When Kirsten decides to leave Indian team...Duncan Fletcher would be our best bet.

[fineleg]

Coaches should be above all this individual worshipping. They should be able to show leadership and at the same time discipline players if they are not putting in the hard yards at practice. Coaches should not get influenced by superstar demigod player worshipping. We should get strong coach who can get the players to put in the hard yards, but at the same time stay away from media limelight. We do need the coaches to be hands-on.

[ringo16]

Every country has its own culture and we should never be ashamed of that. Thuggery does not work for us. It may work for convicts of Australia. even for the convicts of New zealand thuggery does not work. It works for Aussies and should not be used as a one-size-fits-all approach.

Good post - but correction: NZ has never been for convicts. We just have all the cool white explorers, mixed with Maori and Polynesian, and getting to be more Asian as well. That's why the Aussie style doesn't work for us. ;)

[Andy]

And, its highly parochial and irrelevant that you bring in Southie Son, or Sambar boy. No need for regional reference. This has nothing to do with where VVS is from, if he or someone else was from a different region, the same thing would hold, and thats what I'd say even if Lord Saurav tried to screw a different player too.

How about if i claim Lord Dravid tried to screw Souravs career? That is as much BS as your claim about VVS. VVS was a very ordinary ODI player, still it was Ganguly who gave him chances, he hardly got chances under the leaders prior to him and Leaders next to him.

[ZodiaC]

How about if i claim Lord Dravid tried to screw Souravs career? That is as much BS as your claim about VVS. VVS was a very ordinary ODI player' date=' still it was Ganguly who gave him chances, he hardly got chances under the leaders prior to him and Leaders next to him.[/quote'] I disagree, how many careers has ganguly single handedly destroyed? VVS Laxman, Murali Karthik, etc though all of them have played most no of matches under him. Hang yourselves in shame defending this guy.

[straight.drive]

the actual reason is that Greg Chappell did not have basic leadership qualities. He was brought up in a society of convicts and his style was suitable to manage thugs not generally soft spoken decent fellows (barring Dada). He did not have the basic leadership qualities of pacing your charges. He was more interested in implementing his vision than Indian cricket's growth. No, he did not have leadership qualities...he was good as a jail master for thugs and convicts not for us. .

That's an emotional over-statement.The convicts were vastly outnumbered by common immigrants. See here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convicts_in_Australia) for more info. You cannot brand entire Oz society as a bunch of Thugs and Criminals.

[fineleg]

I disagree' date=' how many careers has ganguly single handedly destroyed? VVS Laxman, Murali Karthik, etc though all of them have played most no of matches under him. .[/quote'] You are right Zodiac. Anyway, despite that attempts to screw careers, I'm glad SG was given a chance to retire in style. He has done both good and bad for Indian cricket, but I'm happy he went out in style for the good he had done.

[ZodiaC]

You are right Zodiac. Anyway, despite that attempts to screw careers, I'm glad SG was given a chance to retire in style. He has done both good and bad for Indian cricket, but I'm happy he went out in style for the good he had done.

Thanks whiney, though you've failed to explain how he screwed those careers, nvm, I trust you :giggle:

[Andy]

Thanks whiney' date=' though you've failed to explain how he screwed those careers, nvm, I trust you :giggle:[/quote'] :cantstop: