stampy wrote:surely lehmanns position is untenable regardless ?
Yep, as leader/manager of the teams performance, allowing their behaviours and overt combative style of play to manifest and deteriorate to what we saw on Saturday, whilst he arguably had no say in the decision made at Lunch on Day 3, he is at worst, negligent if he knew about it but didn't stop it, at best, he has overall responsibility for what happens on the field (not with standing a view in Australian cricket about the role of the captain v coach (hi Chappelli and Warney)).
Whilst different scenarios, it is the same principles applied to Hird and why he was culpable with the Essendon scandal as head Coach you are responsible and when the team breaches the code of conduct as coach you have to take responsibility. That is the way of modern sport.
I think it'll be as Dutch says below, they'll negotiate an early termination so it looks good for all parties and gives the new coach (Langer) the mandate to set the new playing agenda and style.
Dutchy wrote:You wonder if the Boof situation is being managed more carefully and once they returned to Oz he may step aside quietly.
Lots of talk of only a 6 month ban, surely they all need to miss the Australian summer at a minimum, if they just miss our winter it will be almost like nothing happened come November this year.
I'm tipping Warner 12 months - instigator
Smith and Bancroft 6-12 months
They'll be pragamatic with Smith due to his reported contrition and they know he's the best bat so they'll want him for the test series here against India. Bancroft may get a reduction because of his relative inexperience.
Warner, well he'll have a number of chickens come home to roost.
All IMO of course.
Let that be a lesson to you Port, no one beats the Bays five times in a row in a GF and gets away with it!!!