has chappel realy done so badly??

[theguyinallblue]

Just a different Opinion...and different perspective.. If he wants, Greg should stay This week will decide whether Chappell stays, or goes. The popular opinion, having still not recovered from the mauling in the Caribbean, may not be in favour of the beleaguered Coach. An opinion poll will surely get him a seat on the next flight back home. And why not? Greg's mandate was mission-2007 and he has failed miserably in accomplishing that. If everything in the last two years was geared towards winning the Cup, or at least reaching the last four, then the Australian must go. But on pure records, Greg does deserve a second chance. Probably for one more season before he is pronounced a proven failure. But that is if he wants to stay. Before the World Cup, the Indian skipper Rahul Dravid had said that the Cup was extremely important for the players and the public and but one ''can not stake'' one's whole career on it. The same applies for Greg as well. If his two years at the helm have seen some big failures, then there have been some successes as well. It will be interesting to see the record of some coaches who have coached the Indian team before Greg, before assessing the worth of the Australian. ODI win-loss record of Indian coaches (some prominent ones in nineties and 2000s) Coach Mts Won Lost NR/Tied Won% AL Wadekar 70 41 27 1/1 58.57 SM Patil 10 2 7 1/0 20.00 Madan Lal 79 33 38 7/1 41.77 AD Gaekwad 47 24 22 1/0 51.06 Kapil Dev 40 16 23 1/0 40.00 JG Wright 130 68 56 6/0 52.30 GS Chappell 62 32 27 3/0 51.61 Now here, Ajit Wadekar, at 58 win percentage, comes on top followed by Wright, Chappell and Gaekwad at around 51-52. So Chappell does not fare any worse than most of these coaches. To Cap it, Wadekar had a team with most players at their peak, or about to peak, like Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin and Anil Kumble. Even Wright had Sourav as undisputed captain and probably world?s best middle order which had acquired an aura after defeating Australia at home in Tests and narrowly going down in ODIs. In fact, after a lackluster show in his first season, there were even calls to remove Wright but Dalmiya stood firm and the rest his history. Compare it with Chappell?s regime with a new captain and a very young team, and the key player in Tendulkar being injured more often than not. Still, if Chappell has been able to keep pace with other coaches including Wright, then it is a tribute to his resilience and strong character, and the madness, which does have some method. Incidentally, Sandeep Patil, a possible replacement who took Kenya to the semis in the last edition, has not had great success with team India in limited opportunities. Twenty per cent success in ODIs and zero success rate in Tests is nothing to boast about. But yes, he has also not been tested long enough. Some coaches do take time to peak with Team India. Indian coaches in Test cricket (since Wadekar) Coach Tests Won Lost Drawn Won% AL Wadekar 22 10 10 2 45.45 SM Patil 3 0 2 1 0.00 Madan Lal 20 5 10 5 25.00 AD Gaekwad 8 2 2 4 25.00 Kapil Dev 8 1 2 5 12.50 JG Wright 51 20 16 15 39.22 GS Chappell 18 7 4 7 38.89 Now in Tests, the coaches who stand out are Wadekar, Wright and Chappell. Chappell, again, is almost on par with Wright and he could have been better than Wadekar or Wright had he got more home tests. Just six home tests out of 18 and still a win percentage of around 40 is a great achievement by any standards. Wadekar?s success was mainly built around Killer Kumble at home in early nineties, while in Wright and Chappell case, it was more of an all round performance. So the day the knives are out for Greg, it will be important to look into the circumstances as well. Certainly, it was an experimental phase where he failed. He so desperately wanted to test the level of comfort of the Indian squad, but it was never to be. Indian mindset revels more in conservatism than adventurism. The young blood, which he cultivated with so much effort, just flattered to deceive. Raina, who scored so heavily in the ODI series against England, failed miserably in the subsequent tests. Even established ones fared no better. Sehwag was lucky to escape the axe on more than one occasion. Tendulkar was on and off. The likes of Kaif did not deliver when it mattered. And when they did (Kaif?s run of 50s in ODIs in the West Indies), others stopped delivering. What could a coach have possibly done? Probably Srinath is right that Greg does not have the personal touch that Wright had. Probably, the differences with this coach do mean a long and lonely journey back home. But surely, the cool composure of Dravid, experience of Sachin and friendly disposition of Sehwag was always there to take care of any misgivings among the ?less fortunate? ones. If Greg was so venomous, at least one or two of Team India players would have revolted. But they never did. After Sourav-Greg spat and cold war, there were not even signs of dissent. Peace ruled, unlike the ugly episode of 1996 when Navjot Sidhu returned mid-way from England?s tour. Probably, the more important thing now will be to test Greg for a few series, and appoint a bowling coach to take some burden off him. Let him concentrate more on strategy and batting, than on politics. If he fails again, then it will be after getting a fair chance. Besides, next two or three series are going to be fought without much pressure from the Indian public or media. That should stand him, and Team India in good stead. http://www.hindustantimes.in/htcricket/8170_1963112,001601420009.htm

[DesiChap]

Re: has chappel realy done so badly?? Chappal is a bad man manager. He has to go He was a mediocre coach in Aus (South Aus) and it showed here.

[Guest dada_rocks]

Re: has chappel realy done so badly?? Chappal's record loosk prsetnable because under him we played ungodly number of games in india, other wise his record are as pathetic as team india can get

[yoda]

Re: has chappel realy done so badly?? has he done so badly? actually yes. his mantra was WC and he failed. time for him to fess up and leave.