RE:Don't beat around the Bush.....
by CricketLover on Apr 13, 2007 01:27 AM Permalink
Why not ask GC for results? When he was appointed 2 years ago, he was given a free hand. All he did was experimentation and played around with the batting orders. He destroyed Indian cricket and then blames players for not performing? Why did he change the batting position of Sachin from opener to number 4? GC cleverly used the media to bad mouth the players calling them mafia? So why not start questioning the coach and captain? Dravid is a very unimaginative captain who blindly follwed GCs orders and was a puppet in his hands. Instead of questioning him, the BCCI has offered him a plump post at NCA.
RE:RE:Don't beat around the Bush.....
by glamdring on Apr 13, 2007 09:16 AM Permalink
Well, was he given a free hand ? How about Somnath Chatterjee joined chorus with his fellow commies and screamed for Ganguly's inclusion.
In my opinion, Chappell probably needed a year more to get the team used to his ideas. Experimentation and rotation is not the sole reason of player's lack of confidence, but for Chappell we wouldn't have heard of Suresh Raina, dinesh kartik , Ramesh powar or Sreesanth. True, Sehwag and Pathan lost their form, but haven't we seen that happen to many international players, don't you think its also a player's responsibility to concentrate on his form instead of sulking (Pathan) or getting fat ( Sehwag) . Also, dont you remember him praising the players in the media, are coaches only entitled to say bland platitudes ? Basically desi style chamchagiri(cronyism) is the only virtue of organization like BCCI, and an outsider like GC never really got that context.
