Flower wants to grow with KP
"The severity and speed of what happened took me by surprise. The whole affair was sad for everyone," said Andy Flower.
"It is the case (that he was linked with Peter Moores when Pietersen said to the England and Wales Cricket Board the team could not progress under the current coaches).”
"I've had a chat with Kevin about stuff. From what I can understand Kevin did want a regime change.”
"But I haven't gone into any specifics with him on that front.”
"Kevin and I have always had a good relationship actually.”
"I don't know if the Southern African thing has helped with that. It's always been an honest and open relationship so I don't see any problem.”
"Kevin and I have had our differences and I do with a lot of the guys when we're debating things. It's healthy to debate things."
"I'm still called assistant coach, my contract hasn't changed in that regard," he said.
"But I will be taking over some of the roles and responsibilities that Peter did. I'm not sure if I want the head coach job.”
"I want to play it by ear a little bit and see how the next month goes.”
"I don't know when they're advertising the job and want applications in. I'd rather see what happens.”
"It was important for me to step back from being interim coach. For the purposes of the short term it was better to keep my contract as it is.”
"I'm aware that a new coach could come in and say 'thanks but bye'.”
"That's the job we're in and that might happen. It's going that way on the cricket front.”
"But I'd like to stay involved and that's partly the reason we need to play it by ear."
"There's always a balance that we need to find as coaches in terms of what a players wants and what he needs," he said.
"Certainly Andrew wants coaches to play a more supportive role.”
"He came through the Duncan Fletcher model of coach-player relationship. I'm quite happy to support Andrew in this role."
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