Tuesday, April 1, 2008
IHF set to get a tight slap
For all their crazy ways of functioning and ill-treatment of a great like Ric Charlesworth, the Indian Hockey Federation top brass have got a good snub from the Aussie. A classic case of having received a dose of their own medicine.
The fact that Hockey Australia is keen to hire Charlesworth as the head coach of their men's team and the multifarious genius is willing to apply for the job is not a trivial issue. This clearly shows the disgust of the Aussie with the state of affairs in Indian hockey and his sense of urgency to run away from such a corroding system.
India's coach Joaquim Carvalho claimed that Charlesworth is dying to take over the charge of the men's team. And unfortunately his fellow Mumbaikar the great cricketer Sunil Gavaskar backed Carvalho saying the Aussie should work at the Indian's salary if he wanted to help India out.
But with his records as a player and a coach, Charlesworth would definitely take it as an offence to be compared to any Indian coach. And, strangely, why Gavaskar did not propose the BCCI to hire an Indian coach for Indian cricket team or pay Gary Kirsten on par with an Indian?
Considering Charlesworth's experience, expertise and credentials, it would be an offence for the Australian to be compared to any Indian coach.
Coming back to Charlesworth's possibility to go back to his homeland, it's most likely that the Aussie would prefer to work with Hockey Australia than sticking to the politicking Indian officials, who love to disrespect the legend.
The Australian has given enough indication that he would apply for the job and considering the fact that he was in the reckoning for it twice before, he stands a good chance to take over as the coach of his national men's team after the Olympics.
And that would be a tight slap on the Indian hockey bosses face. Of course, it is another thing whether the IHF guys take it as an embarrassment.
[Posted by Y]
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