Its extremely funny how we cant handle a touch of mortality from the guys we attribute "Godhood" (?) or greatness too. We want Sachin to retire not because he isnt good enough to be in the team anymore (he definitely is) but because he isnt living up to the mental image we have of him. Because he isnt doing his ordained job of fulfilling our wet dreams. And now when he speaks out - in what is a completely rare occassion - about someone questioning his commitment to the team - mind you his commitment is questioned not form or capability and I would imagine that his commitment was one thing beyond any question - the moment he shows that he is a mortal too - we are saddened and shocked by his behavior.
Maybe the fault lies not just in the team/players/board/media/coach but also us? Is that worth a consideration?
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Confronting Reality
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Extremely rare - yes, but I think there are two shattered parties here. Unfortunately, in my opinion, both Sachin and Saurav have had very mediocre stints as players while Greg has been the coach. And I guess Greg has been misunderstood bigtime - by Saurav earlier, by Sachin and other senior players now (including, I believe Saurav Ganguly). And yet, the media has hounded him like no one's business. Sad but maybe it is indeed hard for us to accept criticism aimed at us.
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