Editing Ian Chappell (section)

===Leadership critiques===
====Greg Chappell====
The greatest controversy of his first season was the [[Underarm bowling incident of 1981|Underarm Incident]], which involved his two younger brothers in an ODI played between Australia and New Zealand at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]. Chappell showed no fraternal bias and was vehement in his criticism of his brother Greg's tactic.<ref name=Getannoyed/> He wrote in a newspaper column on the matter: "Fair dinkum, Greg, how much pride do you sacrifice to win $35,000?"<ref>McGregor (1985), p 209.</ref>

====Kim Hughes====
He supported the claims of [[Rod Marsh]] to the Australian captaincy over the incumbent, [[Kim Hughes]], in the early 1980s. The constant campaign against Hughes destabilised his authority. Compounding the situation, the ACB compelled Hughes to be interviewed by Chappell on a regular basis. He also criticised Hughes's batting. "Hughes needs to score the runs when they are needed most. He is not doing this and his inconsistency is rubbing off on others... there is a not a lot of thought in his batting".<ref>Russel Eldridge, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19810810&id=8ahWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_eYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7091,4387350 "What cricket's greats say about Aust batting"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312101100/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19810810&id=8ahWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_eYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7091,4387350 |date=12 March 2016 }}, ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 10 August 1981, accessed 6 April 2017</ref>

On the morning of the second test against the West Indies in 1984–85, Chappell asked Hughes "Three months ago, you claimed Australia possessed no Test-worthy legspinner. So what is Bob Holland doing in the team?"<ref>Alex Malcolm, [http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/393637.html "Burnished and tarnished"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409180550/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/393637.html |date=9 April 2014 }}, ''Cricinfo'' 8 March 2009, accessed 16 March 2014</ref> Hughes resigned as captain after that match.<ref>Chloe Saltau, [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Cricket/A-captains-long-lonely-walk/2004/11/25/1101219679404.html "A captain's long, lonely walk"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630005829/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Cricket/A-captains-long-lonely-walk/2004/11/25/1101219679404.html |date=30 June 2009 }}, ''[[The Age]]'', 26 November 2004, accessed 16 March 2014</ref> Following Hughes' resignation, Australian cricket went into turmoil and Chappell received a share of the blame for the outcome.<ref>[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/266824.html The crying game.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120707081724/http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/266824.html |date=7 July 2012 }} Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2007.</ref>

====Allan Border & Bob Simpson====
Chappell had a direct influence on Hughes' successor, [[Allan Border]]. Early in his captaincy tenure, Border was struggling with the burdens of the position so the ACB appointed Bob Simpson as team coach to assist.<ref>[http://content-www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/235979.html Buchanan tells Simpson to stay with the times.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120708065108/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/235979.html |date=8 July 2012 }} Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2007.</ref> There was animosity between Chappell and Simpson prior to this and Chappell continue to deride the need for a coach. Simpson responded by writing that the peer influence of older players helping younger players fell away during the era when the Chappell brothers led the team, and he was redressing the problem.<ref>Simpson (1996), pp 205–206.</ref>

Chappell believed that the Border-Simpson leadership was too defensive and that Simpson usurped too much of Border's control of the team; Border heeded Chappell's assessment and adopted a more aggressive on-field approach later in his career and became known as "Captain Grumpy" to his teammates.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/Cricket/Savour-dominance-Border/2005/01/08/1104832358959.html Savour dominance — Border] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528034156/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Cricket/Savour-dominance-Border/2005/01/08/1104832358959.html |date=28 May 2006 }} ''The Age''. Retrieved 23 October 2007.</ref> [[Mark Taylor (cricketer)|Mark Taylor]], who captained the team after Border, moved to dilute Simpson's authority. Chappell remains a long-standing critic of the use of coaches by national teams.<ref>[http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2003/nov/11inter.htm Rediff: Interview — Ian Chappell.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711030638/https://in.rediff.com/cricket/2003/nov/11inter.htm |date=11 July 2024 }} Retrieved 2 October 2006.</ref>

====Steve Waugh====
Ian Chappell was often critical of [[Steve Waugh]] as captain, believing him to be a selfish player and unimaginative captain. When Waugh was appointed captain in 1999 Chappell said:
<blockquote>I think he's been a selfish cricketer . . . I've always felt that the things you do as a player leading up to getting the captaincy do have an effect [on] how players perceive you. I've had the feeling that a selfish player when he becomes captain . . . gets a little less out of his players than someone who is not selfish.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/09/1052280443839.html "Old boys still cool on the Iceman"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713180549/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/09/1052280443839.html |date=13 July 2014 }}, ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 10 May 2003, accessed 16 March 2014</ref></blockquote>
Chappell felt [[Shane Warne]] should have been picked as captain instead and his criticism of Waugh's captaincy did not abate during Waugh's stint in that role, despite his success. Waugh later wrote of Chappell:
<blockquote>Ian Chappell ... always sweated on my blunders and reported them with an 'I told you so' mentality{{nbsp}}... To say Chappell's criticism irked me would be an understatement, though I knew that, like anyone, he was entitled to an opinion. I don't mind the fact he criticised me — in fact, I would much rather someone make a judgement than not, but I have always felt that a critic must be either constructive or base his comments on fact{{nbsp}}... It was something I had to live with, and when I realised he was never going to cut me much slack, I decided anything he said that was positive would be a bonus and the rest just cast aside.<ref>Will Swanton, [http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/waugh-betrayed-in-caribbean/2005/10/22/1129775998450.html "Waugh 'betrayed' in Caribbean"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711030638/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/waugh-betrayed-in-caribbean-20051023-ge13p4.html |date=11 July 2024 }}, ''The Age'', 23 October 2005, accessed 16 March 2014</ref></blockquote>
Chappell rated [[Ricky Ponting]] a better captain than Waugh.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/459502.html "Ian Chappell rates Ponting higher than Waugh"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140613233616/http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/459502.html |date=13 June 2014 }}, ''Cricinfo'', 13 May 2010, accessed 16 March 2014</ref>