Considering everything, Ganguly would be one of the very best choice as head coach. Many have already pointed out the positives. Regardless how he coaches he will very less likely to do the following:
1. Wrong decision at Toss: it happened too many times, and even cost us Tests
2. Not able to understand the pitch: happened very frequently as of late at home
3. Not playing according to our strength: even when we play spinners, our strength, we fail to play the right kind or right spinner. We sideline the best spinner just because he is SLA!
4. Not able to identify the talent: This is where he strength comes, he is capabale of picking the right talend, by thinking outside the box. If he was the coach we would have couple of unexpected addition in the team right now, such as Taijul: new but effective.
5. Poor Captaincy: Gosh only Ganguly was around! We will see dramatic improvement here
6. Batting and Bowling: He is almost an alrounder. He has done it, proved it. He will identify the problems well and should be able to at least give right advice and tell the "lost/out of form" player what to do. He has the experience and he trained under some great coaches in his life. So those who think he never coached: well at least he very well trained. And I see his as a very good teacher to begin with.
7. Poor Gameplan: An area we are suffering the most. He is smart and has the right experience. As a captain he single handedly led his team to victories through his smart on and off field decisions and gameplans.
The list goes on. Just his presence around the team, brings so many positives.
He is definitely one of the best choices out there for this "lost" team. BCB should bring him on board.
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