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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1112691" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>Clearly better to have a positive can do attitude. But that also has to be tempered with reality as extremes at either end of the scale don't tend to work for too long. </p><p></p><p>Pro sport is a results business - end of, it's not the job of the coach or players to grow the game. 'Entertainment' is a bonus but if Jones had a team winning 6N ***les by shoving it up the jumper we wouldn't be looking for a new coach today. </p><p></p><p>Bazball is a higher risk approach in the cricket and at the moment Stokes has the Midas touch with bold declarations and unconventional field placings etc. It's spectacular and results have come, so all good. Until the results stop coming at which point genius rapidly starts to look like recklessness. Launching an all out assault on a green Pakistan side on a featherbed is one thing, but if you try that against Australia on a hard track down under you'll win 1 in 10. Positive is great but not if that's all you know. </p><p></p><p>Did someone mention playing what's in front of them?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 1112691, member: 73144"] Clearly better to have a positive can do attitude. But that also has to be tempered with reality as extremes at either end of the scale don’t tend to work for too long. Pro sport is a results business - end of, it’s not the job of the coach or players to grow the game. ‘Entertainment’ is a bonus but if Jones had a team winning 6N ***les by shoving it up the jumper we wouldn’t be looking for a new coach today. Bazball is a higher risk approach in the cricket and at the moment Stokes has the Midas touch with bold declarations and unconventional field placings etc. It’s spectacular and results have come, so all good. Until the results stop coming at which point genius rapidly starts to look like recklessness. Launching an all out assault on a green Pakistan side on a featherbed is one thing, but if you try that against Australia on a hard track down under you’ll win 1 in 10. Positive is great but not if that’s all you know. Did someone mention playing what’s in front of them? [/QUOTE]
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