Sjoerd Marijne as India men's hockey coach instead of Harendra Singh is another tale of whimsical selection

Sundeep Misra


File photo of new India men's hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne. AFP

The job of the Indian hockey coach is increasingly looking like a reversible jacket – the women’s coach becomes the men’s while the former junior India coach waiting in the wings for a call-up as men’s coach gets appointed as the women’s coach. All done and dusted in under three days. This when the rest of the country or whatever hockey fans are left were wondering what would be Hockey India’s next move; what would CEO Elena Norman or the high performance director David John keep in mind while sifting through the applications received for the job of the chief coach of the men’s team.