11-28-2006, 10:42 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-kartiksri+Nov 28 2006, 10:28 AM-->QUOTE(kartiksri @ Nov 28 2006, 10:28 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->If Dravid is the man in charge why doesn't he assert himself. I dont see Dravid really has any clue about these things, nor can he explain them. I'm sure if it was the old Ganguly, then he would have wrangled to get his side in, then he would stand by it and die by it, he would have fought to get a few practice matches in, who knows he would have influenced the pitch makers in South Africa to be kind to the Indians (you know during the series in Pakistan and Australia, you heard the incredulous voices of the Paki and Aussie commentators as to why pitches suiting the Indians were made), in short everything that is required to win. You can always complain of biased selection policies, lack of good pitches at home, messed up domestic set up, and that in the long term all these needs to change and improve, <b>but in the short term you got to win</b>. And how to get that done is mainly the captain's job. H has to figure it out how to do it. Tomorrow Dravid cannot say that I selected a particular team because Chappel wanted it so. We don't want to wait for another two years, when Dravid+Chappel get India to win matches, their experiments start working, we want them to win now, for we watch each and every match of India, expecting them to win.
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Look, maybe I sound unkind towards Dravid, but it only regards his role as a captain. I don't think we want him off captaincy immediately, but it all depend on whether he is learning. The track record of him as a captain is poor, but if he shows signs of learning these things then it is okay, he can be given time. But he has to realise that he has to start using his mind. Captaincy is not about patting your players back, giving some tips to succeed and stand by and think that he will succeed. The best thing about Ganguly is that he took to captaincy as duck to water, he realised the different complexities with which to contend with. My boss tells me that a leader has to find order in the midst of chaos. Chaos is given, no use complaining about it, you got to have a strategy, a way of operation to contend it. Right now Dravid has none, but if he realises that what is lacking and starts to seek, then it is okay. Of course we will not know about it now, but only over the next few months.
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Look, maybe I sound unkind towards Dravid, but it only regards his role as a captain. I don't think we want him off captaincy immediately, but it all depend on whether he is learning. The track record of him as a captain is poor, but if he shows signs of learning these things then it is okay, he can be given time. But he has to realise that he has to start using his mind. Captaincy is not about patting your players back, giving some tips to succeed and stand by and think that he will succeed. The best thing about Ganguly is that he took to captaincy as duck to water, he realised the different complexities with which to contend with. My boss tells me that a leader has to find order in the midst of chaos. Chaos is given, no use complaining about it, you got to have a strategy, a way of operation to contend it. Right now Dravid has none, but if he realises that what is lacking and starts to seek, then it is okay. Of course we will not know about it now, but only over the next few months.