Coach hunt begins again

[The Outsider]

The Indian board (BCCI) has begun its formal search for a candidate to coach the national team, issuing an advertisement listing their requirements on several top cricket board websites. The BCCI has fixed September 15 as the last date for receipt of applications. The prospective coach will have a two-year term starting from October 1. The applicant must have played first-class cricket, will require Level III coaching accreditation obtained from Australia, England or India, and must have previous coaching experience with a national side or an elite coaching centre, among other pre-requisites. The successful candidate will be required to work closely with the selection committee and interact with a review committee to be set up by the board and be capable of building positive relations with the public and media. Communication and organisational skills have been emphasised, along with basic knowledge of Indian cricket and "Indian culture and ethos". Basic IT skills will be required, while being familiar with performance analysis software. Text of the press release issued by the BCCI I KEY RESPONSIBILITIES a) Working closely with the selection committee and interacting periodically with the review committee to be set up by the Board Should have the ability to plan and manage programs for the elite cricketers c) Should be capable of building positive relations with the public and media d) Should be capable of motivating players and thus helping them to optimise their performances at all times e) Should be familiar with the use of performance analysis software packages f) Should be available to conduct clinics and workshops for the local coaches g) Should have excellent communicating skills as he is required to communicate at different levels like players, team management, selectors and the board h) Should be capable of providing the team with tactical expertise II KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERTISE a) Should be a qualified coach with minimum level III coaching accreditation from Cricket Australia, England or India Should have played at least level of first-class cricket c) Extensive coaching experience and expertise in working with elite cricketers d) Should possess basic IT skills to be able to operate the match analysis program e) Should have been a coach of an international or national team or a coach at an elite coaching centre of international repute f) Should have basic knowledge of Indian cricket, Indian player pathway and Indian culture and ethos g) Should have basic knowledge of Sports Science and Sports Medicine h) Should be capable of handling the team under high pressure situations i) Should possess outstanding organizational skills j) Should have knowledge of international coaching trends k) Should have experience in using video technology III GENERAL INFORMATION a) The appointment as coach shall be for a period of two years, starting from October 1, 2007 The job requires a great deal of time away from home traveling with the Indian team both in India and abroad c) Terms and conditions are negotiable

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/308664.html

[The Outsider]

What an imbecile way to hunt a coach. It's not a position of a vice president of some corporation that they are hiring. They should make their own informed list of candidates, contact them privately, assess things and take it from there but that's too much to ask of these morons. Anyhow, glad that they are doing something instead of counting the cash. BTW, could help noticing the irony of this statement :

The Indian board (BCCI) has begun its formal search for a candidate to coach the national team, issuing an advertisement listing their requirements on several top cricket board websites.

:hysterical::hysterical:

[kumble_rocks]

I don't see any advertisement in ICF !

[yoda]

I don't see any advertisement in ICF !

this thread. :giggle:

[King Tendulkar]

Well I am formally applying. And if I get the job you will see some big changes and even more success for team India!

[kumble_rocks]

Well I am formally applying. And if I get the job you will see some big changes and even more success for team India!

You know DSR , you do sound like Baghdad Bob !:D

[King Tendulkar]

You know DSR ' date=' you do sound like Baghdad Bob !:D[/quote'] That guy was a legend:two_thumbs_up:

[Chandan]

Now did you read about the applicants so far?

While the BCCI was not in a position to officially confirm or deny receipt of these applications, it has been reliably learnt that the CVs of Richard Done, Tim Boon, Kepler Wessels, Terry Oliver, Dave Nosworthy, Vijay Mohanraj, Martin Crowe and Chandrakant Pandit have reached the board headquarters in Mumbai. Of all the candidates Done appears to be the most serious. He was once head of the Queensland Academy of Excellence, and took over as the high performance manager of the International Cricket Council in 2004 when Bob Woolmer joined Pakistan and left the post vacant. Done recently interviewed for the job of Pakistan coach but lost out to fellow Australian Geoff Lawson. Oliver succeeded Bennett King as coach of the Queensland team in 2002 after King took up the West Indies job, but it appears that his candidature will be ruled out as the advertisement issued by the BCCI stipulates that candidates should have played "at least first-class cricket." Oliver, who played club and grade cricket in Australia, never played first-class cricket. There's also Tim Boon, the former Leicerstershire batsman, who has served as assistant coach of the England team, who now coaches Leicerstershire. A while ago the BCCI received an application from Boon, although Paul Maylard-Mason, the chief executive of the Leicestershire County Cricket Club, issued a statement saying Boon was not in the race for the India job. Maylard-Mason insisted that Boon was committed to Leicestershire. Sources indicate that Boon has personally indicated his genuine interest in the India job, but the Indian board will be wary given their recent experience with Graham Ford. Wessels, the former Australia and South Africa international, it is learned, reached Indian officials through a senior Indian cricketer, expressing an interest in the job. Wessels has coaching experience in England, with counties including Northamptonshire but has not coached an international team. Nosworthy, who coaches Canterbury, has in the past coached teams in South Africa, where he played first-class cricket for Border and Northern Transvaal. Crowe's case is a curious one. His application was first forwarded to the BCCI by "a well-wisher" and Crowe said he had no idea that his CV had reached the BCCI. Later, though, he admitted that could be interested in the job under conducive circumstances. The two Indians in the list are Mohanraj and Pandit. Pandit says he has not specifically applied for the job of Indian national team coach, but rather wrote to the board offering his services in any capacity they saw fit.

Who are good coaches among them--does anyone have an idea??

[Rajiv]

So, have all the babus been given Smith and Wessons to hunt?

[Chandan]

So' date=' have all the babus been given Smith and Wessons to hunt?[/quote']

[Rajiv]

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CustomContentDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&content=11001

[Chandan]

God!!! How did you find a similarity??:D

[Chandan]

Mumbai, August 29: A new coach for the Indian team is expected to be appointed before next month's visit by World Cup champions Australia to this country for a seven-match bilateral One-Day series, the Cricket Board said today. "We have called for applications for the coach through an advertisement and hopefully the new coach will be appointed before the Australian series," said BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah here. The BCCI has drawn up a long list of qualifications for prospective candidates for the high-profile post through the advertisement and the last date for receiving the applications for the coach has been fixed as September 15. The Australian team is scheduled to arrive on September 25 and the first match of the one-day series is scheduled on September 29 at Bangalore.

[The Outsider]

Hopefully!!!! The Indian team really needs a coach. Two reasons that have stuck out during the England series : 1. Dravid's batting : It seems he has not had enough time/mental space to concentrate on his batting in the absence of a coach. India needs him back to close to his best soon. 2. Lack of commitment : I think the lazy bums of the team are not putting in enough effort. Neither Robin Singh nor Prasad have the aura or the authority to crack the whip. They are specialist coaches and would be focusing on those fielding and bowling.