Chappell isn't good person. There are quiet a few people like the writer of this article who supports him...What I feel about after reading the article is that the writer is trying to misguide the readers....There are many things to which Chappell has to take blame for...I have following questions to the writer or Chappell supporters...
1. Chappell was appointed by BCCI for the MISSION World Cup 07 but India failed to reach even Super 8 stage then how Mr. Chappell is not responsible for that? He may not be responsible for the team's performance 100%, but to certain extent he is responsible for this failure.
2. Chappell, on the name of FLEXIBILITY made mess with the batting order. Sachin need to open the batting which he was doing for so many years is dropped down at no.4 in the middle order. Dravid need to bat at no.3, he pushed further down the order.. why?? who had taken these decisions???Was Mr. Chappell not involved in these decisions????
3.Pathan was a swing bowler who can bat a bit in 2005 but after Mr. Chappell's came in, Pathan started to bat at no.3 and has lost his bowling action completely and looks out of sorts and now he became half batsman who can bowl a bit...What a mess...I would say, he literally spoiled the carrier of Pathan...
4.Chappell has always spat the team members. Earlier he had spat with Ganguly and now there are rumours that he has spat with senior players... who are those senoir players??? So he was not good in the books of Indian players...He always want to be in the controversies surrounding him rather than working as a coach... He never seems to have developed any rappo with any of the players...
5. After India's debacle performance at the world cup he don't want to take the blame and trying give some excuses and making the stories of senoir player attitude and behaviour but my question to Mr. Chappell is that if he knew all these things then why has not told to BCCI before the team leave for the world cup??If he was not happy with the squad that he got for the world cup, why he had not told to BCCI before going to W.Indies? Why he is telling all these stories now??? That means he is searching for excuses...
6. The most important, he knows that Indians belive more on the person who is outsider than any Indian person.. So he is using the same principle that was used by BRITISH people about a century ago.."DIVIDE & RULE"... that is what he is trying to do..
But that doesn't mean that the players, the BCCI, selection comitte are not responsible for India's debacle at the world cup.. but to a certain extent they are also responsible...
India certainly needs a new coach certainly not Mr. Chappell....
RE:Why Chappell is not responsible??
by Great Opportunity on Apr 03, 2007 06:34 PM Permalink
BCCI hired Chappel only to coach the Indian cricket team and enhance their performance. He has miserably failed in that. No doubt, Indian players do have weaknesses. But that'swhy we hired Chappel! To help them overcome those problems! If a student fails, the teahcer has also failed. However to this extent, Chappel may be excused. However, he is more often seen in giving interviews and creating rift amongst the team which is not acceptable. He must be asked to go. And the lesson that BCCI must learn is- Make it a code of conduct for the coach and the team - No media image. No interviews. No public speaking. Coach's fee should also be linked to the performance of the team.
RE:Why Chappell is not responsible??
by Anantha Krishnan on Apr 03, 2007 06:52 PM Permalink
I have a strong opinion in this case that if anybody is to blame it is the players. With tons of experience, why is it they there were not able to deliver in batting / fielding / bowling?!!! The coach gives them ideas on how to play under different circumstances, but, like all forms of sport, the greatness of a person is always when he performs under all circumstances. We credit Tendulkar for his brilliant batting; at no point of time do we credit the coach for this. The same is for Pathan's bowling - when he was going great guns, he was the star - endorsements, advertisements, flowed in. The focus shifted. Similarly, Dhoni / Yuvraj have all lost focus in their games. The present generation feels that as long as we score one century a season and couple of mediocre scores - get an average of about 40, its fine.
It is good that endorsements and affiliations are being critically looked at nowadays. It should not degenerate into a situation that the top people share the money and the sport be damned.
RE:Why Chappell is not responsible??
by on Apr 03, 2007 07:03 PM Permalink
I am in agreement with you. Chappell has destroyed the TEAM which was never so worse and he should be booted out as soon as possible.
