Unlike in other sports, his task is not restricted to motivating his boys or just leading by example though: he has to continuously take tough decisions as the match goes on its roller-coaster journey, and he lives and dies with each of those gambles.
The franchises have obviously spent huge chunks of money to become owners. While they might be in it purely for commercial reasons, they don't like to see themselves at the bottom of any table. You don't become so rich or successful by being also-rans.
angry words too but captains just don't
know how to respond to pointed questions"
They now that only one diktat works in the corporate world: perform or perish. Clearly, one man's (the owner, that is) demands and expectations are more burdensome that a billion's.
The franchises have surely already learnt their lessons. By the next edition, they will be better prepared; by then, the stakes will go further up and, along with them, the expectations too. The first victim, then, will surely be the icon players. But the firing will not end with that.
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