[BanCricFan]

Great discussions going on here. Enjoyed reading some of the posts. I also used to subscribe to the "natural progress" theory wholeheartedly and, in a way, still do. Certainly, Jamie is fortunate enough to inherit a squad which consists of players like Shakib and Tamim. These two are phenomenally talented by any standards. Mushfiq, Junaid, Imrul and Riyad are also great talents. We are witnessing the talent of Imrul now because Siddons has persisted with him like he has done with Raqibul. The copper in Rock hasn't transmuted into gold as of yet but we should remain to be hopeful. The Head Coach of an international team shouldn't be responsible for teaching basics to his players or better still 'discovering' and presenting us fans with new talents or stars. Thats the job for the selectors. Head Coach is there to man manage, inspire, guide, help international players he has been given and come up with effective game plans and longterm visions. But, at present, Siddons has to do all of that plus 'teaching' cricket to the players. We fans sometimes don't see all of that and still expect to beat Aus, SA and SL regularly. To beat top sides regularly we must have, at least, 8 or 9 top players in our side. Currently, we have about 5 or 6.

Siddons was right when he pointed out that we don't have the Pontings and the Tendulkars. And the same will continue to be true as long as BCB doesn't get up and do something about our FC cricket. Poor FC equates to poor Test/ODI players. That simple.