Hobart Hurricanes coach Gary Kirsten quits, cites personal reasons

Kirsten has handed in his resignation to Cricket Tasmania halfway through a two-year deal citing personal reasons.Cricket Tasmania chief executive officer Nick Cummins said Kirsten flagged the possibility of not continuing as coach about a month ago, but would not divulge the exact reasons for Kirsten's departure."We looked at a few different ways that we could have him involved,
but this specific issue is going to prevent him from doing that" he said."It's a real personal blow. We really enjoyed working with him and he had a significant impact on the program in a short amount of time."Cummins is hopeful Kirsten will play a small part in the Hurricanes BBL08 campaign by returning to the state at some stage this summer."We want to allow the fans to give him a proper send off, which he's keen to do, but that's a work in progress," he said.Incoming coach Adam Griffith was slated to take over the role at the conclusion of Kirsten's two-year deal.