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An Indian Coach Would Have Been Sacked If He Spoke As Houghton Did - Subhash Bhowmick
While East Bengal coach Subhash Bhowmick isn’t in favour of long tours of the national team, he believes that each coach has his own philosophy...
27-Jun-2009 8:31:02 AM
The Indian
national team left for Dubai and Spain for more than a month long training camp
and exposure trip last evening. Recently, Indian national team coach Bob
Houghton mentioned that they had tried for a camp between the I-League and that
it didn’t work out well as they would have liked and hence, preferred the
longer camps.
Speaking to Goal.com, Subhash Bhowmick said, “The concept of having long coaching camps for the national teams has passed away. No national team has such long national camps.
“A camp for about one or two months is good for the age group sides as it will give them a good exposure.
“Do these long camps help? Every coach has his own philosophy and it’s the results which will determine its success or failure.”
Bob Houghton spoke his mind out in a recent media address as he gave vent to his frustrations with the system and the people who run football in India. One of the best Indian strikers of all time, Bhowmick felt that if similar thoughts would have been echoed by an Indian coach, he would have been sacked by now.
“If any Indian coach would have said the same, I will say that his chair would have been gone by now,” said Bhowmick, thus sparking off the Indian versus foreign coaches debate.
“Houghton is partly right as well as there is no infrastructure in the country. I would have told this the day, I would have joined as the coach and not after three years,” added Bhowmick.
‘Bhombal’, as he is famously known as amongst the Kolkata football faithful, also opined on the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) on not to award the ‘Certificate of Competence’ to several coaches of the I-League clubs. One of the criteria’s for India to qualify for the AFC Champions League is that the coaches of the I-League have the ‘A’ coaching licence.
“At the age of 60, I do not care about this. I’ll do the coaching, if someone wants me to, or else sit at home.
“It’s just old wine in a new bottle. These rules are rubbish and who knows when these courses do happen. “
Bhowmick also indirectly took a dig at Stanley Rosario, by stating that acquiring the ‘A’ licence doesn’t always guarantee success.
“My club had an ‘A’ licence coach and they had to get rid of him. It’s funny that top class coaches across the world don’t have licences. The Premier League is professional and Sir Alex Ferguson doesn’t have a licence, nor does Maradona,” added Bhowmick.
On a concluding note, Bhowmick made an interesting point on the job of coaching and what it means.
“You cannot be a teacher just by doing the teachers training course, can you? It’s good to have a degree but it’s not the requirement. I don’t waste my energy on such matters. At the end of the day, it’s the results which matter for every coach in the world.”
Rahul Bali.
Speaking to Goal.com, Subhash Bhowmick said, “The concept of having long coaching camps for the national teams has passed away. No national team has such long national camps.
“A camp for about one or two months is good for the age group sides as it will give them a good exposure.
“Do these long camps help? Every coach has his own philosophy and it’s the results which will determine its success or failure.”
Bob Houghton spoke his mind out in a recent media address as he gave vent to his frustrations with the system and the people who run football in India. One of the best Indian strikers of all time, Bhowmick felt that if similar thoughts would have been echoed by an Indian coach, he would have been sacked by now.
“If any Indian coach would have said the same, I will say that his chair would have been gone by now,” said Bhowmick, thus sparking off the Indian versus foreign coaches debate.
“Houghton is partly right as well as there is no infrastructure in the country. I would have told this the day, I would have joined as the coach and not after three years,” added Bhowmick.
‘Bhombal’, as he is famously known as amongst the Kolkata football faithful, also opined on the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) on not to award the ‘Certificate of Competence’ to several coaches of the I-League clubs. One of the criteria’s for India to qualify for the AFC Champions League is that the coaches of the I-League have the ‘A’ coaching licence.
“At the age of 60, I do not care about this. I’ll do the coaching, if someone wants me to, or else sit at home.
“It’s just old wine in a new bottle. These rules are rubbish and who knows when these courses do happen. “
Bhowmick also indirectly took a dig at Stanley Rosario, by stating that acquiring the ‘A’ licence doesn’t always guarantee success.
“My club had an ‘A’ licence coach and they had to get rid of him. It’s funny that top class coaches across the world don’t have licences. The Premier League is professional and Sir Alex Ferguson doesn’t have a licence, nor does Maradona,” added Bhowmick.
On a concluding note, Bhowmick made an interesting point on the job of coaching and what it means.
“You cannot be a teacher just by doing the teachers training course, can you? It’s good to have a degree but it’s not the requirement. I don’t waste my energy on such matters. At the end of the day, it’s the results which matter for every coach in the world.”
Rahul Bali.
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