Buchanan - Will he be shown the door?

What are emotions that you feel when you think about Shahrukh in the context of IPL? If I ask this to the people from Bengal, I am sure the answer I will get is 'Anger', 'Anger' and 'Anger'. But I pity him. Just imagine how he feels when he sees his dreams being shattered, his team being thrashed on the field and all over the media his decision to allow Buchanan to make his team the gueanea pig for his experiments, ridiculed. He still has to smile, show 'Thumbs Up' to the spectators and put up a brave face in front of the camera. Every time he hears his teams theme song 'Korbo, Lorbo Jitbo re', it must be gut wrenching for him. Can he exert his influence on the media moguls and take all the advertisements involving his Galant Knight Riders off air ?

The Director of Coaches of his team wanted absolute control, as enjoyed by Alex Ferguson over Manchester United. He always compared Cricket with Soccer and him with Sir Alex. We observed that his attempt to emulate Sir Alex in excercising absolute control over his team didn't bring the result. it is ok trying to treat Cricket like Socceer, we don't mind at all, can't Shahrukh emulate Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea and throw out Buchanan in the middle of the tournament. That way Buchanan's demand to be treated like a Soccer coach will be met too, he will be compared to Louis Phillipe Scholari.

But even if Buchanan stays, it is evident that his Cricketting strategies won't work. So how can he make himself useful?

Here are some suggesitons:

1. He can start creating a list of experts he will need for the next season. The open positions are:
a. Appeal Coach (Train the players how to appeal)
b. Running Between the Wickets Coach
c. Catching On your own Bowling Expert
d. Catching at the outfield Expert
e. Slip Catching Expert
f. Numerous Assistant Director of Coaches - They will train the coaches how to coach the players.
It will be a long list I am sure.
2. He is a talent spotter par excellence. Remember he spotted the talent of Akash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar in the 20/20 format and after giving them one match each spotted the lack of talent. He can hone his talent spotting skills by becoming the Casting Director for the next Red Chillies Entertainment Movie.


Shahrukh are you listening??