Guru Greg Goes…!!!
Greg Chappel Resigns!
Few unnamed Seniors didn’t like him. Only one person liked him, apart from juniors whose careers he had molded – That is Greg Chappel for you. He tried to get professionalism out of players who have never ever been professional!
Sachin said, “I’ve given my heart and soul to Indian cricket for 17 years. No coach has ever mentioned, even in passing, that my attitude was not correct.”
Kumble said, “His coaching style might have raised insecurity”.
Ganguly said, “He wanted me to resign captaincy” (after a painful 100 against Zimbabwe)
A Sachin Tendulkar never looked good after World Cup 2003, and yet no one criticized him except few thorough professional…Sanjay Manjrekar, Greg (if he did) and Ian Chappel (he did right). Unfortunately, they were all doing in a country that will not take their Gods to be offended, even if Gods were wrong.
Most Indians would feel that he going is a huge relief for India. But that only leaves the story half said. No body will now blame BCCI for being rich, even though its team hasn’t won single tournament outside Asia in 22 years. No one will have the guts to ask a captain to resign, if he isn’t playing well and yet his team is winning. He was that sort of character.
Rahul Dravid and people like me who support Indian cricket will be disappointed. But nothing will change. BCCI will remain BCCI. Sachin will remain Sachin. Ganguly will remain Ganguly. No body will be bothered about tournament wins and exact reasons behind losses.
But only few will realize what Greg Chappel tried to do, in a place where no tried that. He called a spade a spade.
In the end this is what he said, “Firstly, I would like to extend my thanks to the BCCI for allowing me the honour of coaching the Indian cricket team over the past 22 months. It is, and it remains, one of the most challenging coaching positions in world cricket.”
I am grateful to the players with whom I have worked in this time for the challenges that they presented me with and which I tried to meet in a professional, methodical and interesting way in the interests of the team and the individual.”