Don't understand how only Waqar Younis is to blame for this, when the head coach is equally culpable in this 'mental torture'
From what I've seen though, Amir does have a penchant for drama and self pity. Before he was thriving on that 'oh the world was unfair to me, I was a teenager who was led astray by my captain.' Now after all the rehabilitation it seems he has nowhere to go with the excuses.
Remember that Nadia Khan show where he was so smiffed by the question about spot fixing, and cricketers only getting paid when they perform well. I know stupid question and rightly shut up by Amir, but if you watch the whole show this guy kept taunting Nadia Khan whenever she made a comment about his past. I mean the guy does not really take criticism well. He seemed to have a very fragile ego and back then it reflected poorly on him since he went through a whole rehabilitation process. It doesn't look good on a guy trying to make a comeback to his team but whining incessantly when he should be creating awareness and talking about how he won't be making the same mistakes again.
Almost all of your opinions on Amir are agreed upon; however, Waqar's recent statement where he poorly handled a question and said that "Amir retired from Test cricket, not because of work load", was uncalled for.
You are publicly calling Amir a liar without any evidence. How stupid can it get?
Amir then retaliated (as he is equally poor in expressing himself by choosing the wrong words), and it escalated to what we see now.
Poor interpersonal skills, poor communication skills, lack of educational background and simply not a well rounded professional to handle all kinds of situation at the office - both Waqar and Amir (and many others in the PCB/Pak team, have this in common).
You talked about Amir on Nadia Khan show, compare it with how Pujara, or Rohit, or Ashwin, etc present themselves on their talk shows? They wisely use weighted words in a diplomatic manner. Yes, they have their own crazies too (Raina, and Gambhir etc), but the way many Indian players handle press and media is exemplary. It doesn't hurt to learn a thing or two from your rivals.
I remember watching a Pakistani talk show where the host asked Wahab Riaz on how he plans to learn from the coach to improve his future bowling performance? (He had been recently battered in a lost series)
Guess what Wahab said, "Coach ki mein itnee parwah nahi karta, meri jo apni marzi hoti hai mein wo karta hoon"
Nothing personal against Wahab, but how idiotic is this reply on a public forum?
But anyway,
IMO, it will be unfair to blame one side only here.
The writing on the wall was clear and we all saw that Amir didn't have a whole lot left to offer.
With the white ball, may be he did have a few last flashes in the pan, but I think that wasn't enough to expect that he was gonna set the world on fire.
So on one hand, he had this classical trait of many Pak cricketers where lack of educational background results in poor interpersonal and communication skills. He wasn't wise enough with this words on how to express himself and how to handle the situation after being dropped.
And on the other hand, Waqar (and perhaps Misbah) poorly managed the situation.
Amir should've been taken into confidence and they should've offered him a "graceful exit", which almost NEVER happens with a Pak player.
So whatever is happening between the two parties, is not really unexpected.
