I don’t dominate on seniors- Rhodes
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh head coach Steve Rhodes insisted that he is not keen to be dictator in the dressing room rather he want to be friend to bring out the best from Tigers.
Clash of egos remained major phenomena in the national dressing room that took all time high during the regime of Chandika Hathurusingha.
However, Rhodes, who replaced Hathurusingha, looked to be a completely different person as far as coaching philosophy is concerned and it seems that is bringing out the best from the team that consist several experienced campaigner.
‘’We have got some very experienced players in the dressing room who have played many international ODIs and have played many times in England,’’ said Rhodes.
‘’It would be wrong for me to dictate to those sort of players. You know, they know their game very, very well. They know international cricket very well. So I'm here to support and enhance what they have got, make sure we stay on the right track, and have a little bit of English experience behind some of the suggestions. We are lucky. We've got a vastly experienced squad. Played many internationals and I'm happy for that,’’ he said.
‘’I think the balance is good, and people keep telling me, I'm a novice as world events, cricket events, and they keep telling me that we need experience,’’ he said.
‘’Well, we've got experience, and I think the mistake we could make, if we did make a mistake, it would be trying to dominate the experienced guys. Let's listen to what they have got to say. Let's pick their brains and make sure that we get every ounce of experience going into our decision-making and how we play and who we play,’’ he said.
Rhodes said that he is enjoying his time as the head coach of the Bangladesh team and looking forward to leave a mark in the ongoing World Cup considering their strength in the 50-over format.
‘’No, I think it's been a really interesting year. I'm very happy with our cricket. It was very important for me not to change what we're doing a lot, really. I think we were starting to make some really good strides with white ball over 50-over cricket; and to have a new coach come in and try and dominate in a different fashion, well, that's not going to work,’’ he said adding that he is trying to distribute responsibility among his charges in the dressing room.
‘’My role was to have a good look at what we were doing well, try and enhance that even more. But I think maybe the important thing what I've been trying to do with the team is to give them responsibility, and let them go out there to make those decisions for themselves, because they learn a lot from those decisions going right and going wrong, and Bangladesh cricket then will be in a better position going forward, and that's the seniors guys as well as the younger guys, as well. Let them enjoy their successes and failures and learn from them, and that's been the way I've been approaching my coaching with Bangladesh,’’ concluded the English man.
