Bangladesh have stuck to Dave Whatmore until the next World Cup. I think it is a good move. They acted quick and lured him in with an attractive package just when he was looking interested in the India job.
And for him, it is a better option I believe. Bangladesh is a team on the up and he can help them get there. They have a group of youngsters who are keen and he can really take them to the next level - they have already risen 1 level under his rule.
India on the meanwhile are a stagnant even deteriorating team at least in ODIs. Everyone is smug about their places in the side and no one looks really enthused to perform. Dave Whatmore would have been a waste here - especially with so many seniors in the side determined to have things their own way.
What these guys need is someone like Steve Waugh who won't care about reputations and treat all players solely by performance - CURRENT PERFORMANCE - not some huge records scored in the past on the strength of which people cling to their places in the side.
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First of all, Waugh himself tried to cling to his place in ODI team when he was failing. Rather than citing waugh as an exmaple, australian selectors are a better example to cite..
of course, had our selectors followed the suit of their australian counterparts, our "saviors" would have lost their places in the team long ago! its no good citing australia as an example since their's is a totally different case (with a huge pool of talent in domestic cricket, they can afford to be ruthless, other countries can't)
moreover, "current performance" is a highly fuzzy term! manyatimes, we also need "to show faith" in the player's abilities and without this faith, players like attapattu or dravid would have long ago perished!
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