Jeffrey Boycott Responds To Criticism
Here are some good points made by Jeffrey Boycott in today's
Telegraph.
He never understood the media's role. Reporters and commentators
are not there to be your best friend or supporter. Neither are we
there to be your enemy. Our job is to give opinions and inform our
readers, radio listeners or television viewers. Sometimes what we
say stimulates discussion and sometimes the subject doesn't like
it. It's not our job to please anyone.
I find it ironic that he spent his eight years with England
spouting on about loyalty and keeping everything within the team.
There he was, taking the moral high ground at every opportunity.
And as soon as he finishes, what does he do? He gets stuck into
Flintoff.
I have no problem with cricket people writing books, telling the
truth, and making some money. I have done it myself. Fine. But it
seems a bit rich coming from someone who has made such a big deal
about not "talking out of school".
Jeffrey Boycott went on to talk about comments Duncan Fletcher made
about Andrew Flintoff's drinking.
In Australia, it was Fletcher's job to help Flintoff. What's the
point of being a coach if you don't deal with those situations? The
off-field environment is the one thing you can control.
Well, if he wants a job, he had better not come looking for one at
Yorkshire. We want to attract new members, families and sponsors,
not drive them away with his sour face. Even if he does get a job
in county cricket, no player will now be able to take a problem to
him without worrying that it will turn up later in one of his
books.
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