Really? I think that Pakistan's batting plan was perfectly fine, including how they went about it yesterday. At that point their best chance was to push into and up into the high 400's in the hope they could knock off Australia for a measly score first time round and then either back themselves to clean them up on the final day or enforce the follow on if possible. Obviously that hasn't happened with Warner and Khawaja having a field day yesterday but they were the best tactics to go for in the position.
Micky Arthur was the answer at the Proteas. They developed into the sustained number one under his watch and which involved exacting their revenge on Australia on home soil, beating the English on their own turf and drawing with the Indians over there. They went undefeated overseas in a test series for three to four years. You can whinge all you like as people did with Buchanan that the players can take all the credit, but that doesn't make it correct. As far as his Australian career went, well we had a mixed draw in the short NZ series, annihilated India at home, lost the series against the Proteas at home after Faf & AB turned the Adelaide test on it's head and then went into Perth with a horrendously outgunned bowling attack (yes, rotations) and we then knocked off the South African's at home. The big black mark then came with the demolition over in India.
I question however were his results actually that much worse than under the cult of Boof. We've had all of the same embarrassments and chartered new territory having Sri Lanka wipe the floor with us as well as being smashed (not just losing) at home by South Africa. We did have the highs of the home Ashes in 2013/14 and the world cup, but given that bipolar cricket has been characteristic of this Australian group of players for probably six or seven years now I don't think it's too much to claim that Arthur would have by virtue of longevity would have experienced the same or equivalent success in charge.