I believe the vision and plans of Greg Chappell were correct. He seems more interested in the long term growth of Team India than any of the Indian cricket fraternity.
The Aussies started with their development programmes in 80s (late 80s), the results of which started coming in late 90s. Their selection system is extremely harsh by Indian Standards (Bevan at this age will definitely make into the Indian Team), but it is fair. Their vision is clear. They have invested heavily into domestic cricket, talent development etc. Does the BCCI even know what these words mean ...
Blaming Greg Chappell for failure is extremely short sighted .. An Aussie coach cannot gaurantee you aussie success
In the time that he came, the big three of Indian cricket have got older and infirm
Was it wrong to throw out Ganguly at the time? Everybody knwos that the coach was fair and straightforward in his remarks and views, and Ganguly played all sorts of politics to come out of it. I am sorry to see how most bengalis dont understand this. Ganguly's record from almost 1 - 1.5 years before shows his failure.
Anyways, but after that exclusion the coach unfortunately got stuck up in the mud. 'You can't stay clean while working in a coalmine.' By this, I dont mean that he started playing politics. I mean that the pressures from various sides that came in were outside of his control, and he kind of became helpless to counter those.A few failures and the pressure was immense, and all the plans/strategies had to be abandoned.
Greg's only failure was that he could not come out of the Indian politics. Yes, Indian cricket is down at the moment. But the best thing that can be done now is to give him a free hand. Maybe, give him a role more than just a coach, involve him in other aspects as well (selecting, planning).
It cannot be denied that Greg is more honest and will be more sincere towards building Indian cricket, than most Indian cricket fraternity.
