Brendon McCullum is set to bring a no-nonsense coaching philosophy to his new role as England Test coach, with the 40-year-old infamously instituting a "no d***head" policy during his time as New Zealand captain.
Speaking in 2016, he said the policy was "pretty important" to New Zealand's turnaround in form, explaining that Jesse Ryder was one of the players who fell foul of it. Ryder, described by McCullum as New Zealand's "most talented player" outside of Kane Williamson, saw his career blighted by off-field issues and he only played 13 internationals after McCullum became captain.
"It took us a long time to get where we wanted to be and we lost some people along the way," McCullum told All Out Cricket in 2016. "And the 'no d***head policy' is pretty important too.
