...what Chappell says or does not say or gestures or regrets to sell his book. It seems the virtue of silence is a lesson he still hasnt picked up, when youd think Gary Kirsten taught it well.
He was an egotist, autocrat derived pleasure from humiliating players and Indian. He was so deeply infatuated with superiority complex, that none of the player could get along with him, and our team, despite having many good players, failed miserably. He was the worst coach, any team could have.
Greg Chappell had come with the mandate of shaking players out of their comfort zones, encouraging youth, fitness and a better cricket culture. It proved too much and ended in a disaster. But in our country, anything positive gets done only after a disaster. The next coach was able to find a working way, the players became aware of the cost of failure and reputations and the youngsters he had encouraged, Gambhir, Raina and Dhoni, have become the mainstays of the tam in different formats. Perhaps only Irfan Pathan would disagree- Chappel tried to turn him into an all rounder but he lost it even as a bowler!
Re: Some credit is due to this guy...
by Sunil Vaidya on Nov 10, 2011 09:32 PM
i dont think even irfan pathan will disagree...so many players get injured due to workload.. he too got injured..greg cant be blamed for that..
in fact because greg gave him chance he could show that he had allrounder capabilities...otherwise people would have looked at him as only a bowler...
Re: Re: Some credit is due to this guy...
by Gautam Biswas on Nov 10, 2011 10:16 PM
Some credit goes to English rulers (British Raj) who taught us slavery and playing Cricket. Gandhiji, Netaji and million of Indians did a mistake then to uproot this ruthless colonial rulers from India. Chappell is a offspring of these rulers........... who always wanted to rule others by applying their dirty tricks.
Re: Re: Re: Some credit is due to this guy...
by Sameer on Nov 11, 2011 07:17 AM
Gautam Biswas
So how is chappell the problem if we get divided so easily, despite learning in our history books that we were ruled by british for 400 years via divide n rule ?
Aren't we responsible ourselves for the mess we face ?
Re: Re: Some credit is due to this guy...
by Gautam Biswas on Nov 10, 2011 10:17 PM
Some credit goes to English rulers (British Raj) who taught us slavery and playing Cricket. Gandhiji, Netaji and million of Indians did a mistake then to uproot this ruthless colonial rulers from India. Chappell is a offspring of these rulers........... who always wanted to rule others by applying their dirty tricks.
You come with no idea of Indian culture, ways of working etc and start lecturing likes of Ganguly, Tendulkar, Sehwag etc how to handle pressure, then you are doomed for failure.
Tendulkar has been handling huge pressure for decades and has his own way of managing his life to successfully handle that.. then Chappell comes along and starts lecturing him to take day off, meet friends etc.. anyone in his situation would get upset. how come sachin, sehwag, Laxman etc started playing their best cricket once Chappell left unlike Kirsten and Wright before that
Coach's job is create best environment for country's best player to perform... not use his great ideas that don't work in practice.
No doubt he was a one of the all time great and a classy batsman of all times. Even he starts and end his quest with grace. Bus some times you can not say that great scientist must be a good teacher in the colleges.
