"Numero Uno" <nuno@email.com> wrote in message news:HtednYeo4JSNuvTfRVn-qw@rogers.com...>
I don't think, he can be a good coach.> We need a meticulous coach with hands-on approach and not a old style > cricket manager or advisor.>
I think your point is very good here - in the good old days, the coach was more or less a manager and a person the players looked up to. He would give general advice, pep talks etc. If team members are to be believed, Kapil used to tell the team to just "go out and play your natural game boys."
Nowadays there is a separate position for manager, who handles the team's day to day needs and manages their events. A coach is now more like an NBA/NFL coach who works with each player and sets up plays for the team.
That is the reason I am even reluctant to consider folks like Greg Chappell. Cricket has changed a lot since the days he played. I would like some one like Dean JOnes, who was a central figure in the game at the time it was undergoing this change.
"Vinay" <vinayd@hpl.hp.com> wrote in message news:d4b9gk$78e$1@hplms2.hpl.hp.com...> I think your point is very good here - in the good old days, the coach was > more or less a manager and a person the players looked up to. He would > give general advice, pep talks etc. If team members are to be believed, > Kapil used to tell the team to just "go out and play your natural game > boys."
Kapil is summed up by his first Test as coach. He said we are "going to rock and roll" and India promptly rolled all the way to 83 all out. They then came back and saved the Test which was good, but what was better was that Kapil shut his mouth at least for quotes like that in the future...
Kapil was a lousy coach.
Richards, IIRC, had some sort of tenure as WI supremo, and didn't do too well.
No get me these hard-working, over-achiever types -- thats what we need, and preferably someone with tactical ability...
Andrew Dunford 26 April 2005 10:02:04 [ permanent link ]
"Vinay" <vinayd@hpl.hp.com> wrote in message news:d4b9gk$78e$1@hplms2.hpl.hp.com...>
"Numero Uno" <nuno@email.com> wrote in message> news:HtednYeo4JSNuvTfRVn-qw@rogers.com...> >
I don't think, he can be a good coach.> > We need a meticulous coach with hands-on approach and not a old style> > cricket manager or advisor.> >
I think your point is very good here - in the good old days, the coach was> more or less a manager and a person the players looked up to. He would
give> general advice, pep talks etc. If team members are to be believed, Kapil> used to tell the team to just "go out and play your natural game boys.">
Nowadays there is a separate position for manager, who handles the team's> day to day needs and manages their events. A coach is now more like an> NBA/NFL coach who works with each player and sets up plays for the team.>
That is the reason I am even reluctant to consider folks like Greg
Chappell.> Cricket has changed a lot since the days he played. I would like some one> like Dean JOnes, who was a central figure in the game at the time it was> undergoing this change.
You might as well forget Dean Jones: the appearance of his name in the CBI match-fixing report will put paid to that.
