Troy Cooley needs to be taken out the back and shot, him having a role with the centre of excellence will do more harm than good for our future because he's proven himself to be a useless bowling coach. IMO change needs to start at the top, new selectors, a new coach without doubt, Mike Young to be on board full-time as fielding coach, I'm prepared to give Alfie 1 year to see if anything changes if not he goes aswell.
I think we need to get back to a skills based coaching system, rather than a computer based coaching system. Use the computers as support. Move back to the style of coaching that has worked for 400 years.
I don't think Cooley is useless. He was great for the Poms 5 years ago, and we are seeing the results of his coaching even more so now. His legacy has resulted in England being close to the best Test side in the world, with the number one pace attack in the world. I don't think it's his fault that the quality of most of our bowlers picked are barely Test standard. He can only teach them so much. It's up to them to execute. Which they haven't all series. Him being at the Centre of Excellence can only be of benefit to Australian cricket. Given his past success with what was a young bowling attack (England), the ability he has now to guide our young quicks into players of the quality of Anderson, Tremlett, Bresnan and co is a real strength for us.
I agree about Young. This team desperately needs a set of traditional skills based coaches. Give him a full time position and give him support staff. Same with Cooley, Langer and co. Forget the cost. The Australian Cricket side is the single most important sporting team in the country. When the Australian Cricket side is strong Australian sport - and Australia - is strong. It's the heartbeat of this country. In this case cost doesn't matter. The day Australian cricket dies is the day Australia as we know it dies. Do it once, do it properly and do it well.
I'd like to see Langer stick around for another two years. I think the techniques of a fair few of our players has really improved. I just think we are in sh*thouse form with a run of bad luck and no confidence. Whether his role is still with the national side or the Centre of Excellence I don't know. But I still think he has a role to play.
