People who don't have the capacity to take all factors into account will blame Mickey for every terrorist attack or earthquake in Pakistan. But in reality things have been bad in Pakistan cricket for a long time now which they will not see.
From cricket at grass root level to selection at the top everything is messed up. Yes Mickey didn't live up to expectations till now but you cannot blame Mickey for the poor pitches in Pakistan, for the PCB only filling their pockets, for poor team selection by the national selectors etc. etc. Just take a look at the NCA and you will get the idea how things are run in Pakistan.
Yet Mickey is trying to build a team unlike his predecessors who just looked to survive till someone noticed we were at the bottom of the ODI rankings.
One of the few quality posts here in a sea of drivel. As you argue, we have a professional coach in an unprofessional system. We don't give them the tools to succeed but end up scapegoating them anyway as we don't want to fix the underlying issues. I criticised Waqar heavily because he was tactically inept both as captain and coach but even I sympathised with the obstacles he faced.
However its true, ultimately a coach is going to be judged on results regardless of all these mitigating factors. Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe coaches all face the same problems and these coaches know what they're getting into when they accept the job.
In Tests, we've performed
as expected. You'd expect us to beat WI in UAE, and lose to NZ on greentops. Australia away has always been a graveyard for any Pakistani coach. The only (pleasant) surprise is drawing in England. Anyway, the Test side's been Misbah's baby for 7 years regardless of coach. Arthur's Test record is best judged by how he builds the team post-Younis/Misbah.
The main test for Arthur is LOIs. To think Arthur could reverse our ODI fortunes in ONE year after EIGHT years of mediocrity is delusional and anyone who had that expectation were always going to be disappointed. But let's look at the ODI records (excl. Zimbabwe and teams ranked below them):
Dav Whatmore - Played 38, Won 17, Lost 19, Tied 1, N/R 1. W/L ratio of 0.894.
Waqar Younis 2nd Term - Played 31, Won 8, Lost 23. W/L ratio of 0.347.
Mickey Arthur - Played 17, Won 8, Lost 9. W/L ratio of 0.888.
Definitely improved from Waqar but Whatmore, despite all the criticism he received, remains our best ODI coach results-wise in recent times. Arthur's record will probably soon take a dip as the CT squad he, Sarfraz and Inzamam have agreed on is horrible. However he has been on the road non-stop since his appointment and as a foreign coach lacks familiarity with the domestic talent so I will give him some benefit of the doubt.
Additionally, he's lost three of our most explosive batsmen in Sharjeel, Latif and Shahzaib due to the fixing investigation. I doubt we'd see Azhar and Shehzad had those three not been suspended. That's where the selectors and captain need to help him but sadly they've reverted to "tried and tested" seniors instead of unearthing new faces.
Overall, Arthur should be given until the 2019 World Cup to implement his plans. He definitely should be there for our tour of South Africa in 2018/19 as he'll have familiarity with the conditions and opposition. We're on our SEVENTH coach since the 2007 World Cup, ELEVENTH Chief Selector in 7 years and SEVENTH full-time ODI captain in ten years. This is madness ! No organisation can be this unstable and expect better results.
And they still managed to win ODIs against decent sides. Even beat SA in SA! Ind in Ind! 
