Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann feels split-coaching is the way forward for all countries and Indian cricket. He adds how the pressure of balancing work and family takes a toll on coaches making things extremely difficult for them. The Australian also adds how Split-coaching can affect and increase the longevity of the coaches.
Lehmann was recently a part of BBC’s ‘Tuffers and Vaughan Show’ where he talked with World Cup-winning coach Trevor Bayliss. During the same, Lehmann revealed why it is too much pressure for a coach to stay away from the family for more than half a year.
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“I think split coaches is the way to go in India as well as here. You just can’t be away for 200 days a year. It’s too much for the family and it’s too much pressure on a single coach. I think to get longevity out of your coaches you have to have split roles,” Lehmann said.
Lehmann also suggested a process that can be used to divide coaching responsibilities. The 50-year-old adds how coaching can be separated based on formats of the game.
“It might be a white ball or red-ball cricket. You have to see how that works. I see that evolving and maybe the stage they start talking to the players on the ground but that’s probably way off,” Lehmann said.
During the show, Bayliss and Lehmann were asked to name a good potential coach amongst the current crop of players. Bayliss went with England’s white-ball skipper Eoin Morgan. On the other hand, Lehmann selected fellow countrymen Brad Haddin.
“Morgs is a deep thinker. He has certainly got the player’s respect and as a coach. And as a coach you definitely need that to get on. What he did for the white-ball team over the last five years has been outstanding. I’m sure if he wanted to go into that he’d make a pretty good,” Bayliss mentioned.
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“I’d go with Brad Haddin who has been gold. Trevor’s got him in the IPL. He loves the game and I think he’ll do very well,” Lehmann said.
The former England World Cup-winning coach also shared why he would not coach an international team again. he said, “I was pretty much away from the family 12 months a year and that does take its toll after a while. I’ve had my turn and I hope someone else can be as lucky as I’ve been,”
