Its really absurd to blame the coach when the players are playing to their level,is it wise to expect the coach to go down and play for their country.why didnt Mr Gavaskar say these words when our team was convincingly winning in a streak.Under Mr chappell we won most of our matches by batting second, its pretty much easy to sit and blame anybody,and thats what he is doing.its good to keep mouth shut and try to prepare for the pitfalls.and improvise the team.Our cricket team doesnt have unity,try some strategies to build that first and point fingers on others.
RE:Absurd
by Vivek Singh on Apr 23, 2007 03:23 AM Permalink
Consider this, Coach Greg's CTC is close to Rs. 5.0 Crore. Rs. 2.0 crore salary and plus benefits like free five star accomodation and free boarding & loadging for his family, etc.
If Coach has no role in players performace then why waste this Rs. 5.0 Crore per annum.
RE:Absurd
by Gaurav Deol on Apr 23, 2007 02:37 AM Permalink
yea, hypocrites r just looking at the negetive aspects not at the positive achiements..What about those matches where in Dhoni single handedly won the matches??A couple of failures ( iam not defending him for the useless way in which he gifted his wickets to bongla and sri lanka) and people yell for his throat.. Agreed Greg was in the end as good as a half baked cake but then we have to blame the insipid perfromances of our paper tigers too??Surely??
RE:Absurd
by on Apr 23, 2007 02:56 AM Permalink
While u may be justified in being dissapointed with our players performace, I don't see, how u can defend a coach who is divisive and spoils the team atmosphere, leading to low motivation. Greg has been known to occasionally coach his players thru. press by sending out SMS to his fav. reporteers.
Greg was chosen to coach the players like Tendulkar, Dravid and make them into a great unit.
Greg then, blames these players as not good enough and goes back to his country. If one looks at this coach's career history, he is a great batsman, but has been horrible as a coach. Read a bit about former australian coach Boby Simpson's assesment of Greg as a coach.
Is there a reason to defend a guy, who failed to coach the team and has been constantly bickering with players, selectors and even call his employer (BCCI) as a crap, after resigning.
