An interesting incident in the Indian dressing room

[DomainK]

Read through the article to know what happened way back in 2002. I wonder if such situtations are common. Is it right to ask the coach to apologige? Is this a wrong method?

http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2006/aug/15shukla.htm

I per
sonally believe that the coach should not cross certain limits. Slapping or holding a player by the collar is not a wise way of making points. It can potentially spoil his relationship with the entire team.

[Colourful Chaddi]

Wow I didn't know this happend, Im suprised this news was not leaked into the media.

Im on Wrights side on this one, he was trying to take control and tell Sehwag that he can't go out and play rash shots. How many times have we seen players say after getting out to a bad shot, that they were playing their 'natural game'. Wright was ********** of at this and wanted Sehwag to take more responsibility, and this way of holding Sehwags collor and shouting at him tuaght him a lesson, after this incident he became a successful opener who took more responsibility in his batting, a perfect example of this is when he made 309 at Multan in Pakistan.

Good move by Wright I say.

[Mr Hutt]

err sounds daft of wright to me.... imagine if that wouldve been shahid afridi and not sehwag... i dont think wright would be walking that properly now hahahaha

[Colourful Chaddi]

Well then we should hail Sehwag for not leaking it into the media and not making a big fuss of the situation. Sehwag understood what Wright was trying to tell him, he learned from that and became a better batsman.

This is one of the reasons Afridi will never be able to challenge Sehwag as a batsman, because Afridi never wants to learn from his mistakes.

[vvvrulz]

Good on him, John Wright that is. Some of those boys need a bit of discipline, and this was probably the wake up call that Sehwag needed. Why should coaches be afraid of their players?

[batoutofhell]

very valid points vvrulz,i too feel when a player of his statur consistently makes similar mistakes needs to be taught lesson in a harder way(this reflects player's don't care attitude)

[Mongoose]

If a coach is good at his job he should never need to lay hands on a player. Words should be more than sufficient to get the message across. In my view, Wright's action show that at this point he had lost control, which is always a bad thing for anyone in a position of leadership or authority. I'm pretty certain Duncan Fletcher would not rough up an England player, but he can still be firm and get his point across.

The interesting bit I think is the way it was handled afterwards. It sounds like there were some sound decisions made by the team manager and Tendulkar, and it was skilfully defused. The fact that it has only come out now is testament to the successful handling of a difficult situation.

[Colourful Chaddi]

Mongoose, the Indian players are treated like Gods and superstars in India, most of them don't value the contribution of the coach and most of them believe they are more important than the coach. If Wright had talked to Sehwag, no message would have gone in his head, he would have just ignored Wright.

When Wright went up to Sehwag and held his coller, Wright showed him whos the boss.

[vvvrulz]

In that same book, Wright described his first training session with the boys. Apparently they hopped off the bus, a bunch of porters came and carried their gear in. And then they all sat down and were served tea and biscuits from servants.

And this is supposed to a training session?

Its no wonder Wright was trying to harden some of them up.

[batoutofhell]

it was the case always
this high treatemnt gives them the impression that they are above anyone in the country even above their seniors(past legends)and teachers(in this case the coach)
this slowly but steadily makes these plaers into a carefree players who don't care whether they win the match for india or not anyway they will served with lots of adverts
this was certain extent removed or cut by the current greg's coaching
these players definitely need some hardway of teaching when necesary(remember in england a player of cricket may not as hailed as a rooneys or beckam,that makes them always in the earth not thinking that they are the gods of sports)