Amazing how confused Australias hierarchy is. You have Smith out there endorsing Wade, you have CA ensuring Wade is Tasmanias gloveman (if I'm not mistaken, wasn't Paine left out of their XI altogether for a match?), you have Smith and CA seemingly influencing state sides to put in younger blokes irrespective of long term performance (ala Cowan), yet at the same time the selectors recall a habitual underperformer in Shaun Marsh at age 34... Complete balls up from start to finish. Seems Smith wanted Wade at all costs, and you can infer he'd prefer a young chap instead of Marsh, yet the selectors have got off the stagecoach and clearly realised Wade is done and dusted irrespective of how much Smith wants his pal there.
It's almost Bradman-esque the amount of influence Smith wields. Or at least thought he wielded. Ones a good bat on flat tracks the other is the worlds greatest all time bat.
Can see a lot of internal fracturing and disharmony if they find themselves under the pump at all.