Suggestion: Overhaul Indian team every 7 years

[kepler37b]

Today's painful performance is due to our aging stars failing in hand and eye co-ordination. This is shame considering the depth of talent we have.  

 

I have a suggestion

 

Overhaul the team every 7 years. Or after an appropriate period. Keep the churn on. Force the seniors into retirement after a specified time. Being ATG does NOT matter.

 

We will always have a team full of determined and at-the-peak players. 

[ash]

T20 should always be about form, never about stardom or experience or past records. Just pick the top 11 players from IPL and select a captain among them.

[kepler37b]

8 minutes ago, ash said:

T20 should always be about form, never about stardom or experience or past records. Just pick the top 11 players from IPL and select a captain among them.

+1000

[Vijy]

21 minutes ago, kepler37b said:

Today's painful performance is due to our aging stars failing in hand and eye co-ordination. This is shame considering the depth of talent we have.  

 

I have a suggestion

 

Overhaul the team every 7 years. Or after an appropriate period. Keep the churn on. Force the seniors into retirement after a specified time. Being ATG does NOT matter.

 

We will always have a team full of determined and at-the-peak players. 

overhauling players every 7 yrs irrespective of form will not be that useful. there will be some who should be discarded much sooner than 7-yr period and others who can persisted with long after 7 yrs. the major issue is how so many "seniors" keep getting this long rope for insane amounts of time, despite being clearly past their best.

[kepler37b]

1 minute ago, Vijy said:

overhauling players every 7 yrs irrespective of form will not be that useful. there will be some who should be discarded much sooner than 7-yr period and others who can persisted with long after 7 yrs. the major issue is how so many "seniors" keep getting this long rope for insane amounts of time, despite being clearly past their best.

We are a nation of Individual worshippers.

 

If we give an extension based on fame, his brainless worshippers will give a permanent pass.

 

Limit to AGE of player. Or limit to years of participation. 

[Vijy]

5 minutes ago, kepler37b said:

We are a nation of Individual worshippers.

 

If we give an extension based on fame, his brainless worshippers will give a permanent pass.

 

Limit to AGE of player. Or limit to years of participation. 

the senior culture is at least partly due the notion (widely prevalent) that more age means more experience, wisdom, and is thus deserving of respect. this is all well and good, but ignores the fact that bodies degrade with age and performance dips. unless one is a freak like Tom Brady, Djokovic, etc.

[Try_Ball]

Every Team should be rebuilding themselves every few years anyway  - It's about the team not the players - happens in every sport

 

The same thinking of MSD to cancel superstar culture and bring fresh legs in is exactly the problem we are facing now.  

 

India has it's legacy picks - even MSD who proclaimed to do "national duty" at one time himself continue to stick with CSK and not quit until the end -   The rest of the team are doing the same

 

Secondly,    How skilled you are , what you did in the past , what you can do in the future should be irrelevant - How you are doing in the present makes all the difference 

[diga]

hopefully the next series will see the seniors being rested and we should see some fresh legs ...