If hockey needs to be revived in this country govt must provide patronage to it...Schools nd colleges must introduce this game compulsorily but problem is that only few schools have grounds for hockey nd most of the time these grounds are occupied by cricket players...problem with this game is that its injury prone also ....that is one of the reason why most people opt out of it...whenevr hockey was played in my school someone was sure to get injury...govt needs to spend the money at grassroot level to mend the things...corporate world also needs to do some favour to this country by sponsoring some players....media is also to be blamed for present debacle....times of india was so apathetic to this game that it didnt even report the victory in Asia cup...once a superpower india is now nowhere bcause of such neglegence
when india won gold medal at 1980 olyampics ,players got buquet of flower and may be job promotions. and india won world cup in 1983 cricketers got flats, money ,money and more money .they all turned millioniors overnight.our olympics hiroics was forgoten in 7 days.who is responsible?
RE:when india won gold medel
by Rahul Kulkarni on Mar 11, 2008 06:57 PM
Hockey administration and players !!!!!Dont forget when we won in 1980 , all the top teams had withdrawn !!!! If you blame Cricket or say any other sport, four fingers directs to hockey !!!! Has Cricket got any support from the Govt????Its all abt marketing and couple of victories in 1983 and 1985-86... They took advantage of it !!!! This year was best for hockey for India since chakde film , still silly and stupid idiot people who run hockey could not cash on it !!!! What more you need ????
Stop playing this sport by doing this u can save the life of few hundred youngsters among billions people country !!! Why blame Cricket ?? They have marketed the game well !!!If you dont have guts then dont cry !!!!!!! When India have won worldcups in hockey , players salary of cricket player and hockey were same till 1975!!! Now whats the picture ??????????
RE:Stop playing Hockey !!!!
by jawed khan on Mar 11, 2008 06:49 PM
how many 90 mts hockey matches u watched Mr rahul in comparision of 5 day test match?
RE:Stop playing Hockey !!!!
by Rahul Kulkarni on Mar 11, 2008 06:52 PM
I have watched n number of matches since MP Singh and Pargat Singh were playing !!!!! Have I written anything wrong ???
RE:Stop playing Hockey !!!!
by taran kaur on Mar 11, 2008 07:12 PM
Yes u have written wrong...this pessimistic view for hockey is wrong if this continues hockey will only go one direction n tht is down the hill.... instead of saying stop playing this game you culd have said sumthing positive..stop giving such stupid comments...the hockey coach has written his heart out here..dun pull down the hockey team more by writing such comments....yes cricket is not b blamed ..it is the hockey administrators....!
RE:RE:Stop playing Hockey !!!!
by Pravin on Mar 11, 2008 07:07 PM
90 minutes....oops and i thought it is of 70 minutes with 35 minutes comprising each half..hmmmmmm
RE:Stop playing Hockey !!!!
by Souvik Jana on Mar 11, 2008 06:49 PM
I think there are not many people in our country who play Hockey... The level and competition of this Sport at the Domestic Level has gone down drastically.... While the same has been more challenging and more tough in Cricket... and hence the Result...
RE:Stop playing Hockey !!!!
by Souvik Jana on Mar 11, 2008 06:47 PM
I think there are not many people in our country who play Hockey... The level and competition of this Sport at the Domestic Level has gone down drastically.... While the same has been more challenging and more tough in Cricket... and hence the Result...
when 90% of indians watch cricket only 10% do so for hockey.media , money , support all is behind cricket , g=how u expect results in hockey who survive on small jobs?
RE:reason is madness of cricket
by Prashant Shrivastava on Mar 11, 2008 06:48 PM
in what position is cricket today, the same charm was there for hockey three four decade before, but becasue of continueous failure due to silly politics hockey has reached to this position
People like Mr. Gill and Mr. Dasmunshi are responsible for todays doomed state of hockey and football.They should be kicked out immediately and fresh administrators should be brought in to develope the infrastructure of these games.
RE:Learn something.
by Kalyan Kundu on Mar 11, 2008 07:16 PM
I completely agree. But do take action based on the analysis report and throw the politicians out of the analysis exercise
Your players were shown 4 yellow cards (in 2 games) against GB. Reports said they engaged in very rough play. Is that how you coached them, if you can not win on the field, then kill the opponent? Very shameful.
