Chappell spoiled my career: Ganguly

[Crookbond]

Sourav Ganguly on Greg ChappellÃÔ Ouster http://cricsea.com/sourav-ganguly-on-greg-chappells-ouster/

[ZodiaC]

Chappel was a mofo. It's not about dropping Ganguly, he was out of form for long and got dropped. Fair enough. But when other players comes and speak in public against him, you sure know that something is horribly wrong. Not to mention that we had a torrid time under him. And now he has ****ed Aussie cricket up for good.

[Crookbond]

Chappel was a mofo. It's not about dropping Ganguly' date= he was out of form for long and got dropped. Fair enough. But when other players comes and speak in public against him, you sure know that something is horribly wrong. Not to mention that we had a torrid time under him. And now he has ****ed Aussie cricket up for good.

Good to see this point made.

[Rahul Dravid]

Chappel was a mofo. It's not about dropping Ganguly, he was out of form for long and got dropped. Fair enough. But when other players comes and speak in public against him, you sure know that something is horribly wrong. Not to mention that we had a torrid time under him. And now he has ****ed Aussie cricket up for good.

:two_thumbs_up:

[J P K]

Dravid never had the guts to stop Greg Chappell from wrongdoing: Ganguly Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that former teammate and captain Rahul Dravid did not have the guts to stop Greg Chappell from his wrongdoings during his tenure as India coach. "He came with some personal vendetta and also lacked foresight. He didn't want a settled dressing room. He made mistake after mistake but the then captain Rahul Dravid never had the guts to stop him (Chappell) from his wrongdoing," Ganguly told Aaj Tak. Chappell in his recently published autobiography had stated that Ganguly wanted him to be "grateful" for getting him the India coach's job. "He expected I would be so grateful to him for getting me the job, that I'd become his henchman in his battle to remain captain. I, on the other hand, took on a job with the primary responsibility to Indian cricket and the Indian people," Chappell says in the book Fierce Focus. Ganguly on his part said that it was his "mistake" to get Chappell the coach's job. "He was against Tendulkar, Laxman, Zaheer, Harbhajan and all of them have proved to be world class players. They are still performing for their country even now," Ganguly said. Asked about whether BCCI could have acted more wisely, Ganguly replied, "At that point of time, BCCI was having a change of guard. So there wasn't much they could have done about it." Ganguly also feels Chappell's presence in the Australian dressing room trying to plot the downfall of Indian batsmen, won't be of much benefit to the home team. A couple of days back, a report in the Daily Telegraph stated that former India coach Chappell has been invited by current coach Mickey Arthur to address Aussie players on how to tackle champion batsman Sachin Tendulkar. "Chappell will address the Australian squad for the first Test next week and he is the one man with the knowledge to demystify the champion (Tendulkar) Australia never feel they have got to the bottom of," the report said. "To Australian bowlers, Tendulkar has been the master they have never mastered. His record against Australia in Tests - he averages 60.6 with 11 centuries in 31 Tests - makes him the greatest Aussie basher of his generation," it further stated. According to Ganguly, with whom Chappell shared a tumultous captain-coach relationship, the latter's presence in Australia's support staff unit during their tour of India, back in 2008 wasn't of much help. "If you look back at 2008 series which happened to be my last, Chappell was present in Australian team's support staff. Yet we won the series 2-0. Therefore, I don't think his presence would make any difference this time also," he said. Another former India captain Kapil Dev feels that Chappell's Australian ways of dealing with situation wasn't in sync with the Indian culture. "In India, we don't readily shut the door on anyone. There should be a certain degree of respect associated with the manner in which one handles the case of senior players. Look at Gary Kirsten, he did a fabulous job with the Indian team," Kapil stated.(PTI) http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/Dravid-never-had-the-guts-to-stop-Greg-Chappell-from-wrongdoing-Ganguly-/9242

[kubrickian]

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that former teammate and captain Rahul Dravid did not have the guts to stop Greg Chappell from his wrongdoings during his tenure as India coach.

Its comments like these which make me lose respect for this man. What's happened has happened. What's the point in talking about old stuff before an important test series and also abusing an important and respected team mate and a present member of the team. It makes me wonder if he took up this commentary position only to work against the team's cause as was his tendency during his playing days to play politics. Cheap attention seeker and politician.

