Nice dig and I think I voiced this a few times.
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What Team India really needs is a manager. In other words, a man who can manage star-player egos. Till the game got obscenely wealthy and high-tech, this role was usually played without fuss or hype by an Indian ex-cricketer who went by the job-title of "manager." And his skills were tested largely on foreign tours.
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Let's face the truth. Whether it's a World Cup match or an NBA playoff game, it's the players who win it or lose it - not the coach. He is, at best, a facilitator.
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Its the players who win matches and not the coach. Australia is a great team because of their players not because of John Buchanan. I am sure if some else would have coached them they would still have faired the same. On the contrary Chappell failed to manage the egos of the star players and his self ego clashed with theirs and it got reflected in Team India's performance.
I am happy that India is going to England without a formal coach and just a manager and whose egos will not clash with that of the players.