northerner wrote:You aint listening... the reason I respect Paine is he was a major driver in changing us from a team that NO ONE liked....
I'm not sure that that's entirely true, but anyway, it doesn't seem to have been very effective in terms of winning matches.
northerner wrote:that was abhored by opposition and Aussie fans to one that is now respected.
I hardly think it's respected, just listen to the pommie crowds, mind you they're unlikely ever to be kind to an Australian team.
Ultimately, I'd like us to be respected for winning matches.
northerner wrote:There is no one else at that time who had the diplomacy and experience to handle the situation as he did.
Again, I disagree, once the sandpaper trio were banned there was always going to be some sort of reaction to that in the way the team did things. All teams used illicit means to achieve reverse swing prior to March 2018 (not that excuses players wearing the baggy green), we just copped the heat for it.
I can accept that the team atmosphere under Lehmann was a little toxic (although they flogged England in the previous series), but any improvements have been down to a number of factors. And the idea that the prior team culture caused grown men to cheat is bollocks.
All Paine's really done is try to introduce tokenistic stuff like the hand-shaking thing, and speak in press conferences like he's giving an interview in Woman's Day.