New coach announced at 1pm

[El Diablo]

just as long as it's not a Victorian or a sheep f**ker

 

[El Diablo]

Jesse_Hogan Jesse Hogan



Mickey Arthur appointed Aus head coach on an initial 3.5-year contract, taking him through to at least the 2015 World Cup in Aus & NZ.

 

[Twizzle]

PC now on Fox, its defo Mickey Arthur

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Sad day for Australian cricket

 

[aussies1st]

Would have preferred to see Rixon rewarded but good luck to Authur. He rated Wade which is a positive might see him get picked.

 

[hineyrulz]

Nice one you f**king merkin wanker.

Calm Down princess, it's not my fault your attempt at humour missed by as far as a Mitchell johnson delivery.


Not sold on the decision I feel he was given the job because of SA beating us out here 3 yrs ago. At least he'll be an improvement on Hages\ Neilsen.

 

[IanG]

So who'll take over the Warriors coaching job?

 

[aussies1st]

Apparently his great grand father was Australian, that is good enough to claim a player as an Australian in League.

 

[MSIH]

That's the big question everyone wants answered Ian. But I thought you'd know?

 

[Spanner in the works]

Boom. Great decision CA.

One of the best coaches in the world. Not a CA sycophant. Not one of the boys.

The light at the end of the tunnel for cricket in this country has officially been switched back on.

Agreed. Particularly because of the bolded points. Rixon was my preferred choice, but then again, maybe an outsider is the best thing we need. Keep Arthur for as long as he does a good job, and then bring Rixon in after him.

 

[aussies1st]

This was Rixon's chance, he'll be 60 by the time Authur is finished and the way Lehmann is going he'll probably take over.

 

[Jono1987]

I like it.

Coach with international experience. Check.

Coach who will not back down to the current group of players. Check.

Coach who has previously done well internationally. Check.

This ofcourse could mean shit all. However it's an aggressive move by CA that will hopefully signal a real intent to change the 1000 year old philosophy that guided all decisions by the governing body. Who cares if he is South African? The success of both Flower and Kirsten at the international level most likely played a part in Arthurs' selection.

 

[lockyno1]

Good decision, won't take poor performances, and my question about Rixon was whether he could put his love of certain players aside. Sensible decision CA.

 

[roofromoz]

Nationality should be irrelevant if he was viewed as the best candidate. With that in mind, I'm OK with the decision. But would have been equally happy with Rixon. Ecstatic that Langer didn't get the gig though... he would have ensured that Ponting would have played through to the 2013 Ashes.

 

[roofromoz]

So who'll take over the Warriors coaching job?

Lachlan Stevens. He will coach the Perth Scorchers in the BBL.

http://www.waca.com.au/news/detail.asp?ID=2321

 

[African Monkey]

I don't know why you guys didn't get Jamie Siddons tbh.

 

[counterpuncher]

Was quite happy with this until I remembered that Shitchell and North are both sandgropers.....

.....great

 

[hineyrulz]

Mickey Arthur on Ponting:


on Michael Beer:


on North and Hussey before the Ashes:


on Mitchell Johnson


Every time he opens his mouth he says something stupid. And now we're stuck with him for 3.5 years. Yippee.

Some of those quotes are quite worrying, Hildudish in fact. Still don't believe the coach should be a selector in the first place.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Hope he doesn't bring his choking vibes with him.

 

[Twizzle]

Apparently his great grand father was Australian, that is good enough to claim a player as an Australian in League.

From the PC on Fox, he said he has settled in Perth and already applied for Australian citizenship, he was also supporting the Aussies in the test match last night.

One of the journos asked him if getting the Aussie coaching job would speed up his citizenship application and he responded "I hope so"

This makes me feel a bit better about him getting the job.