Too early, to deep in: Wright

8220;I always looked at it this way 8212; the team was selected for me, whoever that was, with a captain, with players. You didn8217;t get a vote on selection but my job was to ensure that as coach they were prepared and performed to the best of their ability,8221; he said.

8220;It was almost like performance coaching and I hope we made some progress over the four years I was there.8221;

Wright said he hoped Chappell would succeed in taking the Indian team 8220;a little bit further8221;. 8220;In any team situation there are always issues 8212; sometimes personal, sometimes performance. You want Greg to come on and hopefully he8217;ll take it that little bit further. He8217;ll obviously do it in his own style8230; may be different from what I used. It8217;s a process,8221; he said.

He also said that during his stint there were times when his opinion was not always appreciated by the players.

8220;I8217;ve always tried to be very honest with the players and at times the players don8217;t appreciate that,8221; said Wright who helped India win series against Australia and Pakistan as also to a final berth in the 2003 World Cup.

Wright said Indians were an extremely passionate lot when it came to cricket and that made coaching a challenging job.