we shall give this guy a chance before prediciting any thing, as he had been in national circuit of coaching for long time and i think he possess afc pro license in coaching which is also nice..... <!-- s:handgestures-fingerscrossed: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/handgestures/fingerscrossed.gif" alt=":handgestures-fingerscrossed:" title="Fingers Crossed" /><!-- s:handgestures-fingerscrossed: -->
Looks like the AIFF thinks that it doesnt matter which Tom Dick or Harry is coaching the national team as he will follow the directives of the TD. So let anyone be the coach.
But the fact is that when the team is playing a match, its the coach's acumen and strategy that matters the most. With due respect to Savio Madeira, AIFF should have taken the matter more seriously!
i just wonder why you guys are going harsh on aiff, when they are starting to clear the problem from the base.....
its simple question which is to be answered....
u want a strong pipeline for the national team(which shall be provided by the system which will be brought by TD) or a coach who has calibre to win us nehru cup/saff cup at maximum???
because aiff dont have so much money to get both the person at same time in current situation
i just wonder why you guys are going harsh on aiff, when they are starting to clear the problem from the base.....
its simple question which is to be answered....
u want a strong pipeline for the national team(which shall be provided by the system which will be brought by TD) or a coach who has calibre to win us nehru cup/saff cup at maximum???
because aiff dont have so much money to get both the person at same time in current situation
i know that what i said sounded harsh. its sad but true. i am glad aiff(under fifa+afc guidance) have understood the root cause of our rankings and are trying to mend it which highly appreciated by me
One can talk till one is blue in the face about what Indian football needs to do to have a bright future. People have banging about its myriad ills since the 1960s, the last time that future looked remotely promising. But the All India Football Federation executive committee is to be commended for at least codifying its vision for the local game at its powwow in New Delhi this week. The rejection at time of writing of a one-year contract by national men's coach Armando Colaco is certainly a hiccup (though he was well entitled to reject the prohibitive terms) but whatever negative impact that setback will have would in my view be compounded even more if the AIFF seals its deal with Dutchman Rob Baan to become technical director. As an Australian I can tell you Baan, who recently held that position with Football Federation Australia before being replaced by fellow Dutch national Han Berger, drew a significant pay packet but left a scant legacy while he was Down Under. Television analyst and former Socceroo Craig Foster famously attacked him in a thunderous editorial, saying Baan "lacks either the technical knowhow, the personality, or the passion and willingness to lead this country at a critical time for the game".
He went on: "Baan has proven he can coach at senior level [as stand-in coach he led the Socceroos to an impressive win over Nigeria in London] but as yet I see no evidence of a technician with in-depth knowledge of youth football, the very area we most need assistance on, and it is high time a panel of Australian football experts took a long hard look at the outcomes of his work." That was in February 2008, 14 months after Baan arrived in the country. By December that year he was gone. The substantive work would be done following his departure by his replacement, Berger, widely regarded as the principal author of the National Football Curriculum released in 2009, a document that, in the words of the FFA, forms a "blueprint for the quality and style of Australian football for the future and aims to significantly improve our skill levels" and "sets the basis for the development of all young players and coaches, whether at community or elite level".
To Baan's credit, though, he came up with the earlier National Football Development Plan in 2007, a strategic review of the way forward for the Australian game. However any suggestion that he was responsible for coming up with the idea of small-sided games (SSG) to junior football in Australia is fallacious. He implemented them. There was a push to begin SSG in a focused, national, methodical way well before the Dutchman arrived. It's worth bearing in mind Baan also appointed Graham Arnold as Olyroos coach, a dismal failure at Beijing 2008, and didn't fare much better with his other significant appointment, youth coach Jan Versleijen, who led Australia's Young Socceroos to ignominy at two successive U-20 FIFA World Cups, including a 5-1 shellacking by Spain this year in Colombia.
India should not be bewitched by the CV of this man, as Australia was. Only now is Australia starting to realise the folly of its flirtation with the so-called Dutch "coaching mafia" that rode on the coattails of the success of Guus Hiddink at the 2006 World Cup. Baan is prime among them. Unfortunately, however, horse trading in journeyman European coaches is rampant in Asia. And India, like Australia before it, is just another new frontier where the words "PSV Eindhoven" and "Eredivisie" make officials suspend their critical faculties and have them flapping with teen-like excitement. In my view, the AIFF can do a lot better than this much-travelled 68-year-old. The geography of technical brilliance in football long ago shifted from the Netherlands. It has moved on from the 1970s glories of Johan Cruyff and "total football". But so many coaching appointments in Asia don't adequately reflect this shift. India might not be a power in football, and this is plainly evident in its lowly world ranking. But being a minnow doesn't mean it has to sell itself short. The AIFF should reconsider.
