Australia head coach Justin Langer has called the reports of senior players feeling unhappy and are at unease over his methods in the dressing room as a ‘wake up call’ which he can’t ignore. He added that the criticism of his methods will eventually help him and the team in the coming few weeks and months as he has been very kind to people who have objected to his set of ideas and told frank truth to him.
“I’m not going to ignore this, of course, and absolutely it is a wake-up call. Whenever I finish this coaching career I hope I’m still calling myself a novice coach…I’ll see this criticism as a great gift in a few weeks or months,” Langer told ESPNcricinfo.
“My greatest mentors in life are the people who told me the truth and were toughest on me, and I’ve always needed that honest feedback. I might not enjoy it at the time, but it is so, so valuable,” he added.
But he has also said that his job is not to make everyone happy as that according to him is not what leadership is for. He pointed out his exclusion from the bowlers' meeting as it is the job of the bowling coach to come up with the plans to dismiss opposition batsmen.
Australia suffered an embarrassing series defeat at the hands of a depleted Indian side that had a majority of their first-choice players missing. There have been much fallouts of the loss as both the skipper Tim Paine and Justin Langer have faced the ire of fans and former cricketers for failing to protect a series that Australian public and media find very special and competitive.
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