Was Richard Pybus flawless?

So, the BCB finds themselves in the soup regarding the Tigers national coach Richard Pybus. Yesterday, Richard Pybus has confirmed his lack of interest in continuing as the national coach. According to him, the terms of the contract and the interference from the BCB made him to take such a drastic action. 

This sudden decision of the head coach is a blow for the BCB with the series against the West Indies knocking at the door. Both Pybus and BCB are giving their opinions to the media. In a sense the BCB did have flaws as they didn’t finalize the contract on papers, but was Pybus flawless? 

 What kind of professional coach Pybus was for the Tigers?

The BCB requested Pybus to stay 320 days in Bangladesh and with such a request the South African had problems. He cited about family reasons. One may have family reasons but a professional coach doesn’t give such excuses but focuses more on the responsibility he has been vested with. Neither Whatmore not Siddeons gave such excuses.

Richard Pybus only mingles with the team when a major tournament approaches. But a foreign professional coach doesn’t do that. Rather, they should know the respective country’s domestic cricket very well. And for this they need to stay for a fair amount time in that country. 

While being the coach of Bangladesh, Dav Whatmore used to follow the domestic cricket and so did Siddons and Stuart Law. They also had families but they did provide time for our cricket – the vested responsibility was their main focus. A professional coach gives more time not only to the national team but keeps an eagle eye on the first class cricket for the new bloods.

A good coach doesn’t complain but find better solutions

Richard Pybus issued various complaints about the food, the analysis system and so on. I still don’t get why the meat must be brought from abroad? Do foreign meats produce better cricketers or develops brain well? I guess not. Shakib Al Hasan didn't crop up eating foreign meats. Right? Luxury has to have limits. In my opinion, a professional coach tries to find a better solution of a problem rather than complaining too much.

A lesson for the BCB

Approaching a coach without a proper written contract will invite only unnecessary problems. The BCB should’ve been professional regarding this issue. But I guess the BCB will surely have learned its lesson from this and the new BCB boss was quick to admit: "From what I have heard, Pybus was one of the best coaches we have had so far. Maybe we were too happy about that. But without a written contract, we will face similar problems in the future. I am assuring you such things will not happen.”

Time to move on

A lot was expected from Pybus but sadly it didn't go according to our expectations. But it’s time to move on by learning lessons from this incident. For the Tigers a dynamic coach is needed. I hope the BCB do things right in the future.  

Thank You

Faisal Caesar