The first country to appoint a national coach in the 1980’s was Australia when they appointed former Australian captain, Bobby Simpson, as their national coach. With Bobby Simpson as coach Australia won the Cricket World Cup for the first time in their history in 1987 in India. This created a precedent and every nation started appointing national coaches with varying success. Over the years it became like a football coaching merry-go-round, with coaches being fired left, right and centre. Like in other sports, the players are not held accountable for their performances. But coaches are even fired if they lose the so-called “dressing room”. The phrase is true that there are only two types of coaches, those that have been fired and those that are waiting to be fired. Former South African coach Russell Domingo has been appointed coach of Bangladesh. He is their seventh coach in eight years. South … Continue reading