Australian coach Justin Langer has received huge criticism after Kangaroos lost recently concluded Border-Gavaskar series against India on Australian soil.
As per the latest media reports, players have alleged Langer for being too serious and harsh in the dressing room to which Langer responded that these allegation is false and his equation with the player has not changed at all despite losing the series against Men in Blue.
Former Australian skipper Michael Clarke broke his silence on the matter in an interaction. Clarke who played with Langer during his initial days revealed that Langer is a serious character and someone who believes in ideology of getting better at every situation.
“Justin Langer is tough as well; his character is hard. He will want these guys to know that if you are going to be successful at the highest level, every part of what we do is we challenge ourselves. We look to get better,” Clarke said, during NSW’s Big Sports Breakfast.
Clarke added that Langer has tough way of coaching and his nature is something which is not liked by everyone in the dressing room.
“What comes with that is some people don’t like that because he is very much on that disciplined side of a head coach or as a player. For some players that don’t want to go to training and train for four hours, or some people that don’t want to turn up to a team meeting and go through every single player. No doubt, it is not going to be perfect for everyone. But that’s his style,” Clarke added.
The 2015 World cup winning captain said that if any players have any issue with Langer they should directly talk to him rather than taking to media.
“Even if people have beef with that or don’t feel comfortable, go and talk to Lang about it or Painey as captain and try to get the best out of each other. This behind closed doors and going to a journalist, ‘source said’, is very weak. I hope that it hasn’t been the case, I hope it’s just a story creating a headline and a player hasn’t gone behind Lang’s back. I think it’s weak if you don’t put the player’s name to it. I hope JL does find out who the player is and confronts him,” said Clarke.
