Why Sir Don Bradman is termed as a young visionary and old reactionary?

Question

Sir Don Bradman is one of the greatest cricketers in the history of cricket.He played fine cricket and erected many records and received massive appreciation from cricket lovers around the globe.But I want to know why Sir Don Bradman is termed as a young

Answer 1

Don Bradman played in an era when bowlers bowled pies for a living. If monty Panasar was about back then he would have scored 99 centuries

Answer 2

He was a colossal contradiction too. He spawned dozens of books, yet revealed almost nothing. He answered umpteen-thousand letters from complete strangers but avoided his own ma and pa's funerals. His 1948 Invincibles exuded joy and goodwill, yet he could be as quick to dispute a catch or order a bumper barrage as the next mortal. He was a money-alert player but a penny-pinching administrator - the young visionary who stood up for his economic worth becoming an old reactionary, who according Ian Chappell, "treated the board's money as though it was almost his own". Thus, by default, he helped trigger cricket's second great cataclysm: World Series Cricket.