Correct. What Sachin did is unprofessional. The professional way to do it is to let Chappell say what he wants and have it leaked to the media with the help of sms'es to media people, indirect means such as the "close sources suggest" means or the "oops, how stupid of me to include a top journalist's name in the BCC field of my e-mail to the BCCI (no pun intended)".
But how could Sachin do this to all of us? How could he? How can anyone be so unprofessional as to speak his mind to the media? And that too directly? It's heresy.
So what if the entire Indian team (except for the ever-silent Rahul Dravid) is against the Chappal...err Chappell. It is wrong to offend the coach like this. Even in the ages of war, kings would give special treatment to mercenaries. Come on, you pay for them remember?
RE:SACHIN HOW DARE YOU?
by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on Apr 05, 2007 01:39 PM Permalink
Tendulkar has spoken by name but note how he talks only of his reputation being affronted by Chappell's comment on his attitude. 'No coach has ever reported even in passing that my attitude was not correct', he says.
Well, well, well. Didn't Tendulkar plainly sulk on our last tour of Pakistan when Rahul Dravid declared the team's innings closed even as Tendulkar was just a few runs short of another double century? Didn't he tell the media that he was surprised at the timing of Dravid's declaration? Wasn't that 'attitude'?
Was it correct? If coach John Wright didn't write about in his tour report that may well because he's too much of a gentleman. Or he may well have reported it but the dossier was overlooked because we won the series.
Again, this season before the World Cup, when Chappell had made it clear that Tendulkar would bat in the middle order so that he could hold the innings together for the full 50 overs, Tendulkar did not hesitate to tell the media that he preferred to bat as an opener. Was that 'attitude' correct?
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by Sameer Bhagwat on Apr 05, 2007 02:21 PM Permalink
India was at its best with Ganguly and Wright. Chappell came and ruined that. We won at Natwest Trophy and after that we were kings till Wright left.
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by manoj dobhal on Apr 05, 2007 03:02 PM Permalink
Come on guy, unlike any other succesfull cricketer of his stature, Sachin has been less vocal, Less volatile or should I say more Behaved, more descent, More gentle, and more committed than anybody else, if is called to have ATTITUDE mates check ur ATTITUDE first. it seems like SOUR GRAPES for Greg 7 Zealous buddies like u.
