Chappels decision is good for all incluidng Chappel. Hope Chappels wishes are honoured by the Board. This is step no 1 in the right direction. Lets see what comes next. Tell me India why should any of the three Rahul Sachin or Saurav retire? Tell me India which newcomer you can rely upon? Utthuppa, Kartick, Raina or who better than these three? Unless you find suitable new players you cannot simply ask the old guards to take rest. I feel the coach and the captain failed to perform the role they were supposed to. Coach must keep watch over the old tested players. If someone is failing it is not always prudent to remove him. You analyse as a coach the reasons of such failures. Give him confidence. Dont make him shaky. Tell him to change his batting stance, tell himto change the weight of the bat. With age people lose a few things but gain many,like experience and confidence. This you will have to honour as a coach. It is very easy to simply pass on the buck to senior players or players. It is more difficult to extract the best ouf your limited resources. It requires prudence and patience. Chappel lacked both of it. Dravid was equally hopeless. He did not make up the lapses and lacuna of the coach. As a batsman Dravid Sachin and Saurav has still left a good amount of cricket in them but may never be upto the next cup.
RE:One Step towards the good
by Ankur Khanna on Apr 04, 2007 10:49 PM Permalink
It is good that Greg Chapell has retired He was wasting his time trying to imbibe professionalism and team ethics into the Group
He forgot that selfish play and politics is in our culture
RE:One Step towards the good
by anna on Apr 05, 2007 09:09 AM Permalink
Coach is the boss in every game. Player should play according to the strategy laid out by the coach. In india,the player like tendulker is greater than the game and the Coach. Indian cricketers believe themselves greater than coach and the game.
