I think Greg Chappel wants to take the credit as a great coach, so only he started this theory of fresh legs. suppose if india wins with the help of tendulkar, ganguly,shewag, doni,laxman,kumble etc all credit goes to players but not to coach. greg wanted to win by sidelining senior players and play with young stirs like kaif,raina,uthappa,powar etc so that greg becomes hero. that is very cruel. and the senior players would have played very well if there were to be a coach who acts like mentor and does not carve for cheap publicity and wanted to become a hero. how can a player play when the coach consistently sends the message to the senior player that india does not need them. also greg is too very cunning to leak and do a character assasination of our players.
RE:Greg Chappel's diplomacy
by Raghunathan Nair on Apr 04, 2007 10:37 AM Permalink
Hi Laxminarayana,
No, not true at all. If the above was the case, do you mean to say that players like Sachin, Saurav, Dravid, Harbhajan, Yuvaraj, Zaheer, etc. will hold their nerve and not communicate to the board ? These players hold more weightage than the Coach and think that they are above the game and can get way with what they want. These people are not playing for the country but for themselves and their families. They don't worry about your and my sentiments. They will show sentiments and emotions when chips are down that is what happening now and Sachin himself is trying to get the backing of the public, media, BCCI bosses to hide his and senior cricketers dismal performance. This is nothing but a publicity stunt.
RE:Greg Chappel's diplomacy
by rayker rayker on Apr 04, 2007 10:24 AM Permalink
what crap. any coach who has been given an assignment to lead a team to worldcup finals would not want to scuttle it right from the begining. if its him to blame, i'd pin the senior players (including dravid who isnt in form, including ganguly, despite in form dint perform when required, including sachin who hasnt perfromed well), i'd also blame the selectors, the BCCI for mismanagement.
also, chapell hasnt opined publicly about senior players beahving in a particular fashion. if you believe rumours, listen to rumours from both sides!
