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'I wanted a suspended sentence for Shakib'

Naimul Karim
A dream series win over the West Indies, who had just finished dancing to the tune of the Gangnam Style celebrating their World T20 championship in 2012; an unexpectedly appropriate follow-up with the first 'Banglawash' of the Kiwis; and then taking the fight to the Lankans in the Lions' den, Shane Jurgensen has undoubtedly been a part of Bangladesh's best period of cricket.
And yet through his departure he had probably witnessed the worst of Bangladesh's cricket. On April 28, Jurgensen, embarrassed and irked by comments made by a BOB director to the media regarding the need for a new coach, submitted his resignation and brought an end to his two-and-a-half-year career with the Tigers.
While the director's comments put in the final punch, Jurgensen, during his various interactions with the media, stated that there were a number of off-field issues that he had to evade during his tenure and in the end, it was on his birthday last month that he decided to take the final call.
Speaking to The Daily Star regarding some of the off-field issues that irked him, the Australian spoke of an instance right before the World T20 when he wanted the board to punish a player, for not following the team's schedule appropriately. Ue however, did not get the support he needed. Oddly enough, he was then criticised by many in the cricketing fraternity for being too 'soft' on the players.
"I suppose there were probably a couple of times when I wanted some action to be taken against a player and as a coach you need the support just to make a player understand that this is not acceptable. It just would have been nicer to have had some support at that point of time," rued Jurgensen.
"And then some people go on to question me and say that I had been soft on the players," added the Australian with a grin.
An opposing factor almost led the Australian to lose his job. When Shakib Al Hasan was banned and fined for his inappropriate gesture on live TV, Jurgensen requested the board to modify the decision, something that led to him getting a warning from the CEO.
"With the Shakib incident one of my suggestions was for a suspended sentence, he still got punished, I just cupped it on the chin. But I sort of also thought that maybe he could have missed a one-dayer or two against India as opposed to playing the World Cup," explained the Australian.
Consistent instructions from the board, in the middle of a tournament too proved to be an aspect the Australian did not enjoy as much.
"We had to attend a couple of meetings after we had losses during the World Cup and the Sri Lanka series. The reaction to the losses was disappointing and was sort of tough to handle sometimes, since we were already in pressure situations. It made it difficult to coach," he said.
The 'systemic' battles was one which Jurgensen won in most cases, as he always managed to find a way to sync in with the system. The manner in which he created an alternative fastbowling programme - a proposal which he had reportedly submitted back in 2011 only for it to gather dust -for instance, showed exactly that.
"There will always need to be a fast
bowling development programme which I proposed ever since I was a bowling coach, unfortunately that didn't happen. But we found ways to continue doing something like that by working on our pacers' fitness. Taskin [Ahmed], Al-Amin and even Robiul [Islam] are testament to that programme," he said.
No matter how high-profile Bangladesh's next coach turns out to be, Jurgensen reckons that adapting to the systems and the culture in the country - something which he did well - will be the first obstacle that will be needed to overcome.
Despite the disappointing departure, the Australian, who leaves here tonight, hoped for better results in Bangladesh's cricket and said that 'cricket needed to be the priority' for the board.
"Unfortunately my name getting questioned, it was disappointing, whoever it was, it would have been nice to have it discuss face to face, it made me feel really uncomfortable about my role.
"But rather than looking back, it's important to look forward, I think cricket needs to be the priority. Everything has got to be in place to make sure the players have every opportunity for success and the team really works hard for its goals," said