I don't think that Shastri can be a good coach, as he doesn't have a proven record as a professional coach. We need professional coaches who can train the team, formulate good strategies suiting the team for various situations, especially while playing on foreign grounds. You may recall that India started winning test matches outside the subcontinent when they were playing under foreign coaches (John Wright and Greg Chappel). Because, they know what should be the composition and strategy to be adopted by the playing eleven under such circumstances. The best choice would be either to bring back John Wright or get Dav Whatmore, who has excellent record in coaching Asian Teams, for coaching Indian Team. Also, dumbing players like Tendulkar, Ganguly, Sehwag, etc. who refused to follow the game plan on the ground would do whole world of good to Indian cricket as it convey the right message to the future prospective players. Performance oriented payment is also a good sign. The current payment system is not good at all. We all know that Tendulkar bracketed in the top grade was paid very heavily for his very poor performances. Let's appreciate Tendulkar for his achievements and scoring abilities, but the selection should be purely merited on current form and performance and should not be based on past achievements.
