my dear friend it isnt aesthetics
. you speak to the players you talk the game you understand the thought process. my example was on the technical aspect. The buck doesnt stop there. IF technique was be all and end all, then Inzamam himself would not had made the cut as he isnt technically right either.
The process that isnt highlighted in the media is that these selectors meet the players, or the coaches who speak to these players days in an out speak to selectors etc, the thought process their mind sets is relayed back to the selectors. That all counts on what his thought process was, what sense did he make of his innings, his approach, his application etc. Its like a job a career.... yes Pakistan doesnt have the professionalism or mapped processes per se, but principles are the same.
I have been through these myself during the u19 days and trust me every player feels that he has been hard done by when not selected and not many players have the balls enough or it is prudent enough to come up on media and say hey I am not good enough to be selected a that is shooting yourself and kissing your career goodbye.
Would you ever say in your job, sorry mate not good enough forget me. No, you will always talk about appraisals, performance, development plans so you are in contention.
Not everything is reported in the media. Not everything should be reported in the media.
The problem is with Pakistani fans, do not believe in heirarchy or let people do their jobs. England cricket suffered on low talent, low resources and shabby cricket since 1994 to 2005 (9 years) despite having more financial resources, headcounts, skill sets, strong management team etc.
The tabloid press wrote them off, but the fans were smart enough to support, yes there were calls for heads from some corners, but those were in the minority.
Does a pakistani fan have the patience of 9 years??????? I can bet they dont have patience for 9 matches. They will start yelling corruption, nepotism, lack of professionalism (all the buzz words)... change everything and then reinvent the wheel again, yet not have patience to see the result through.
Pakistan cricket has performed when there are no changes or pressure from fans or media
1) Imran khan era (he said no to media, no to fans whatever was suggested to him)
2) Inzamam era, (shoaib akhtar should be selected, f off, Ill get rana naved and rao iftikhar and get the job done, if he doesnt play quietly - people blame religion and he himself does it, but look up South Africa tour and the nightmae he created with his attitude and celeb antics)
3) misbah era (didnt play to the fans, goes about with his methodology his plans, he delivered in tests - Was going ok in ODIs - but ridiculous pressure to retire and we are number 8. Good god, atleast in his time we were number 5 ot 6 which was better than being 8 or 9
I dont give two hoots if sadaf is not selected or fawad alam is not selected or selected, if selectors have selected a team, I am going to support that, I wont meddle into their work and throw my opinion out in the public, try to dissuade other people and get them onto my bandwagon, pressurising them to do something that they dont believe in.
Yes as a fan, I can source talent, I can find players - look at [MENTION=138980]TalentSpotterPk[/MENTION]. The chap does great work in finding players out of nowhere, that is a resource help. He is sourcing players out. His job isnt selection.
SO sometimes mate, you got to give yourself time. give at least 3 years if not 9, to see the results and compare to where you were!.
If in 4 years Inzamam, Azhar, Misbah and Sarfaraz alogn with the new coach, give us even 2 ranks above our current position (from 8 to 6) in 3 years, I believe we have made solid progress.
Just at bl**dy 4 years half of the fans would have a heart attack, so hope they do and stop supporting Pakistan
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