Greg Chappel was an abject failure when he coached South Australia before he went to India. It was his only coaching job and heaven only knows what possessed the BCCI that made them hire Chappell - utter madness! There are those that can do and there are those who can teach. Chappell definitely ain't one of the latter.

Dear Budhaditya..........fiest of all let me beg your aplogy before commenting on your views, because Iam a person who considers the Chapell-Dravid regime as the golden era in Indian cricket. Chapell may be a villian we all hate, because he has this bad habit of telling anything bravely at the face without the slightest fear, be it the the sensitive Indian media and cricket fans or the demi-gods in the team. He doesnt know to bitch behind people's backs. All his policies only had good intentions of taking Indian cricket to a higher level. I have been criticized heavily by even the closest of my friends in the past several times for saying these things. But Iam still sure..........a bunch of talented, obedient and young Indian team, with Chapell as the coach can overthrow the Aussie domination in the game forever

Thanks Budhaditya for your views. You are right, Aussie are deadly against the Indian Cricket because of the revenue we are generating. I can't accept Thomas Josey views that Chappel -Dravid regime is golden era. Ganguly regime is fitted to be called as golden were we levelled the series in Australia and won one in Pakistan. Chappel, in fact, misled the Indians with his tactics and in fact his regime is dark one expect one or two youngers coming out. He try to demolition Yuvaraj Singh's confidence.

You don't need to apologise to differ on views, chief :) See, I would say this much, we hardly won anything of note... Matchwinners suddenly became nobodys, Zak, Viru, Harbhajan, Pathan.. Not one good player was brought forth. Venuopal, Raina, Powar, VRV were given too many chances and came a cropper. Fact is that Chappell has not been even approached by any international team for being a coach

The analysis done is highly emotional and not rational. This is typical of our culture. When we get carried away, we want to lynch everyone we suspect. Greg Chappell definitely had good vision and intention. But he lacked the exposure and understanding of our culture and system. We produce stars. But the system does not produce them. In Australia, the system itself is like a star. Even an average player there is of high standard. Greg came from that system. He was inexperienced in handling a different system. It was not apparent until he stepped into the shoes. The selctors at that time and Greg Chappel did work on a plan to groom youth. Dhoni, Gambhir, Sreesanth etc are products of that effort. Some efforts misfire. Pathan is an example. May be Greg tried to do too many things in a short time. I am glad that he set Ganguly right. In the final analysis, if we have to stand up to the Aussies in the long run, we need to emulate their system. The only way it can be done is by bringing their people in and lettin

Greg Chappel does not even deserve this discussion which we are having right now. He is an absolute hypocrite - as rightly pointed out by Budha, why should he even think about coming back to a 'racist'country and that too employed by the same employer who tried to 'downplay and cover up' an attack on Chappel, thereby undermining his importance? And thomas, the golden period of Indian cricket was not Dravid-Chappel period, but infact Ganguly-Wright era. I respect your opinion, but perhaps a little perspective would help in forming a more non partisan opinion. John Wright showed why we should have a foreign coach, Chappel showed why we shouldnt. retrospectively the only good thing Chappel did is push SCG out of the team, only because ganguly returned stronger, better and fitter.

Akshay Nair asks why Chappell calls Indians racist and works in India after that. Many Indians call treatment from the British as racist and yet line up in front of the British embassies. India is a democratic nation with freedom of expression. Just because Chappell said something about racial attack, it does not make us all racists. Chappell is back in India to help out for long term. I welcome many more Australian cricketers to India to help shape India's cricket future. They have accomplished their goal of producing a consistent and well performing team. And if they come to other countries to help others, it must be welcomed and not side tracked.

Quote : Survival says "...Akshay Nair asks why Chappell calls Indians racist and works in India after that. Many Indians call treatment from the British as racist and yet line up in front of the British embassies. India is a democratic nation with freedom of expression. Just because Chappell said something about racial attack, it does not make us all racists..." Huh ??? See my comment..notice the word racist is written as 'racist' ...Well, Mr Survival or who ever you are, thats supposed to mean that Im quoting someone, in this case - Chappell. DUUUH ???!! I dont need to clarify but let me tell all that just like any other Indian , I too certainly dont believe that India is a racist country.

1) This analysis was not emotional. 2) Chappell failed to back even one good player. 3) Dhoni was brought in by the Wright-SG duo, ahead of Parthiv against Pak in 2005 and he scored 148 to announce himself. 4) Focus on youth would have meant getting guys like Sehwag, Zaheer, Yuvraj, Harbhajan, Pathan. ALl these players were again not brought by GC but SCG and Wright. 5) GC being inexperienced in handling the Indian system is rubbish. Wright was not an Indian citizen for 50 years before he took over.

Hi Budha, I appreciate your facts on GC. However, if we are all interested in upgrading Indian cricket's standard to the next level, our infrastructure and cultural attitude has to change. We breed effigy-burning mind set. It is very difficult for anyone, captain or coach to survive. We need to look at the Aussie system and see what is different and how to absorb it. Sports is played very professionally over there. India now has the money to fund a change. And it needs the help of people from a well tested system to take it to the next level. We should be a little tolerant of talented Aussies and let them do their work. I do not advocate turning a blind eye. But I recommend not blowing things out of proportion.