Greg Chappell a possibility to coach Australia
John Buchanan's term as Australian coach is due to run out after next year's World Cup and apparently he's expected not to renew his contract. A few names are being thrown into the hat to replace him and surprisingly, Greg Chappell is a possibility to replace him. Chappell's term as Indian coach ends at the same time and I'd be surprised if he was asked to stay on (or if he wanted to). I know if I was getting my effigy burned every time I turned up to my workplace, I'd probably be looking for another job (I work from home with my wife so that only happens every other week). There are a lot of other names in the mix such as Bennett King (West Indies coach) and Dav Whatmore (Bangladesh coach). I don't know what it is about poaching ex-pats from other countries but hey, it worked with Troy Cooley so why not again?
Still, what I'd really like to see is a reality TV show that documents the entire process of weeding out the duds and selecting the final coach. You'd start with the audition process. Crucial to this would be the selection of the panel who judge the applicants. You'd have a feel-good Marcia Hines style judge who encourages every applicant ("Mr Whatmore, I think you've done a bang up job with Bangladesh"), the grumpy judge who hates every applicant (I'm imagining David Boon sitting back with his arms crossed, with the occasional "Nah, mate" or "Get real") and the overbearing Mark Holden type with his signature "touch down" manouvre (D.K.Lillee jumping to his feet with his index fingers in the air crying 'Howzat'). Hmm, 'Howzat' could be the name of the show.
The next stage would be to narrow it down to a group of finalists and assign them each a team of inept youngsters. Over a period of 8 weeks, the coaches must shape their team into a finely tuned band of professional cricketers. They'll teach all the skills - bowling, batting, fielding, sledging... and with absolutely no mention of Sun Tzu's Art of War. The show will end with a Twenty20 tournament between the teams. The coach of the winning team gets the job. Upon reflection, the sad fact is the concept actually sounds a lot better than many of the reality TV shows on offer at the moment.
| Posted by JC on Thu 17 Aug |  2 comments |
Mr. Chappell might be a great cricketer but his credibility as acoach has always been in question.he was unable to do justice as a coach even with his county team.look at his history as a coach and it is just pathetic.he went to South Australia as coach and had three years out there, ran last, second last and second last.yet our public and board regards this person as of very high credentials. cmon the media must react and blast chappell.
He had a poor record as South Australia’s coach… He hasn’t done anything with the Indian team either… Worse, by messaging he wasn’t happy with the squad, Chappell has conveyed that he wasn’t on the same wavelength as Dravid… That’s appalling and makes a bigger hole in his man-management abilities… In my view, the Board has to quickly look at somebody else.
Posted by ab on 2007-04-09 16:27:52
He had a poor record as South Australia’s coach… He hasn’t done anything with the Indian team either… Worse, by messaging he wasn’t happy with the squad, Chappell has conveyed that he wasn’t on the same wavelength as Dravid… That’s appalling and makes a bigger hole in his man-management abilities… In my view, the Board has to quickly look at somebody else.
Posted by ab on 2007-04-09 16:27:52
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