Coach not the problem
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
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The blame for New Zealand's disappointing exit from the semi-finals shouldn't rest on the coach John Bracewell, writes Richard Boock in the New Zealand Herald. He says that naming individuals as scapegoats isn't going to help as it's the entire squad which should be made accountable.
New Zealand bombed out in the Caribbean because the individual players, when presented with the equivalent of a rigged draw to see them through to the semifinals, choked like a chihuahua on a chicken bone. Remember the old saying about a champion team always beating a team of champions? Utter rubbish. Romantic bollocks.
Writing in the same paper, Adam Parore has a different opinion and feels that Bracewell hasn't done enough to warrant a second term. He also pushes for John Wright as a worthy replacement.
I've always hoped that John Wright would get his chance at some stage and from conversations with him many years ago, he has had his eye on the Black Caps' job
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo