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westoelad wrote:Interesting article in Cameron Steel including an insight on Colly's influence. As most of us suspected Colly in effect ran the show and Lewis was merely his gofer so he's no loss. At the moment then we are left without leadership both on and off the field. Don't think there's any media person nowadays has any insight into the club's inner thinking so I imagine White and Trott's names are offered simply because they're available.Walker and Killeen have swapped roles if Dobell is correct.
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westoelad wrote:It also means that being part time candidates could combine the role with a similar one overseas. Wishful thinking here for my dream team. Benks runs his own coaching academy jan. to March in S.Africa but is otherwise free. Likewise Colly would be probably be available as T20 coach of it didn't interfere with England commitments.

"I remember sitting down at the start of that season and Paul Collingwood talking to everyone. It would have been very easy to sit there and think that we were starting off 48 points behind, so let’s just play a normal season and let’s improve and think about next year.

"But Colly said that we were still going to think about promotion. He just said: ‘We’re going to have to win every game.’

"It made it a very odd year, because there were a lot of times when we would be in complete control of a game, where we would normally have batted and just taken the draw and been happy to take the first innings bonus points on top of the draw points.

"But we put in big early declarations and then ended up losing games, but we had to in order to have any chance of getting promoted again."

Central to this, of course, has been Collingwood. If it is true that no player is bigger than the club, then the now-retired allrounder tests the law to its limit.

"Not having him around will be hard," he says. "Everything at the club revolves around him. He knows everything about the club and the club knows everything about him. It will be tough moving on because his breadth of experience is extraordinary. Having him as a captain – especially in the Championship – was amazing, and possibly something that we won’t necessarily fully appreciate until he’s gone.

Durhamfootman wrote:

"I remember sitting down at the start of that season and Paul Collingwood talking to everyone. It would have been very easy to sit there and think that we were starting off 48 points behind, so let’s just play a normal season and let’s improve and think about next year.

"But Colly said that we were still going to think about promotion. He just said: ‘We’re going to have to win every game.’

"It made it a very odd year, because there were a lot of times when we would be in complete control of a game, where we would normally have batted and just taken the draw and been happy to take the first innings bonus points on top of the draw points.

"But we put in big early declarations and then ended up losing games, but we had to in order to have any chance of getting promoted again."

Central to this, of course, has been Collingwood. If it is true that no player is bigger than the club, then the now-retired allrounder tests the law to its limit.

"Not having him around will be hard," he says. "Everything at the club revolves around him. He knows everything about the club and the club knows everything about him. It will be tough moving on because his breadth of experience is extraordinary. Having him as a captain – especially in the Championship – was amazing, and possibly something that we won’t necessarily fully appreciate until he’s gone.

confirmation of a couple of things that I think we all knew..... JJB wasn't really in charge. Reports linking his career with the 2013 CC win and the One day cup win are some way short of the mark, although doubtless he'll want to take the credit... fair enough.. he's welcome to it, but I think most of us know what was really going on

Durhamfootman wrote:or perhaps with him

westoelad wrote:Yeh and I've just realised that Craig White resignedfrom Hants a few weeks after North got his feet under the table at Durham. Coincidence?White and Benks did work at Hants together though with White assistant to Benks. Reunion?

"We understand his decision to step down and have been aware of the difficulties of being away from his family. On behalf of the club I'd like to thank Craig for all the hard work and incredible contributions during his time here, he will be missed on both a personal and professional level. We wish him and his family well for the future."

Durhamfootman wrote:MN played for about 6 counties........has he worked with CW before?

the more I think about it, the more CW seems the likeliest candidate