All this talk of building the system and micromanaging the team is built on the flawed idea that following great process (keeping track of injuries, rotating players, formulating detailed strategies) is going to lead to a great team.
Sure, a very good domestic structure with qualified support staff, proper management of players is going to make available a large pool of decent players who have been well coached to realize their potential. But somehow to think that this would lead to unearthing of ATG players or make existing above players into legends doesnt make any sense. Players like Warne, Murali, Sachin, Ponting, Akram, Marshall and others are diamonds in the rough, the probability of finding them in the muddy pitches of India is just as high as in shield/county cricket - miniscule.
That is not to say that good process doesnt yield good results. Of course it does, as evidenced by the rise of England in the past few years. But beyond a certain point, it follows the law of diminishing returns and goes to a point where it becomes more of a bureaucracy and players are expected to double up as pencil pushers documenting mundane details in the hope that it leads to some miraculous future breakthrough in the team.
There are 18-20 odd players in the squad, the coach should be talking directly to each of them trying to find about their fitness issues. If CA wants spotless documentation on player fitness (which is a very good initiative btw), they should hire support staff to do the job.
