i dont understand why every coach clashes with ganguly, i haven't seen buchanan having any problems while coaching Australian team, but this is the second time i have seen ganguly falling out against his coach in front of the media. i personally think ganguly feels like he is sitting on a golden egg and buchanan is trying to take it away from him, this is height of immaturity. i have never seen ganguly show the right respect towards his coach.

I wonder if John Buchanan would like to be removed as coach and have all his powers diluted and given to a batting, bowling, fielding, strategy coach etc.??

It appears that if a new idea is developed, people need to move beyond their confort zone. Cricket is a game where individuals still need to make decisions about what they will do on the field. A batsman will not have the captain with him to decide which shot to make, a bowler ultimately needs to work out where to land the ball. If more players learn and have leadership qualities, they can take responsibility for the decisions they need to make on the field. Empowering a player makes them better. We all know that from personal experience. Changing captains doesn't devalue the "rested" one, it ultimately gives the team more value. Looking at last year's Raiders result, wouldn't supportors wish greater success for the team?

This is a ridiculous concept. Maybe Buchanan should try to understand the difference between starategy and tact. I think there is more need for strategy in longer format (tests or even one day game) and a need to make tactical decisions in 20/20 format. When it comes to 20/20, I don't see what multiple captains can do other than to confuse the fellow players. There isn't much for a single captain to do if all hell breaks loose - which happens very often in this format. It comes down to instincts and you cannot throw more people at this kind of problem. Shah Rukh - open your eyes before you work your way out of the tournament.

Just plain stupid rubbish idea. Not even arguable ! The world has seeen great leaders and know whats the importance of leadership ( likes of Hitler etc ) . And now Buchanan says he needs multiple captians. just ridiculous !!! Why don't have start having 10 prime ministers and 10 presidents for a country ????? Bullshit idea and the main idea is Buchanan is an aussie and may be a close friend of Greg chappal and indirectly taking revenge on sourav ganguly ! He should be sacked as a coach for such absurd plans and some other player should be made coach ! If kolkota persists with Buchanan they wont even make it to the second stage of the IPL tournament !

New Concept. All involved should keep an open mind & give it a fair chance. Let the concept evolve. Go Buchanan, GO.

Buchanan has a real impressive record as a coach, but this seems really out of the box - this I would say is more to get control or assert authority of the coach, much like in soccer where the coach runs the game from the sidelines and the captain is namesake, it is good in premier leagues where you have players from different backgrounds and countries and languages in one team, but in soccer all the players are in active roles and one person as a captain may not be able to look over, analyze and control all the players when he himself is playing actively...cricket on the other hand needs a sole strong leader, the battle or the action is only between 2 players - bowler and batsman, and a captain has time in his hands and the players need to know what his role is after every delivery, captaincy is not easy in cricket unlike other sports and needs less confusion and single authority to handled in the best possible manner...

we cannot judge John on the basiis of this idea, it might work and might not. but if u judge him on the basis of Australian coach, i think he did not do anything in that team, the team was full of stars since 1997. but to be honest i absolutely agree with Mikey Aurthur.

i think shahrukh should be careful about buchanan. i don't think he was a great coach. he was great because he got the world best players in his time while he was in charge for australia. kkr should not hand over everything on him. why he's making decision alone? is he become autocratic..i think so..u can't win the trophy with this ego.

Buchannan clearly does not know his history, especially the Roman one - every time there has been a division of leadership there has been conflict. More pertinently, unofficial multiple captains have been a regular feature in Pakistan cricket - and a major reason for its underperformance. In cricket striong leadership is everything - the Aussies are the best example, but Imran Khan is another etc. etc. Perhaps we should also consider multiple head coaches - we might then get some sense from one of them!