To MK Kaushik- Indian Hockey Team Coach

Dear Kaushik Saheb,
It's nice to see that you have been appointed the chief of the national team. No hesitation in expressing the fact that I wanted to see Ric Charlesworth in this hot seat but Ric's departure is history now.
You and Ric have teamed up well in your Women’s Hockey assignment.You have been a person who has been very open to making use of Ric Charlesworth’s expertise.
By the same token, I hope you remember, according to him, the mistakes that we have been committing.I quote a few related to Hockey, on field, per say:
1) Indian hockey cannot run on anecdotes, there has to be some reality.
2) The first thing they should do is to accept their mistakes and not make excuses and then go about rectifying the grey areas.
3) India may do well in a one-off tournament in 2009. Everyone will feel happy for a while. But sustainable results? No, that’s not going to happen.
4) All the support staff of the team needs to have a proper contract.
You have agreed, in principle, to be the coach till Commonwealth Games 2010. I wonder if you genuinely felt the need for a contract.

I know that may not be much in your control. However, I am moved by one of your statements by you yesterday.
Going back in time, I have read each and every page of your book 'The Golden Boot'.
I am 100% sure that you will be aware where you went wrong in the whole episode.
1) You attempted to take up a role that wasn't given to you - Selector.
2) You attempted to take up political issues of players with the Federation; a Federation that had already turned hostile to you.
Whereas, it is entirely understandable that a coach cannot work if certain players who fall in scheme of things are not taken in the team, but the fact remains until and unless a Coach is in the Selection Committee there is very little he can do in this arena.
Now, after your appointment, you say "if the Tirkeys or Thakur perform well, they can make it to the team."
Here are my questions to you:
1) On what basis, are you guaranteeing them a place if they perform well? Are you in the Selection Committee? Who will judge, after all, whether they are perform well or not? You, Selection Committee or the media?
2) Is it in your defined role to comment on who or who cannot make it to the team?
3) Couldn't your answer, to the 48 probable related question, have been: you are not a Selection Committee member?
My polite word of caution is what the Great India Epic, Geeta, says: Concentrate on the work that has been given to you.
Easier said than done; I agree.
However if you are successful, you can set a precedent to the next generation of coaches to maintain professionalism at work.
To sum it, I have faith in your capabilities as a Chief Coach and I watch keenly as to how the Indian team shapes up from where it is now.
Last but not the least; I quote a line from your book: "I am only for the game of hockey, not for politics".