Tuesday, July 15, 2008

IOA plans interviews for Indian Hockey Coach

Indian Olympics Association (IOA),which has been taking care of the dissolved Indian Hockey Federation(IHF), has announced that it will conduct 'walk-in' interviews for coaches for Indian Hockey team.
This step, I feel, should bring in some appreciation from the Hockey intelligensia.
What it means?
It means that from hereonwards, coaches will not be appointed/dropped at the whims and fantasies of the adminstrators. This, I feel, is a step towards a process oriented approach. How transparently process is implemented comes later on.
Atleast, the people who apply for the post will have to think before they apply for the post. Also, there will be more transparency as to who are the front runners for the post. Moreover, the administrators will have point out 'logical points' why they chose one and rejected others.

Overall, I welcome this step and see it the begining of:
1) Transparency
2) Process oriented approach
3) Better accountability from both sides - the administrators and the coaches.
Contract system is something that I wait for as this good news sinks in....

2 comments:

HOCKENOMIC said...

GUPTAJI very good write up ...
brilliant idea by IOA
my wish would be
1.at the first place they should interview the ad hoc committee and ask for their report and the plan of action for the future
2.SAI...are they accountable for anything at all ...govt spends a lot of money but IS the IOA ever bothered to get any kind of feedback that why we failed in hockey or any other sport..we are not able to compete at world level at all..
interview SAI also PLEASE..
3.about coach being interviewed i wonder what will be the questions
or the process of selection lets wait and watch.
When we have a great coach in RIC i don't understand at all, they trying for other people ..why don't they give what he wants ..

My doubt is whether anybody in IOA or SAI aware what are the expectations of a world class coach..or what makes a coach to be world class!
HOCKENOMIC...

HOCKENOMIC said...

GUPTAJI very good write up ...
brilliant idea by IOA
my wish would be
1.at the first place they should interview the ad hoc committee and ask for their report and the plan of action for the future
2.SAI...are they accountable for anything at all ...govt spends a lot of money but IS the IOA ever bothered to get any kind of feedback that why we failed in hockey or any other sport..we are not able to compete at world level at all..
interview SAI also PLEASE..
3.about coach being interviewed i wonder what will be the questions
or the process of selection lets wait and watch.
When we have a great coach in RIC i don't understand at all, they trying for other people ..why don't they give what he wants ..

My doubt is whether anybody in IOA or SAI aware what are the expectations of a world class coach..or what makes a coach to be world class!