Our new coach and our Captain will have a stable working relationship for exactly one series, thanks to the shenanigans of the BCCI.
With no other player groomed for the job, it will behoove the BCCI to appoint Rahul Dravid captain through the end of this cricketing season.
Having stability at the top will give the new coach some leeway and latitude to define the ground rules and implement his vision for the team.
It will also afford him the luxury of evaluating the team over a period of 15 odd tests and 30 odd ODIs without having to worry about establishing a working relationship with the new flavor of the season ( read captain) at the end of every series.
It will also give Indian cricket an opportunity to start grooming a worthy successor to Dravid, first in the ODI arena and later, in Test Cricket.
And I do hope that the new coach is not hired on a yearly contract basis - if he has to do the job, let him be evaluated over a period of 4 years rather than on a per series basis.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Coach II
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5 comments:
well looks like dav whatmore is out..
graham ford looks more likely to become the coach for india unless gavaskar has his say and we may see a first srilankan coach
4 years??
Thats a bit too much. If unfortunately we have someone like Chappell, he will ruin many a careers in this long a span of time!
Review after every year is okay!
Sumant,
Nice little cat and mouse going on at the BCCI - they should have this recorded as a game show :)
Chandan,
Reviews yes, but unless a mandate is given to the coach to implement his policies over a period of time, the coach will be reduced to playing catch up.
Certain ideas take time to come to fruition.
And the last thing we want is for a coaching change just before the World Cup in India.
Also, even if we win the World Cup under whoever is the new coach, I would still ant a coaching change after 2011.
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