Former Australia head coach John Buchanan talked about Dravid and said it’s too early to pass on any verdict on him as a coach. However, he claims that India will surely see the benefits of having Dravid as their head coach.
“Well, it’s only a very young career. It’s not even 12 months, is it? I don’t think. And like all coaches and all new regimes, it takes time for it to actually begin to unfold, but I think Dravid is a very intelligent person, a very good communicator. Huge amount of experience in international cricket works very well with everybody. So I just think over time, I think you will really see the benefits of Rahul Dravid as head coach of India,” Buchanan told News18 CricketNext at the sidelines of Legends League Cricket.
With multiple captains in a single year, many feel it’s not good for a team as the coach has to deal with different personalities on new series which might pull him back to executing his plans.
Buchanan, who guided Australia to 2003 and 2007 ODI World Cup titles, has a different take on it as he feels having multiple leaders in the squad gave an advantage to the team to harness more knowledge.
“Not necessarily when I was coach, I really enjoyed that there were so many captains in the room or potential captains in the room. Because that meant that they had some very, very good ideas about how they wanted to game it would, whether you are a captain. So I think it can be a real advantage provided that you can harness that knowledge. And I think that’s what I was just saying about, I think he’s, Dravid’s that style coach. Be able to do that,” he added.