It seems like we are wasting our money time and energy on Mr Baan
Well to be honest it is better than nothing, especially for India. Australia if my mind serves me well was already really good before Baan while India... well shit.
In all reality though if that article is true then why not give Baan the coaching job and maybe give Colin Toal the directing job. In my opinion Toal has been great with the youth teams and I think he already has a vision for India and the way we should be.
hmmm... I think the Australian expectations has been very high too, whereas in our case we are almost at bottom, so as they say, "From here we can only go up" <!-- s:handgestures-fingerscrossed: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/handgestures/fingerscrossed.gif" alt=":handgestures-fingerscrossed:" title="Fingers Crossed" /><!-- s:handgestures-fingerscrossed: -->
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But the fact is that when the team is playing a match, its the coach's acumen and strategy that matters the most. With due respect to Savio Madeira, AIFF should have taken the matter more seriously!
its simple question which is to be answered....
u want a strong pipeline for the national team(which shall be provided by the system which will be brought by TD) or a coach who has calibre to win us nehru cup/saff cup at maximum???
because aiff dont have so much money to get both the person at same time in current situation
Indian football’s woes will be compounded further if Baan joins
By Jesse Fink
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One can talk till one is blue in the face about what Indian football needs to do to have a bright future. People have banging about its myriad ills since the 1960s, the last time that future looked remotely promising. But the All India Football Federation executive committee is to be commended for at least codifying its vision for the local game at its powwow in New Delhi this week. The rejection at time of writing of a one-year contract by national men's coach Armando Colaco is certainly a hiccup (though he was well entitled to reject the prohibitive terms) but whatever negative impact that setback will have would in my view be compounded even more if the AIFF seals its deal with Dutchman Rob Baan to become technical director. As an Australian I can tell you Baan, who recently held that position with Football Federation Australia before being replaced by fellow Dutch national Han Berger, drew a significant pay packet but left a scant legacy while he was Down Under. Television analyst and former Socceroo Craig Foster famously attacked him in a thunderous editorial, saying Baan "lacks either the technical knowhow, the personality, or the passion and willingness to lead this country at a critical time for the game".
He went on: "Baan has proven he can coach at senior level [as stand-in coach he led the Socceroos to an impressive win over Nigeria in London] but as yet I see no evidence of a technician with in-depth knowledge of youth football, the very area we most need assistance on, and it is high time a panel of Australian football experts took a long hard look at the outcomes of his work." That was in February 2008, 14 months after Baan arrived in the country. By December that year he was gone. The substantive work would be done following his departure by his replacement, Berger, widely regarded as the principal author of the National Football Curriculum released in 2009, a document that, in the words of the FFA, forms a "blueprint for the quality and style of Australian football for the future and aims to significantly improve our skill levels" and "sets the basis for the development of all young players and coaches, whether at community or elite level".
To Baan's credit, though, he came up with the earlier National Football Development Plan in 2007, a strategic review of the way forward for the Australian game. However any suggestion that he was responsible for coming up with the idea of small-sided games (SSG) to junior football in Australia is fallacious. He implemented them. There was a push to begin SSG in a focused, national, methodical way well before the Dutchman arrived. It's worth bearing in mind Baan also appointed Graham Arnold as Olyroos coach, a dismal failure at Beijing 2008, and didn't fare much better with his other significant appointment, youth coach Jan Versleijen, who led Australia's Young Socceroos to ignominy at two successive U-20 FIFA World Cups, including a 5-1 shellacking by Spain this year in Colombia.
India should not be bewitched by the CV of this man, as Australia was. Only now is Australia starting to realise the folly of its flirtation with the so-called Dutch "coaching mafia" that rode on the coattails of the success of Guus Hiddink at the 2006 World Cup. Baan is prime among them. Unfortunately, however, horse trading in journeyman European coaches is rampant in Asia. And India, like Australia before it, is just another new frontier where the words "PSV Eindhoven" and "Eredivisie" make officials suspend their critical faculties and have them flapping with teen-like excitement. In my view, the AIFF can do a lot better than this much-travelled 68-year-old. The geography of technical brilliance in football long ago shifted from the Netherlands. It has moved on from the 1970s glories of Johan Cruyff and "total football". But so many coaching appointments in Asia don't adequately reflect this shift. India might not be a power in football, and this is plainly evident in its lowly world ranking. But being a minnow doesn't mean it has to sell itself short. The AIFF should reconsider.
Well to be honest it is better than nothing, especially for India. Australia if my mind serves me well was already really good before Baan while India... well shit.
In all reality though if that article is true then why not give Baan the coaching job and maybe give Colin Toal the directing job. In my opinion Toal has been great with the youth teams and I think he already has a vision for India and the way we should be.