ISLAMABAD (APP) - Former skipper Wasim Akram believes that a coach should not seek powers as his job is just to train players and support the man who is holding the reigns of teams stewardship. The problem in Pakistan is that the coach wants power. Hes there to coach the team and support and assist the captain. He cant be above the captain, he said in an interview with a private TV channel. Akram said he was unable to understand why a coach wanted power when it was the captain who had to do battle on the field. Its the job of the coach and the vice-captain to support the captain. We dont have that mentality. I really dont understand why the coach needs a say in the composition of the playing XI, he added. Giving example he said, Gary Kirsten was the coach of India for three years and he hardly saw him on television. He was never in the forefront. He was always behind the scenes, and thats how coaches should be. To a question he said Pakistan needed a strong captain who should be there for at least a year to start off. If you cant handle players, you have no business being in the cricket board. Its simple. You announce the captain and then you back that captain. He said there was no point announcing a captain for one series, because then the vice-captain would make sure he had got his own bunch ready. Instead of waiting for their turn, they want their turn. Thats a problem. Naming a captain for one series means that everyone thinks they have a chance if the current captain fails or the team fails, Akram said. The former skipper said he was fed up with the attitude of some senior players. Constantly retiring and coming back from retirement is not a joke. Im also fed up with the attitude of some of the senior players, he said referring towards Younus Khan and Shahid Afridis decisions to retire and then comeback. This kind of behaviour causes us to lose respect among the worlds cricketers so if the players do these things then the cricket board will be annoyed too. He said if Misbah-ul-Haq was captain now, he should be allowed to be captain as long as he wants to play. To a question that some of Pakistans best players seem to have lost their way and who is responsible for that Akram said: The responsibility lies with the players. They had people to look up to and learn from, not just me but Waqar Younis, Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul-Haq. And they did learn, but they didnt follow through.