Who will be/should be india's next coach

[Cevno]

Would again want to be the main man and heads on though.

Will be in the papers everyday for on field or off field activities.

 

[Borges]

Would again want to be the main man and heads on though.

Not too sure about that - Warne is a far more intelligent person than, say, Gregg Chapel who could never have been accused of being one of the brighter bulbs in the building.

Will be in the papers everyday for on field or off field activities.

Quite sure about that. Warne was always a show man, wasn't he? When he played, and even more after he retired.

 

[abmk]

Why not get Greg Chappell,Ian Chappell, Sunil Gavaskar and Navjot singh Sidhu in the mix too, along with them while we are at it.

Can have a whole coaching comittee.

Would like to be present in the strategy sessions.

why the need for a session ? You'd hear only Siddhu speak. Just let the others out of it and let them stay in peace !

 

[Howe_zat]

Warne and Collingwood to be joint coaches.

 

[abmk]

@ thread question, Fleming or Whatmore I think ......

 

[vcs]

My impression so far is that he would make an excellent coach for a team of young, aspiring players.

For a team with Tendulkar, Dravid and VVS in it? Don't know for sure; but it would sure help that like Kirsten, he has played against them and unlike a lot of others, wouldn't have to struggle to gain their respect.

I personally would love to see Shane Warne as the coach of the Indian team. I have watched a fair amount of cricket, and I haven't seen anyone else with a keener cricketing brain.

DWTA.

 

[vcs]

Warne and Collingwood to be joint coaches.

 

[pup11]

Forget about the Indian team, I would be very surprised if Warne decides to coach any team in the near future.

He has never been in favour of having a coach for a cricket team and his lifestyle would too clash with such a job, honestly if he really wanted to travel around the world through the year then I'm pretty sure he still would have been playing for Australia.

 

[Arjun]

My choice would surely be Lalchand Rajput. While so much is said about Gary Kirsten's role, the short-lived tenure under Rajput has had a lot of success. He's good with the younger players, and being a former Indian player, he'll interact well with the seniors. It's anybody's guess what he's done to win titles with nearly every team he coaches, but he was never given a real chance. Of all the Indian coaches to choose, he's surely the best. Let's give our own elders a chance; they're now qualified and have experience.

Ideally, the next India coach should be an innovator. He should introduce something novel into the team, that makes it better. Rajput never got to innovate much, though results were good. Kirsten was hardly one who introduced anything new, likewise Wright, and it was just the players being good or getting better that helped. Chappell was a serious innovator and took huge steps, but a whole lot of wrong decisions were taken. It also didn't help that he was very, very grumpy. There is scope for innovation in this team, and it should be explored. Player retention and sustainability is also a factor. A lot of players were lost or cast aside under Wright, Chappell and Kirsten, and many could have made a difference to the Indian side. Moreover, the India coach should follow the domestic scene or at least have his deputy there, to brief him. Lastly, coaching India is a high-pressure job. Can the man take it? That's also a factor.

Stephen Fleming isn't such a bad option either, but a lot of CSK's success has been with overseas players, and only lately with a few more Indian hands (Vijay, Ashwin). Besides, would you have a T20 specialist coach as a full-time, cross-format national coach? It's a long shot.

Dav Whatmore is another option to explore, but the Lankans' WC96 win was long, long ago. He's had decent success with Bangladesh, but sources indicate he was another Chappell, of a lesser degree.

Let's leave Warne out of this. He doesn't seem too interested. He's a limelight-hog, much like that other celebrity Australian coach. He doesn't seem too innovative, and is very much a preacher, and relies on faith instead of method.

 

[Jono]

Warne and Ganguly better not coach India.

See their names thrown up so often.

Surely in the last decade its been proven that the personalities who stfu and do the job behind the scenes work. At least in Indian cricket.

Obviously there is more too it than that, but its a key quality. Wright let Ganguly be the face of the Indian team. Kirsten let Kumble and then Dhoni.

Fleming fits this mould perfectly. I'm sure there are others as well.

 

[Borges]

Ideally, the next India coach should be an innovator. He should introduce something novel into the team, that makes it better. Rajput never got to innovate much, though results were good. Kirsten was hardly one who introduced anything new, likewise Wright, and it was just the players being good or getting better that helped. Chappell was a serious innovator and took huge steps, but a whole lot of wrong decisions were taken. It also didn't help that he was very, very grumpy. There is scope for innovation in this team, and it should be explored. Player retention and sustainability is also a factor. A lot of players were lost or cast aside under Wright, Chappell and Kirsten, and many could have made a difference to the Indian side. Moreover, the India coach should follow the domestic scene or at least have his deputy there, to brief him.

+1

On both counts.

 

[Teja.]

DWTA.

 

[Shri]

Stephen Fleming would be of great help if we wish to retain the WC in 2015 since he knows the Nz/Aus conditions really well.

 

[biased indian]

South Africa news: Gary Kirsten popular choice for SA coach job | South Africa Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo

so there are 6+2 names in that list ...of that could see a couple coming into our selection list also..

interestingly Kirsten have not applied for the job but they have him still in the list

 

[Howe_zat]

I joked about Warne and Collingwood earlier but I seriously think Colly would make an excellent coach when he retires. Or even before then, as he's bound to have at least some backroom influence at Durham over the next couple of years.

 

[Spark]

I reckon of the modern day players, Murali and Dravid strike me as potentially fine coaches. Outstanding cricketers obviously but very level headed and with fine people skills to boot.

 

[vcs]

AWTA. Mussey as well.

 

[Kylez]

Greg Chappell.

 

[Himannv]

Anil Kumble