One does not become an Indian by simply being born in this geographical boundaries. Indianism in a person can be gauged by ones pluralism and a strong feeling for fellow individuals. When you take this into account, it strikes you that Wright is indeed more Indian than any other 'Indian' coaches. What did these former 'greats' do? Kapil left the team in a lurch when someone accused him of being involved in match fixing. More drama followed on the TV with Kapil shedding Crocodile tears! What did India achieve under Gaekwad's stewardship? Home victories and humiliating away thrashings. Kapil came along and while he could retain the away thrashings, he even ensured we lost a hoe series as indicated by Faisal. And what is Vengsarkar's contribution to India cricket since he retired? Ha, it pains me that we leave these dirty lud mouths away with whatever they utter.
In a broader sense we should soundly censure these guys, not because they are anti-wright now, but because they are not sane enough to maintain a constancy of thought.
Long live John Wright. My condolences to him and his family. May God give them enough strength to withstand this loss and carry on.
The article is extremely well written and makes for good reading. Such articles make cricket lovers aware of the dirty politics existant within the BCCI as well as the cricketing fraternity of India.
John Wright has indeed done an excellent job with our boys and is noway comparable to the earlier efforts of either Gaekwad or Kapil Dev.
There is a wide bridge between playing good cricket and teaching good cricket and only Wright has been able to sucessfully walk across that bridge and harmonise the two.
Kapil and Bedi had both won laurels for their efforts during their 'play days', but their recent critism of the Indian coach and captain should earn them nothing else but ridicule and disrespect.
Would like to ask the two greats: What makes you so critical about Indian cricket, love for country or love for self?
Well it doesn't matter from which country you are but it matter how much u respect the country you are represtating. As per my knowledge i have always seen John in indian cap whether he is coaching or watching his boys play the match or public interview. He always wear the cap with indian ashok chakra. But i have hardly seen any indian coach do that... Well it seems John Respect india and indian culture more than any other indian coach
The writing on the subject significantly by-passes the basic issue on which Kapil commented. It does not critically examine the strength and weakness of The comparable coach Kapil has cited.
Today Sandip Patil has proved his mettle. Has his coached team Kenya shown any thing less than India?
Sandip has created cricket resource out of nothing.
Its no point going against what Kapil or for that matter Anshuman had done as a coach.
After what Sandip has shown, he has a natural claim.
Those who don't know much about NBA (US basketball)- Michael Jordan is amongst the greatest of sportsmen of all time in all sports and simply the best Basketball player/leader/champion of all-time. He led his team Chicago Bulls to 6 NBA Championships (3 times in a row twice, with a retirement in between). Here's what Jordan said *today* about the role that coach Phil Jackson played in his career.
"The thing I remember greatly about Phil is he challenged me. He was never intimidated by me," Jordan said. "Most coaches could easily be intimidated by the things that I've achieved and the success I had. He came in and if I played bad he told me I played bad. If he felt I needed to improve in areas he told me I needed to improve in those areas. That, to me, was a sense of respect.
"I respected him for doing that. I wanted a coach that could always step forward and tell me what my weaknesses were, the things I didn't do well that game and what I need to look at to improve for the next game. That's only going to help me become a basketball player. This is what Coach [Dean] Smith did for me this is what Phil Jackson did for me on this level."
After years of ignorance, finally we have a captain who understands the importance of a great coach. I certainly hope he has the courage to stand up in his support one more time.
We love you John Wright for the wonderful gift you've given the Indian cricket team- professionalism and self-belief.
