on Pakistan, our former players get very few opportunities to earn money post retirement. A huge contrast to Indian former players, who can make enough in just one IPL season to not spend anytime on these 3rd class tv programs. They have the capacity to spend time with youngsters for free.

Best thing our former players can do is to open cricket academies across Pakistan. Run scholarship programs, find local sponsors but also charge fee from youngsters who can afford to pay. Hire coaches. Also give their time to these academies. Only way i see them finding a talent.

You are thinking too big … forget all that at grass root level just look at u19 or someone who has good potential it can be spotted easily and just mentor them and guide them and help them out … why do you need a post? Do your other monetary things but keep a watch on their development and have a conversation regularly … to me it’s something whether you want to do it or not and mostly the answer is they don’t want to …

 

[UP]

To be honest the foreign coaches need to be hired at the domestic level, U19 teams, A team, Academies because this is where the rot is stemming from. I know its easier said than done and requires a big financial investment but our domestic and academies coaching staff have not produced any world class cricketer for a long time, this is where the problem lies.

In India you see the likes of Laxman, Dravid, Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and co spending time coaching at the academies, U19, A teams and not to mention the foreign coaches at the IPL, some big time legends from Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka and co and you can see the return on investment in Indian Cricket with quality cricketers coming through the pipeline.

For this to happen you need stability, peace, political stability, a proper long term vision, a competent administration and a whole lot other hundreds of things to get it going.

Stealing of elections is the first thing that needs to go and the rest can follow.

 

[Savak]

For this to happen you need stability, peace, political stability, a proper long term vision, a competent administration and a whole lot other hundreds of things to get it going.

Stealing of elections is the first thing that needs to go and the rest can follow.

I am sure there are plenty of good foreign coaches who will happily come to Pakistan to good a domestic team, Pakistan's U19 team, A team or the Academies if you give them a good price. As it is, you find them coming to the PSL for short-term stints.

 

[UP]

I am sure there are plenty of good foreign coaches who will happily come to Pakistan to good a domestic team, Pakistan's U19 team, A team or the Academies if you give them a good price. As it is, you find them coming to the PSL for short-term stints.

You will find many, many coaches willing to come but the PCB and the overall country needs proper stability to make it work.

Plus - the important point that a lot of people seem to miss is the team has no superstar or a match winner that kids can look up to. In the past, we had legends and that motivated kids to bowl fast or become the next Inzi/Imran Khan.