#Brown wrote:Just going through some of the posts in this thread, and it reads like a group of angry entitled children. Maybe one day some of you could lose dream jobs at awful times, and watch as someone else publicly puts up the bunting.
Yes, he did have to go. But joyous celebrations, really? Does he deserve that? You're acting like he performed poorly on purpose, and had no interest in seeing England win. He was asked to do a job (one he did reasonably successfully for some time), and surely tried his best. A professional athlete must have confidence in their own ability in order to succeed, so expecting him to quit is, at best, naive.
It's daft to see those celebrating, also now calling for Pietersen to return...as if Cook was keeping him out of the team...Like they couldn't play together! The decision was not his, in the same way it's not Morgan's.
This used to be a reasonable forum for discussion...now seems to be a place for divisive angry rants and cheerleading (quite representative of English cricket at the moment), so thought I'd contribute a rant myself before leaving. I suggest some of you consider your attitudes, and invest some time in growing up.
firstly, not sure on what grounds someone who has made 100 posts in 4 years thinks he has the right to lecture people who contribute regularly to this site
secondly, not really sure what the relevance is to losing a "dream job", being captain of an international sports team isn't a right , its something you have to earn , he hadn't and by hanging on for as long as he did he was compromising the ability of the team, I don't really give a toss whether his feeling are hurt or not, my interest is what I think is best for English cricket and him going was in those interests. comparing someone in the media spotlight to an every day occupation is just daft tbh as the demands and public profile come with the job.
thirdly, if you know anything about the medium of message boards then people use exaggerated language and use of smilies to emphasise a point, do you actually think people were dancing around when they got the news , of course they weren't , its just how things are expressed in this medium.
fourthly, yes I expect someone in his position to know when he is holding the team back and make the decision that is in the best interests of the team not his own personal pride.
fifthly, I don't think anyone is seriously calling for a pietersen return, even KP fans know that isn't going to happen, but rather just reflecting on how much we are missing an experienced player of his potential in the side, in the same way I would say we miss swann or trott
lastly, this still is a reasonable forum of discussion, in fact in my experience one of the best around and the community is better than any, even those I disagree with , if you are going to base your opinions of a site on one thread where people reacted to an issue that had been allowed to drag on for far too long and where genuine England cricket fans were becoming disillusioned to the handling of the team over a long period and this issue became the focus of that, when the unexpected decision was made people were happy, not because of any dislike of cook , but because they thought this was best for English cricket as it not only benefits the ODI team team in the short term but taking cook out of this spotlight, allowing him a 4 month break before the WI test series next year is also in my opinion in the best long term interests of the test side and of cook himself.
now if you aren't happy with any of that by all means discuss it, don't just lob things from the sidelines then take your ball and go home because you don't like the game
