New coaches disrespect player power at their peril as Cardiff Blues' Mark Hammett discovered
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New coaches disrespect player power at their peril as Cardiff Blues' Mark Hammett discovered
Mark Ramprakash was not happy.
Returning from England duty after the winter of 1997/98, as captain of Middlesex he expected a long sit down with the club’s new Australian coach, John Buchanan, to outline how they would attack the forthcoming season together.
Instead, he found himself in a squad meeting in which Buchanan announced a number of changes to the way the county had previously operated.
From the outside, they might appear to be only minor adjustments – alterations to dress code, uniformity in badges worn on caps, shirts and sweaters for capped and uncapped players, as well as…
Returning from England duty after the winter of 1997/98, as captain of Middlesex he expected a long sit down with the club’s new Australian coach, John Buchanan, to outline how they would attack the forthcoming season together.
Instead, he found himself in a squad meeting in which Buchanan announced a number of changes to the way the county had previously operated.
From the outside, they might appear to be only minor adjustments – alterations to dress code, uniformity in badges worn on caps, shirts and sweaters for capped and uncapped players, as well as…
