4 axed for 3rd test

[Underdog]

If you're asked to submit a report about expectations and culture but then fail to do as expected, it makes sense something has to happen. I am surprised it was a suspension though.

In what world is a report via text message appropriate or professional?

 

[Nuke Fremantle]

Funny comment I just heard on radio. "Apparently Qantas allocated Watson row number 4 in business class but he said his preferred position is 1 or 2".

 

[The Speaker]

Ussie too:
"STOP"

Unsurprising that Khawaja would send a telegram. He doesn't appear to be one for changing his ways.

 

[worstbloke]

Join the dots, Katich didn't have him by the throat for no reason.

Kat's a regular bloke.

 

[Kyptastic]

Players always talk about how they're at their best when they know their game. Players who know their game should be able to identify areas for improvement. In any professional environment, you need to be able to examine and reflect on your own performance and be able to explain how you can improve. Hell, I'm able to get 12 year olds to do it in class. It shouldn't be too difficult for multi-million dollar sportsmen to do it.

Now, the punishment seems very harsh. However, the severity of the punishment seems to indicate that this isn't just some random incident and that standards have been slipping for some time in the team. The reaction from a lot of people, not just on this site, seems to misunderstand just what is expected of professionals in this day and age.

 

[themidlandmaster]

He writes to the left, he writes to the right, that Michell Johnson, his handwriting's shite

 

[Mkcaptain]

Its my opinion that the task was stupid with no clear intended outcome

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

God I wish Katich was still in the team.

 

[MarkP]

I think it's more likely that both sides agreed there's no little point Watson being there for the next 7 days if he's going to go home on the 8th day to be there for his child's birth. More likely than Watson chucking a hissy fit anyway

Even more ridiculous then.

Send him home and not announce a sacking. He is the VC for crying out loud. Disguise it. This makes us look like England used to. Embarrassing as hell and pointless.

Rest Pattison for "rotation". Say the other two were unlucky.Belt them up privately if you wanted to. Naming and shaming publically like this is pathetic.

Personally I back the hissy fit and they will say the politic thing that he is going back for the kid when there was no thought of this happening prior.

What are they going to do when someone actually does something seriously wrong? The bar has been set ridiculously high for penalties.

This is a management fail of the highest order.

 

[matty p]

**** it, I'm all for it. Watto and Pattinson are two of my favourites, but the team is a mess. It's not about the homework, it's about sending a message.

It's the wrong way to send a message though. Most people think it's an absolute joke, so the only message being sent is that Cricket Australia is a mess.

 

[ManWithNoName]

God I wish Katich was still in the team.

Yeah, between Watson and Johnson there's not enough sooks on the team.

 

[The_Reaper]

How hard is it to send a text?

Just send this.
1. Need to build partnerships.
2. Don't play the sweep
3. Bowl to a team plan

Takes 1 minute.

Says a lot that they couldn't be bothered putting in even this minimum effort.

 

[bartel magic]

Oh rubbish.

The point is they are professional sportsman. Not children

They were asked to TEXT something pointless and didn't.If it is important make it so. If it is informal why the action? Confusing and mixed messages.

You discipline people for relevant and pertinent issues. Not this.

The rest of your argument is a pointless exercise in nothingness. They should not swap places with warehouse workers. What a childish pointless exercise in argument. I see no sense of entitlement or unprofessionalism from the players. In what way?

You pick battles as management. This isn't a battle. This is a capitulation in authority and common sense. Christ they are adults not 15 year olds.

They were asked to do a self analysis and they failed to do so. A common request in any professional organisation......... I do one annually. They ignored instruction from their employer you silly flog.......you don't see that as unprofessional? But you are right about one thing, they are adults not 15 year olds, and should start acting accordingly

 

[ROOTA#6]

Watson should not play again if it is true that he has quit the tour and is coming home. I know his missus is about to drop but if he was happy to stay and play then he needs to stay and cop his whack. This just confirms what I have always thought about him....soft as butter, front running sook

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Watson should not play again if it is true that he has quit the tour and is coming home. I know his missus is about to drop but if he was happy to stay and play then he needs to stay and cop his whack. This just confirms what I have always thought about him....soft as butter, front running sook

You don't even know if it is true FFS.

 

[Kid A]

can someone enlighten me as to what khawaja has done (or not done) over the years to get his lazy rep?

 

[Admiral Byng]

I think this is a bit of a low point for Australian cricket.

I guess we're left with The Big No-Show and Smith the Unworthy to make up the numbers for the third test. God help us, we're gunna get reamed.

 

[Outshined]

Even more ridiculous then.

Send him home and not announce a sacking. He is the VC for crying out loud. Disguise it. This makes us look like England used to. Embarrassing as hell and pointless.

And as the VC he should have been one of the first to do it. No matter how mundane the task being set might appear to be, it was requested by the coach and as such the members of the leadership group should, you know, lead by example.

The fact that the team's VC apparently didn't get around to it is an indictment. Watson, especially given his role within the team is culpable here.

 

[Underdog]

The reaction from a lot of people, not just on this site, seems to misunderstand just what is expected of professionals in this day and age.

They were asked to document important analysis via text message and we're questioning their professionalism?

 

[The_Reaper]

Anyone here.

If your boss told you to send a text on 3 ways you can improve by saturday, who wouldn't do it?

It's not like they wanted an essay.

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

Yeah, between Watson and Johnson there's not enough sooks on the team.

*grabs MWNM by throat*

 

[PHX]

In what world is a report via text message appropriate or professional?

I had not read that. Pretty laughable.

You have to wonder how hard it would be to put them all in a room for 20 minutes and have a frank discussion and not leave until everyone has a say.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

And I doubt one tenth of the keyboard warriors who call Watson 'soft' could have been through the injuries he's had over the years and kept coming back in an attempt to make it at the highest level. If anything, it shows he is a pretty strong person IMO.

#hatersgonnahate

 

[western royboy]

In simple terms there is so much that we don't know about how this all happened it just comes across as a massive disaster on all levels.

 

[ROOTA#6]

You don't even know if it is true FFS.

Fair point....herald sun reporting it though. Probably could have worded the post a bit better. Too many cans has a negative impact on structuring sentences correctly