Both are accountable, but a coach cannot be unless he has freedom, for he is an artist and his team a creation. Stanislav Lapidus had plans, but in 2010 roughly 5 per cent were implemented. Which makes it impossible to judge him. It frustrates experts; this kind of treatment led Indian hockey coach Richard Charlesworth, the great Australian, to walk out and his successor, José Brasa from Spain, to dramatically tell The Times of India: ‘I have lost. Your system has won. I tried my best to change it. I pleaded, I cried, I did everything. But it won’t budge.’ The federation officials cannot be
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