Re: Whatmore tops Pakistan's wish list
I am beginning to rethink my support for Whatmore as India's coach. I mean what kind of Coach advises the Captain to bowl first on a track like in the just concluded Test Match. Also, his public moonlighting for India's job (though understandable in parts) has not been a great advertisement for his professionalism.
As far as the latest news about his being in the line to be Pak's coach, here's my theory : I think we can all agree that Whatmore's first choice is/was India...and I think his being the next Indian Coach was a done deal until a week ago...so he had outrightly rejected Pak's overtures. But something went awry in his negotiations with the Indian Board last week. Something seems to have made the Indian board rethink about him. Meanwhile, Whatmore - sensing that the India opportunity may be in jeopardy - has let the Pak board know that he has not totally closed the door on them. So he is back to being in the running for Pak's coach.
Of course, the above is purely my "theory".
No one can coach the Indian team.. Atleast the Pakistani team is good and bad- like everything else it has highs and lows but Indian team can't perform when's it needed most and once they lose badly like they did in the world cup, they silence everyone by winning against teams like Bangladesh/Zimbabwe. Dav Whatmore will be a failure as the Indian coach :) The players are soo lazy and unathletic that they can't even play carrom :D