A lot has been said about John Wright's possible replacement and the contenders for the spot including Desse Haynes now, were all excellent cricketers in their times.But, lets ask ourselves, what kind of a coach do we want now. Do we want a player with impressive averages ( somehow this seems to determine who a match-winner is and many players are being credited with that tag which to me, is ludicrous) or do we want someone who understands our stars's strengths and weaknesses (which was John Wright's secret). Greg Chappel seems to be every elite cricket critic's choice, but I have some reservations about him. He may be a great cricket brain, but it is the playing captain who has to execute all plans and have a "plan B" when "A" goes wrong and et cetera. Will Greg fit into the fickle nature of (a) the team management (the board and other bureaucrats) and (b) the players themselves ! I don't have a definite answer, do you?
Tom Moody was another good cricketing brain, but I would like to know more about his coaching resume.
Mohinder Amarnath was courageous; but would he fall prey to regionalistic politics?
Desse Haynes again was a prolific run-scorer, but something inside tells me he wouldn't make a great coach for this current Indian team...
I would like to discuss on this issue if u guys are kind enough to send me some feed-back.
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Good points you have raised Sri but in one of your sentences you had this string of words that read "the elite cricket critics". That got me wondering "elite" by whose standards?
Any coach of Indian origin would fall prey to regionalistic pressures owing to the amount of politics that plays into the game.
I am not a cricket buff by any means but the little knowledge about the game that I have gained through you and others tells me that an international coach like Dave Whatmore would have been perfect. I have always loved the way he marshalled Srilanka from a "nobody" to a "cricketing superpower".
Keep up the good work and happy blogging
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