Justin Langer is not going to be perfect for everyone, reckons Michael Clarke
Australian cricket team has been in the news since the Indian team beat them on home soil in the all-important Test series. There were rumours about captain Tim Paine, which suggested that he might be removed from captaincy. However, that was proven wrong when he was named as the skipper for the South African tour. Another rumour suggested that coach Justin Langer’s way of working is not falling into place with the team.
Former Aussie skipper Michael Clarke broke his silence on the matter in an interaction. Clarke who had played with Justin Langer during the initial days of his career gave an insight into how Langer thinks and works. He revealed that Langer is a tough character and has an ideology of getting better at every juncture.
“Justin Langer is tough as well; his character is hard. He will want these guys to know that if you are going to be successful at the highest level, every part of what we do is we challenge ourselves. We look to get better,” Clarke said, during NSW’s Big Sports Breakfast.
Even if people have beef with that or don’t feel comfortable, go and talk to Lang about it: Michael Clarke
He further explained that his attitude might not be liked by everyone in the Aussie dressing room. He pointed out that Langer has a tough way of coaching.
“What comes with that is some people don’t like that because he is very much on that disciplined side of a head coach or as a player. For some players that don’t want to go to training and train for four hours, or some people that don’t want to turn up to a team meeting and go through every single player. No doubt, it is not going to be perfect for everyone. But that’s his style,” Clarke added.
The World cup winning captain suggested that if any player has an issue with what the captain or the coach has said, they should go and talk to them directly. He also said that he hopes that JL finds out if anyone has spoken to the media or any journalists and speaks to them directly.
“Even if people have beef with that or don’t feel comfortable, go and talk to Lang about it or Painey as captain and try to get the best out of each other. This behind closed doors and going to a journalist, ‘source said’, is very weak. I hope that it hasn’t been the case, I hope it’s just a story creating a headline and a player hasn’t gone behind Lang’s back. I think it’s weak if you don’t put the player’s name to it. I hope JL does find out who the player is and confronts him,” said Clarke.
