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Fleming will make a wonderful Black Caps coach: Vettori – Yahoo! India News
Wellington, Oct 25 (ANI): New Zealand's captain and de facto coach Daniel Vettori believes former skipper Stephen Fleming would make a wonderful Black Caps coach.
Vettori will lead the team to the United Arab Emirates for a one-day and Twenty20 series against Pakistan as both captain and coach following Andy Moles' decision on Saturday to step down as coach after a review process revealed he was ill-equipped to continue in the role.
With Moles not stepping up to the mark, Vettori has been effectively coaching the team for the past six months,
The Sunday Star-Times quoted Vettori as saying that he was happy to continue as player-coach for the next few months, including the home test series against Pakistan next month, but after that he would prefer to see someone come into the role.
“Stephen and I keep in regular contact and he's been quite a big help in going through all this stuff and some other things that have gone on. He has concerns about my workload and he wants to be a sounding board and do anything he can to help,” Vettori said.
“He's definitely got coach written all over him and he could be an extremely successful one; it's just whether he wants to get back into that life of touring the world and in that regard it probably is too soon for him. But he would make a wonderful coach,” he added.
New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan, when asked if Fleming was a coach candidate, said: “I don't think this is the right time.”
In the short-term manager Dave Currie will have his leadership responsibilities upgraded to help Vettori, while current assistant coach Mark O'Donnell will remain with the team, stuff.co.nz reports. (ANI)
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Soccer-Stuttgart stay loyal to coach Babbel after another loss – Yahoo! Canada News
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BERLIN, Oct 24 (Reuters) – VfB Stuttgart coach Markus Babbel will be in charge against Greuther Fuerth in the German Cup next week despite a 1-0 defeat by Hanover on Saturday which left them 14th in the league, the club said.
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It was Stuttgart’s third league defeat in a row.
“There is no discussion about the coach,” Stuttgart sports director Horst Heldt told reporters. “Markus will be sitting on the bench on Tuesday.”
Rookie coach Babbel, in his first full season in charge while studying for his coaching licence, took over last year and steered them to a third-place finish and Champions League spot.
But this season, with top striker Mario Gomez joining Bayern, Stuttgart have been disappointing, collecting only eight points from 10 games.
They are also third in their Champions League group with two points from three matches after a 3-1 home defeat by Sevilla on Tuesday. (Writing by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Ed Osmond)
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Vettori ducks under coach Moles controversy bouncer – Yahoo! India News
Auckland, Oct 23(ANI): Playing down the controversy over Coach Andy Moles's role in the New Zealand cricket team, skipper Daniel Vettori has said the there is no point raising questions over the coach before a crucial series.
When asked if he would be happy for Moles to continue, Vettori said: “I think we have to be. There's no point me making statements to the contrary. I think we have to prepare to take a team away and get the best out of them.”
“Andy and I have a good working relationship, but whether that's enough to make the team better is the question that's been asked. Our relationship stands strong in what we need to do. Andy and I are at the helm and until we know anything different that's the status quo,” Stuff.co.nz quoted Vettori, as saying.
The controversy was sparked after reports claimed that the Kiwi players were dismissive of the 48-year-old's abilities during the tour of Sri Lanka and South Africa.
However, Vettori said that the statements made by players were taken out of context, which fired the rumours.
“Whenever players are asked honest questions about anything they give their answers. I think guys have voiced ways of making the team better. Part of that is my captaincy, part of it is players fronting up and a part of it is Andy improving as well. We just want the best for the team,” he said.
Vettori further admitted that the team has been facing difficult days over the past few months.
“It's been a tough day for a number of people involved and hopefully everyone can deal with it in the best possible manner. I think Andy understands this is part of cricketing life,” Vettori said. Guys are always looking for ways to improve and you constantly go through a review process,” he added.
Moles was appointed as New Zealand coach after John Bracewell stepped down in November last year and his runs through to the 2011 World Cup. (ANI)
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