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Gambhir being a jerk for no reason

jaydesh

U19 12th Man
I think both men were in the wrong. With the curator, Mr. Lee Fortis, he was reportedly acting in a disrespectful manner with the Indian team's support staff when they brought a water cooler on. As the head coach, Gambhir was right to be irked by the manner of Fortis's behavior, especially if they have not dealt with this at other grounds. Although it is understandable that the pitch must be protected, all Fortis had to do was ask nicely that they avoid using shoes with spikes (which wasn't even a problem anyway) and be cautious around the pitch. Ultimately, it is cheating to prevent the visiting team access to the facilities needed for preparation. I'd also note that Mr. Fortis was seen recently with the England coach Brendon McCullum and the director Rob Key near the pitch (which also happened during the 2023 Ashes). So a bit of hypocrisy, perhaps?

Gautam Gambhir, although understandably frustrated, was wrong to behave in an abusive manner. Bad words, pointing fingers, and belittling someone for nothing other than his profession is not only cruel, but unbecoming of someone representing his country while overseas. We should never disrespect or discriminate against anyone on the basis of their occupation. Although we may have issues with the anal nature of groundsmen and curators, we must realize that without them, the matches cannot go on. Gambhir would understand that, being from a developing country, many in India are not fortunate enough to have good paying jobs with healthy workplace conditions. There are things that are deemed as being out of line and disrespectful, particularly in the western world. Thin skinned, prickly press conferences also do little to boost the perception of the Indian cricket team. Handling tough questions and criticism is a key part of his role, and this should be welcomed, not cancelled or shouted down. We are not in the Trump White House. It's also bad optics to stoop down to the level of England, to whom the cricketing world and media have not been kind to because of their disreputable conduct of late.
 
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honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
What’s next for Gemphir?
Honestly, as deplorable as his words were, I dont think anyone is really surprised he acts like this. BCCI made their bed knowing such things could happen. And given the conduct of the groundsman himself is questionable at best, I dont think much would come out of this. It would be in the interests of both boards to keep what actually happened under wraps and just let this blow by.
 
Honestly, as deplorable as his words were, I dont think anyone is really surprised he acts like this. BCCI made their bed knowing such things could happen. And given the conduct of the groundsman himself is questionable at best, I dont think much would come out of this. It would be in the interests of both boards to keep what actually happened under wraps and just let this blow by.
Yeah, we will all forget about this episode before the start of the test.

Gemphir tho…
 

Coronis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I think both men were in the wrong. With the curator, Mr. Lee Fortis, he was reportedly acting in a disrespectful manner with the Indian team's support staff when they brought a water cooler on. As the head coach, Gambhir was right to be irked by the manner of Fortis's behavior, especially if they have not dealt with this at other grounds. Although it is understandable that the pitch must be protected, all Fortis had to do was ask nicely that they avoid using shoes with spikes (which wasn't even a problem anyway)
Seem like two completely unrelated concerns. Asking them not to wear spikes wouldn’t have magically done anything with the water cooler, no?
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Seem like two completely unrelated concerns. Asking them not to wear spikes wouldn’t have magically done anything with the water cooler, no?
What damage would a 5-10 Kg water cooler do to the pitch that wont be done by the 100+ kg groundsman walking on it, ironically to complain about the cooler damaging the pitch? :laugh:
 

jaydesh

U19 12th Man
Seem like two completely unrelated concerns. Asking them not to wear spikes wouldn’t have magically done anything with the water cooler, no?
What my point was that the curator seems unnecessarily harsh against the visiting team, but no concerns are shown when members of England do it (like Baz and Rob Key). Also, if there were concerns on the part of Lee Fortis, exactly what is to be gained by lashing out at support staff? Thus, I think both Mr. Fortis and Gambhir got this wrong.
 

jaydesh

U19 12th Man
He is jealous of the awesome Virat pressers esp. against Australia. He thinks in his head he is doing something similar but like Trott said, he is basically just picking a fight with his shadow. :laugh:
I'm actually surprised that in the press conferences, he hasn't repeated for the umpteenth time that he had a role to play in the 2011 CWC final (splendid performance to be fair), and that Dhoni gets too much credit or whatever he can take out of his magical hat.
 

Coronis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
What damage would a 5-10 Kg water cooler do to the pitch that wont be done by the 100+ kg groundsman walking on it, ironically to complain about the cooler damaging the pitch? :laugh:
I assume something to do with the water in it and the potential for spilling it on one part of the pitch.

What my point was that the curator seems unnecessarily harsh against the visiting team, but no concerns are shown when members of England do it (like Baz and Rob Key). Also, if there were concerns on the part of Lee Fortis, exactly what is to be gained by lashing out at support staff? Thus, I think both Mr. Fortis and Gambhir got this wrong.
Did they have a water cooler there?
 

Calm_profit

International 12th Man
Man, The Indian forum users are bunch of crybabies calling it payback from groundsman after not playing yesterday at the last hour.
 

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