Wasim Akram and Ramiz Raja rate him highly. Among Eng critics, his press conference after losing their match to Bangladesh in a decider for 4th qualifier in their respective group in 2015 wc drew considerable ire when he said we'll look at data to figure out what we did wrong in this world cup. He actually said "we'll have a look at it later" - but that misquote has tarnished him as a numbers obsessed nerd with no regard for individual expression.I agree with your summation - he'd be better suited to working at the NHPC developing youngsters.