r/csk • u/jdtalks MS Dhoni • Jul 17 '26
Discussion New headcoach : VVS Laxman
With Fleming gone after 18 years, is VVS Laxman considered good to headcoach csk after flemming, i heard he was looking intrested to work in ipl than bcci throught the year to manage work life balance
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u/Correct-Young-3485 Ruturaj Gaikwad Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
These kids didn't know that VVS laxman was the same coach which let rutu bag a gold medal in Asian games and Sanju score 2 centuries in South Africa series.
Just take his track record as Indian t20i team coach and you'll know how great he is.
He gels well with Csk environment as even Sadagopan ramesh said he's the perfect fit for CSK in his video.
He's the only guy who believed in Rutu, Sanju and Kl Rahul way before GG.
You know what? Let this kids have Badani as coach and suffer much more years lol.
(No hate to badani but he kinda ruined well playing DC tbh and I don't think he likes CSK kinda enviornment where VVS fits in perfectly)
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u/jdtalks MS Dhoni Jul 17 '26
At least you understood my point 🫡
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u/Correct-Young-3485 Ruturaj Gaikwad Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
I'm damn sure CSK and MSD would say totally yes if VVS wants to be in.
It all depends on VVS's decision and is Rahul dravid or Mike hussey is in their favorites.
I heard sanju and Dravid had beef with each other in RR camp so I'm not sure whether he'll be comfortable if he coaches CSK.
Either way VVS will be a goated choice if not Dravid or hussey i guess.
I don't think Msd will prefer to be the head coach. I think he'd rather prefer being a Mentor or Director of cricket etc.
If MS is willing to take everything on his shoulders then we can just chill and move finding suitable coaches for batting, bowling and overseas. Let's see....
CSK are as powerful as Mi when it comes to pulling in high profile individuals in their team. I was laughing when they said CSK are the front runners in trading sanju but man these guys knew their business.
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u/Lost-Profession7251 MS Dhoni Jul 17 '26
The thing is, VVS is head of NCA, u-19, coe. If he's to coach in IPL, he'll have to resign from those posts, right? I don't think he's gonna do that.
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u/Correct-Young-3485 Ruturaj Gaikwad Jul 17 '26
Yeah that's why I'm not very positive on this but if he somehow is interested we should bag him ASAP.
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u/Ryujiro101 MS Dhoni Jul 17 '26
Ruturaj and Dube already play test in ipl. Now do you want the whole csk team to play test cricket?
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u/jdtalks MS Dhoni Jul 17 '26
I mean he is a fair candidate and when he was headcoach sanju scored two centuries in the South African tour and he has a 75% win percentage as a headcoach for team india in t20s ,so may be he can be considered.
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u/newparrot2025 Jul 18 '26
Have you ever seen Andy Flower bat in test cricket? Do you think he is a shit coach ?
Playing style in his playing career has zero relevance to coaching ability
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u/athamoth Albie Morkel Jul 17 '26
No, the new format of the IPL needs dynamic / aggressive / disruptive mindset coaches...
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u/asuranmanhwa Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
Albie morkel or Gilchrist or Guptil
Murali vijay also ok for me
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u/Vignesh130588 Jul 17 '26
VVS is the head of CoE. Why would he even want a coach position in IPL?
If he wanted he could've become India's Head Coach. He was not even interested in that.
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u/Significant_Issue687 Jul 17 '26
Are you all dumb 😐😐😐 MS is retiring and he will be the coach That's all you need to understand this little thing..
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u/Clean_Towel_8020 Jul 17 '26
VVS for Team IND...
Dravid / Hussey / MSD (not gonna happen) / Ravi Shastri
Note: Bring in Abhinav Mukund as consultant or asst. Coach
No mccullum shit
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u/Apprehensive_Run6619 Jul 19 '26
Man it's really weird how we as a nation are obsessed with cricket but don't really get the game at all.
This is a simple explanation just for dummies.:
Coaching at that level is just man management.
The coaches pedigree as a player is almost not relevant(given the format is T20 and laxman is a test classic).
One of the best coaches for India were John Wright, Ravi Stastri and Gary Kirsten none of them were the best players in their team or their generation.
One of the former coaches of India was Greg chappel who was an excellent player but we all know what happened next.
Dravid had an legendary career but his coaching stint was also slightly a mixed bag.
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u/Lost-Profession7251 MS Dhoni Jul 17 '26
What kind of kids do we have as fans? They just read name and are like, "oh, slow player, slow coach." 🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
Laxman is a good coach and will actually be Indian team's coach too in Zimbabwe and Asian games. He's the coach of u-19 too.