ToI: Brasa spells out conditions for becoming coac
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Times of India: Brasa spells out conditions for becoming coach
NEW DELHI: Spaniard Jose Brasa on Saturday spelt out the terms and conditions for becoming India’s hockey coach. He had put it in black and white
to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), underscoring the appointment of a highly qualified physiotherapist and trainer.
Brasa also insisted on a fixed tenure, till at least the 2012 London Olympics.
The Spaniard rounded-off his three-day visit to Delhi by broadly hinting at the steps needed to rejuvenate Indian hockey.
“I have listed everything, from remuneration and the support staff to technical equipment required to do a perfect job,” he said before leaving for home Saturday night.
The IOA ad hoc committee will go through Brasa’s wishlist before going to the Department of Sports for approval.
“The IOA officials said that I should wait for their e-mail,” said Brasa.
“I would need a qualified physical trainer and a physiotherapist either from Spain or any other country. The officials agreed that it would be difficult to find qualified physios and trainers in India. The players need to be imparted scientific training and I have already made a presentation on that.”
The coach said the rest of the team like assistant coaches and strategists can be from India.
“I am ready to work with whoever the Indian hockey officials choose. I have a great respect for the Indian expertise in hockey and I will be too happy to take their inputs.”
“My idea of asking a tenure till 2012 Olympics is that the kind of work I am visualising cannot be done in a short time.”
About the pay package and perks, Brasa reiterated that he was not looking at it as a major factor in the deal.
“It (money) is not a concern at all. I have told the IOA officials that I am more interested in having a proper system and homogeneous people to work with.”
“Going by the way the meetings have gone through, I am positive I will get an opportunity to work with the Indian hockey team,” he signed off.
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It is really bull shit statement made by the IOA officials saying that there are no qualified trainers and Physios in India.. For your information it is a customary feeling among our Indians that we depend more on the ‘whiteman’ and we do not have faith on our own Indians.. For your information, the Indian trainers have done well in the past namely during Dr. Saju Joseph’s time in 1998 we did win 1998 Asian Games after 32 years. Mr. Sampath did proud by winning the Junior World Cup, Asian championship, Afro Asian games and so on.. Mr. Mathai another trainer did well for Azlanshah cup in 2008 and Mr. Prasad as stated by former national coach Carvalho did well again in Asia cup in Chennai.. Our Women hockey won 2002 Commonwealth Games…So are our Physical trainers bad?? What have the foreign coaches and experts done so far? Was it not our own coaches and trainers brought them up to this level? The IOA officias are just a basket of shit… they do not know what is happening to sports in our country and devlopmen behind it.. Mind you that our Indian Doctors and physios have excelled and are recognized much more in foreign countries such as in USA and UK than anyother country doctors and physios…Jose Brasa wants “homegeneous people to work with”…at the same time requests for trainers and physios from Spain or other country? If it is from other country – how does he know that the physios and trainers belong to the homogeneous group? Then he will also find fault with our players also by saying that they are not homogeneous group – as they are from different states, speak different language, culture, etc,.. basically Brasa want to monopolize Indian hockey by bringing his own people… We have already seen in reality with Rasch the German coach…I am sure we are going to plunge down further if this kind of people are brought in ….