Langer: I will never apologise for my serious attitude as coach

Former Australia head coach Justin Langer said he will ldquonever ever apologiserdquo for the serious attitude he brought to the menrsquos team in his nearly fouryear tenure at the helm Langer was made the head coach after the Sandpapergate saga in 2018 and under him Australia won the Menrsquos T20 World Cup as well as the Ashes in the 202122 summerLanger had to step down from the role before Australia departed for an allformat tour of Pakistan saying in his resignation letter that he had no longer had the support of several players and board members while rejecting a shortterm extension to the roleldquoItrsquos really ironic well not ironic but itrsquos the way of the world I guess On finishing with the Australian team there was a talk I was too serious too intense for some of the younger players But thatrsquos what I learnedLabuschagne incidentTherersquos a famous incident where in the last Test against India in Brisbane 2021 I told Marnus Labuschagne not to walk out with a toasted ham and cheese sandwich in his hand and it became headlinesrdquo said Langer in an interview to Kim Beazley Governor of Western AustralialdquoYou imagine Allan Border or Steve Waugh letting us it would not happen because we were walking out to battle and representing our country We were walking out to win and make Australians proud of what we were doing and I will never ever apologise for that It was how we were brought up and I wouldnrsquot be here now if I hadnrsquot have been brought up like that It was an awesome grounding with great leadership and mentorsrdquo added Langer the former Australia opener After his exit from the Australia menrsquos setup Langer is now in the process of writing a memoir which he calls lsquoa form of therapyrsquolsquoDeeply hurt by mediarsquoldquoRight now itrsquos a form of therapy writing because at the time I was angry I was deeply hurt by the media Irsquove got thick skin but more so how it was affecting my family because they were reading things But my writing and my reading my balance and perspective in life now is one because of the great people Irsquove met and lots of readingldquoThe day after I resigned I had to come back to Perth and I had to have two weeksrsquo quarantine And I was living in this back room I woke up the next morning and therersquos a quote up on the wall which Irsquod written years ago and it says lsquowhat the caterpillar sees as the end of the world the master sees as the butterflyrsquo and that was like this triggerrdquo Langer saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever