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This is an archive article published on December 21, 2003
Buch8217;s letter, Indian coaches
8216;It won8217;t motivate the team8217; 8226;I don8217;t think such things work. By sending such letters he8217;s just insulting the...
December 21, 2003 12:00 AM IST
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8216;It won8217;t motivate the team8217;
8226;I don8217;t think such things work. By sending such letters he8217;s just insulting the players. I don8217;t know what his intentions are but such actions don8217;t motivate a team. I won8217;t do such a thing. The best thing to do when a team is down is to sit with them and sort out the problem areas.
MK Kaushik
Indian women8217;s hockey team coach
8216;It was direct, I love it8217;
8226;I love what John did to his players. And the best thing about it is he John didn8217;t go to the press nor did he involve any officials. His was a direct approach and that8217;s also my style. The players should understand that a sweet-talking coach is no good for them, they should take his comments in their stride. Of course this is a tricky situation and there will be players who wouldn8217;t like this but as a coach he has done the right thing.
Subhash Bowmick
East Bengal coach
8226;I8217;m not sure if this would have worked in India but I certainly see it working in Australia. When I first heard about it I was a bit shocked, but my second thoughts were different. Buchanan would only say such things if he is sure that his team will react positively. But that8217;s an Aussie approach; had a coach said such things in India half the team would have stopped playing cricket. The Aussies are equipped to deal with such pressures.
Anshuman Gaekwad 8216;This could backfire8217;
8226;Criticising players or their attitude doesn8217;t work. If I was coach I would have told the players that the rivals India were better in this Test and there are still two more Tests to go and they should avoid repeating mistakes and fight back. The Aussies have just lost one Test and that also after so many years, this is no crisis so the player8217;s don8217;t need to be blasted as this could backfire.
Sreedharan
Former Indian coach
Indian volleyball coach
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