Every One wants
to win ~ the expectation itself puts pressure on people. Captain is as good as his team is !! ~ though
lot could change with the approach of the leader. Being a leader is a complex job. There are subtle nuances of marshaling the
available forces rightly and at right time.
On the field we have seen genius ice-cool and people who react – there
have been Captains who would talk to the bowler ball after ball, change the
field settings once too often and express anger and dismay at once. It is a harsh reality that in the Competitive
environment, boiling cauldron, there is less and less discretionary time. Captaincy and Coaching are
therefore, unique type of working relationship that can have significant
impact on developing the independent problem-solving capabilities into team
efforts. One should not be thinking and
planning too much, that may fail,
because the game happens too quickly. The key is preparation, one cannot rely
on empirical data or experience all the time – one has to hear to instincts too
!!!
In between
heard of - William Stephen Belichick ? In
olden days, only those who struggled in the classroom would go for private
tuitions; for others the class room deliverance was quite enough to
succeed. With years, the concept changed
– now a days, coaching is seen as an effective tool for optimizing efficiency. One need to be a good coach – need not have
the best of the abilities in the field and need not have succeeded at the top
is another theory. By a natural corollary, talent and success as a player do
not necessarily make a good coach – and so many are
writing about India losing a nice person as Coach as Anil Kumble makes his exit
.. the Q is whether he delivered and not whether he was a nice gentleman ?
My heart was always for Ivan Lendl, the immensely talented impeccable
player machine – whether he was a good coach ? – Andy Murray broke … and hired
a new coach …. Australian tennis player
Marinko 'Mad Dog' Matosevic slammed the game
and said he would never copy Andy Murray, in his new hired coach. Matosevic, who is world No.60, beat
ninth-seed Croatian Marin Cilic in an opening-round 6-4 6-4 upset win at the
Queen's Club Aegon Championship in London and If
you are wondering what the hype of the new coach was all about – it did raise
many eyebrows when Andy Murray announced Amelie Mauresmo as his new coach,
ahead of his Wimbledon defence. Amelie
Mauresmo won the women's singles title at Wimbledon and Australian Open in 2006 and as a grass court specialist was seen as the ideal coach to help Murray retain
the Wimbledon crown
New Zealand coach Mike
Hesson has done more to show that a paucity of playing experience need not be a
barrier to a plum coaching job. His coaching journey had began accidentally as he
was offered a contract for a club in Cambridgeshire in England on the condition
that he was involved in coaching too.
Kenya provided Hesson's international job when he was hired after the
2011 World Cup. Only 11 months later he resigned, fearing for his family's
security after his family fell victim to an attempted car-jacking and a grenade
exploded near their house in Nairobi. When John Wright quit as New Zealand
coach in 2012, Hesson became one of the few full-time coaches of a Test nation
not to have played a single first-class match.
Down under John Michael "Mickey" Arthur, a South African cricketer hit a controversy
axing - Shane Watson, James Pattinson,
Mitchell Johnson and Usman Khawaja purportedly for failing to give a powerpoint
presentation on how they could improve following their embarrassing innings
defeat in the second Test.
The furore is on Anil
Kumble stepping down from his position
after a widely-speculated feud with captain Virat Kohli, marking a bitter end
to a highly successful tenure. "The
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirms that Anil Kumble has
withdrawn his services as the post of the Head Coach for the Senior India Men’s
team," said the BCCI in a statement.
"While the Cricket Advisory Committee had endorsed an extension to
his tenure as Head Coach, Anil Kumble has decided not to continue as the
coach," read the statement further.
Anil Kumble conceded that
a fallout with captain Virat Kohli was the reason behind his decision to resign
as India's cricket coach, claiming that their partnership had become
"untenable" despite attempts to resolve the misunderstandings. Kumble's
decision to step down came just two days after India's embarrassing loss to
Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final.
On a different plane, Anil Kumble’s decision to not seek an extension as
India coach seems to have displeased the BCCI’s advisory committee too. This
body comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman is of the
opinion that since their choice can’t be appointed coach because of objections
from the Captain, they might be forced to think of not consulting him or other
players before selecting the new candidate. The advisory committee might have
been miffed by the fact that their efforts have been undermined along with
their choice.
To some this sets a
precedent that has no parallel in India’s cricket history. Some other report
suggests that a section of the BCCI was unhappy with his involvement in matters
like pay revision and participation in Champions Trophy.
Every game has its charm ~
Ivan Lendl, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble would look madly methodical; you always have
Viv Richards, Sehwag, John Mcenroe and
more - the debate would live : is it
natural talent or right technique shaped by coaching ! – which will succeed –
there can never be a right answer. BCCI has dallied with foreign coaches with
different results….. first it was the New Zealand left hander John Wright in
2000 and India enjoyed a remarkable winning percentage of over 40 in Test
cricket, winning 21 out of 52. In
2012, Joe Dawes – Who ? replaced
Eric Simons becoming somebody who never bowled at an International
level, bowling coach.
There have been times when
Coaches rather than suggesting tips for improving the game and approach, try a new ball game and players instead of
improving get hurt !! …. Cricketers have twisted their foot playing football a
day before the match…. Here is one
interesting anecdote read in Indian Express.
During a period
of play between India and Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy semifinals, Sourav
Ganguly and Virender Sehwag engaged in what looked like extempore,
giggle-inducing, full-on banter. The discussion revolved around who was the
better runner between the wickets. Ganguly, who brought elaborate stats
centered around running between the wickets, even accused Sehwag of spreading
lies.
“Sourav
Ganguly’s singles percentage was 36 and Virender Sehwag’s was 24,” he said
looking at the on-screen graphics. “And you are criticising my ability to run
between wickets?”
Sehwag was quick
with a riposte. “... These stats show your single singles percentage, not your
ability to convert ones into twos and twos into threes. You never had a problem
taking a single after hitting to fine-leg, third-man etc.”
That got the
southpaw’s goat. “... You still have to give an interview in front of me.” A
putdown from Ganguly, a member of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) tasked
with selecting the coach, reminding his once opening partner about who held the
aces. But Sehwag’s reply in itself was interesting. For starters, it wasn’t the
cartoon character we are usually treated to on social media.
Still,
whether the swashbuckler Sehwag would become a great Coach ? ~ and it certainly
would not be his batting abilities that would make him succeed and by the same
yardstick, there is no credit in being a gentleman or achiever with the ball,
but the coaching ability should the yardstick.
A Coach must take the Team and its Captain alongwith him to succeed.
William
Stephen Belichick, is an American
football coach, head coach of the New
England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the head coach of the
Cleveland Browns and reportedly is the highest paid Coach. A story often told
about Belichick is that he refers to every member of the Patriots organization
as a “shareholder.” And being a shareholder, Belichick has said, translates
into having “an opportunity to show positive leadership or negative
leadership.” In other words, values don’t belong to the organization; they are
the property of each individual and are held collectively. The business
corollary here is “organizational identification”—meaning how readily people
identify with their organizations.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar.
21st June 2017.
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