Smith's Crew in SA

[ElwoodBlues1]

I have severe doubts about the character of Warner. He seems to have been at the centre of far too many "incidents" and controversy. If CA are determined to change the face of Aussie cricket there would definitely be no place for him even if he promised to be a good boy - far too much history and bad feelings around the world.

Think CA, Lehmann etc have bred and fed an attack dog called  David Warner but never really trained him to follow commands and now he has bitten his owners and been impounded.
Smith is a weak captain and was an ideal captain for Warner who could get his own way with him...Bancroft the new eager to please puppy....
CA let it all go while the team was successful but the Saffies give as good as they get and are happy to get in the gutter  and slug it out...it got out of control, probably after Rabada got off Warner convinced Smith anything goes now and we had sandpaper/tape gate occur...
A stronger captain like Steve Waugh, Mark Taylor etc would have probably reigned in Warner. not started the chain of events in SA and backed themselves to win playing cricket not sledging or other silly games.
Warner is a knob but he has been allowed to be one and encouraged to a point IMO....