Am not sure if you have your ducks in a row, dude! All the payers who went to WC were in form except Sehwag and Pathan. They put up a good show in all departments till about the warm up matches. So how does your adage on horses fit here?
If you follow Chappel's coaching story, you will realize, he came in here more as a revolutionary trying to 'change the world'. Often his hype overshadowed his acehveiments in coaching. Creditably he did have a brief sucess with an innovative concept of a 'versatile' team. Pathan, Raina, Kaif and likes were his beacons of hope. But sadly his plans backfired when the opponent teams started sorting these 'surprise packages' out! And I am still at odds to beleive that a person like Chappel had no plan B. He continued to hold to the plans trying to find a way out with what is popular as 'experiments' trying to look for options to fit his scheme of things. There is no denying the toll it took on some key players. After all it as an objective game not a circus.
You were pretty harsh on our teams' capabilities. I doubt how well you can keep a ball in two hands let alone play cricket, but you sure are farfetched in your decision to judge players. Leave the judgement to the pros please.
As a fan you may have view of how they played on a given day, but the Indian team that went was the best that could have got there. What caused the failure is still a mystery. But what Greg has started, post debacle, is both infuriating and disgusting and speaks of a bottom dweller mind frame . I do not know your basis of high esteem for Aussies in general, but this is both unprofessional and hurts Indian cricket to an extent that has never happened before. And as an Indian I think I would bemmore worried about my nation's esteem than how an Aussie feels about it. A coach who leaks mails, discusses dressing room politics in public, criticizes players PERSONALLY, uses his finger to express his feeling to the people, sure cannot have the best in mind for Indian cricket.
The assessment of Indian players and what caused the failure may be a seperate story, but this man is best left amongst Kangaroos.