[CSK Fan]

Hillarious to see so many here praise Chappel and some still want him back. chappel managed to even rile the 'most professional' Aussie cricketers. Yes, Chappel is exactly what Australians need too I guess

[master22]

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that former teammate and captain Rahul Dravid did not have the guts to stop Greg Chappell from his wrongdoings during his tenure as India coach.

ganguly is an attention seeker

[G_B_]

Hillarious to see so many here praise Chappel and some still want him back. chappel managed to even rile the 'most professional' Aussie cricketers. Yes' date=' Chappel is exactly what Australians need too I guess[/quote'] +1 poor management style. More than the Ganguly issue, Greg seemed to love the spotlight.

[Stuge]

ganguly is an attention seeker and a bloody loser:finger:

Dood ,he said in very general way ,and I did not feel he was seeking attention .Its media and people who tend to Make a mountain out of a molehill of every statement .

[Cricket Tragic]

Haha, Ganguly still has the ability to piss people off - whether it is opposition players or fanboys on ICF. :cantstop:

[yoda]

Dood ' date='he said in very general way ,and I did not feel he was seeking attention .Its media and people who tend to Make a mountain out of a molehill of every statement .[/quote'] Seems very specific to me when he is talking about Dravid. What Ganguly doesn't realize is that he was a passenger in the test team and his place was more questionable once he wasn't the captain. The fact that he played a few knocks after recall doesn't the change the fact that he was always an average test player whose main contribution was being the captain. I do agree with him about RD not being able to reign in Chappell, then again we all know that Chappell was an out of control Rogue who even Ganguly couldn't contain, which is why he got kicked out as captain in the first place.

[ganeshran]

Chappel was an idiot. Not to say he didnt do some things right but got most of them wrong

[master22]

Dood ' date='he said in very general way ,and I did not feel he was seeking attention .Its media and people who tend to Make a mountain out of a molehill of every statement .[/quote'] I am not saying what he told was right or wrong.Its just the timing of the statement just before an important tour which i felt was not needed and that is why i said he is seeking attention.

[master22]

Haha' date=' Ganguly still has the ability to piss people off - whether it is opposition players or fanboys on ICF. :cantstop:[/quote'] I am no fanboy, just that these type of statements are not required before an important tour.

[Magneto]

I am no fanboy' date=' just that these type of statements are not required before an important tour.[/quote'] I agree with you on the point of 'timing'. Wrong time to say these words, no matter however true they are.

[gult]

Its comments like these which make me lose respect for this man. What's happened has happened. What's the point in talking about old stuff before an important test series and also abusing an important and respected team mate and a present member of the team. It makes me wonder if he took up this commentary position only to work against the team's cause as was his tendency during his playing days to play politics. Cheap attention seeker and politician.

He surely has something against RD. If I remember correctly, he was sarcastically smiling(like 'Really? I rest my case') when harsha was praising dravid for being a gentleman for coercing dhoni to call Ian bell back on the field. Harsha was puzzled, but couldn't manage to find out why ganguly was making that expression. Now the reasons are clear - Ganguly didn't get support from dravid when he was sacked from the team, for consistently poor performances.

[master22]

I agree with you on the point of 'timing'. Wrong time to say these words' date=' no matter however true they are.[/quote'] +1

[Magneto]

He surely has something against RD. If I remember correctly' date=' he was sarcastically smiling(like 'Really? I rest my case') when harsha was praising dravid for being a gentleman for coercing dhoni to call Ian bell back on the field. Harsha was puzzled, but couldn't manage to find out why ganguly was making that expression. Now the reasons are clear - Ganguly didn't get support from dravid when he was sacked from the team, for consistently poor performances.[/quote'] Harsha will not be puzzled about these things. He knows what's cooking in whose kitchen better than the cricketers themselves.

[carnish]

I am no fanboy' date=' just that these type of statements are not required before an important tour.[/quote'] Wrong timing of the INTERVIEW... its chappel who is the attention seeker by declaring that he will teach the aussies how to dismiss INDIAN batters... i mean if sachin gets his ton at MCG or Viru hits a double in any of the test it would be a big slap on that face of chappel who had already tasted the effect of an INDIAN slap when he had come to Bhubaneswar for an ODI game when he was the coach of INDIAN team, yet wants one more, this time with the bat of Sehwag though...