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BARSBY TAKES POSITIVE ACTION IN NEW ROLE
Trevor Barsby played
cricket with an aggression
that was ahead of
his time and now the big
century maker in Queensland’s
historic first
Sheffield Shield triumph
is back with all guns
blazing.
Barsby, 44, wants the
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in the same fearless
manner as he takes the
coaching reins following
Terry Oliver’s promotion
to a ‘super coach’ position.
Oliver will oversee the
coaches and coaching at
all levels of QC’s elite
program, while Barsby
will be free of the administrative
burdens faced
by previous coaches and
can concentrate solely
on working closely with
the Bulls playing group.
It has been a natural
evolution to the State
job for Barsby, who
Trevor Barsby as a
player — raising a ton.
scored 15 centuries and
6913 first class runs for
Queensland at the top of
the order from 1984-85
to 1996-97.
“After coaching my son
at a young age and then
my involvement at junior
and club cricket level as
he got older, through my
four years at the QAS, it
has been a nice progression,”
Barsby said. “I’m
really looking forward to
the opportunity with the
Bulls. It’s an exciting
time. My background has
been part a part of the
history of QC by winning
the first Shield. This is a
great opportunity to put
more good history in
QC’s future, by being involved
now. We’ve got
the players to do it.”
The move to restructure
the elite programs to allow
for a ‘super coach’
was a sound one, according
to Barsby.
“Our youth teams haven’t
performed well
enough over the years
and we needed some
stability in our coaching
structure with the one
philosophy filtering
down,” he said.
“This role Terry has
taken over has created
that, and will allow the
Bulls coach to coach.
That’s the exciting part
that I’m looking forward
to.”
Trevor Barsby during a street parade through the city
streets to celebrate Queensland’s first Shield win.
With a largely new generation
of players under
his tutelage following the
retirements of several
greats in recent years,
Barsby pledged to back
his young players.
“I want to let them play
good attacking cricket,”
he said. “We’ve got two
custodians left (Martin
Love and Andy Bichel),
and now it’s time to find
who within the new generation
are going to be
the ones to stand up and
lead with Chris Simpson.
It’s a great opportunity
for these guys.
“We want batsman who
are thinking about what
sort of ball is coming and
can score off instead of
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