Reid on Monday resigned from his place following India’s early ouster from the showpiece, collectively hosted by way of Rourkela and Bhubaneswar.
The 58-year-old Australian submitted his resignation to Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey, an afternoon after the belief of the World Cup in Bhubaneswar, the place Germany beat Belgium in a penalty shoot-out to emerge as champions.
“Graham Reid’s resignation is his personal decision but at the end of the day somebody has to take the blame for this awful show,” Ajit Pal informed PTI.
“Being Olympic bronze medalist, there was high expectations from India in this World Cup but we were just below-par in all departments. We finished a lowly ninth and I don’t think we could have fallen any further. It is the worst performance fromtheteam.
“Change is at all times for excellent and I think Reid’s resignation can be excellent for the Indian crew. I think we now need an individual with new concepts, who can gel the crew in combination as soon as once more,” added the captain of India’s only World Cup-winning side.
India, led by Harmanpreet Singh, eventually finished a disappointing joint ninth along with Argentina after defeating Japan 8–0 and South Africa 5–2 in classification matches.
Reid, who was appointed India coach in April 2019, led the team to a historic bronze medal finish at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Reid’s term was until next year’s Paris Olympics.
Besides Reid, the team’s analytical coach Greg Clark and scientific advisor Mitchell David Pemberton also tendered their resignations on Monday morning.
Ajit Pal, who led India to a maiden gold medal in the 1975 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, also blamed the selectors for the shoddy performance.
“The selectors will have to additionally take some blame since the boys appeared drained and fatigued within the World Cup. I think there used to be no want to alternate the crux of the Olympic profitable crew,” he felt.
“Where used to be the want to alternate the captain as smartly?”
Former India captain Sardar Singh, who is also a national selector, however, feels Reid’s resignation came at the wrong time.
“Definitely Reid’s resignation did not come on the proper time as a result of we’ve got the Asian Games this 12 months after which Olympics subsequent 12 months. It now is still noticed what Hockey India does. I am hoping Hockey India has a greater particular person of their thoughts to exchange him and take the crew to the following degree,” he said.
“I have no idea what is in Hockey India’s thoughts, they could have had one thing of their minds prior to accepting Reid’s resignation.”
The former ace midfielder said the players also have some blame to take for the shoddy show.
“A trainer is as excellent as avid gamers. The trainer can best educate you and make methods however it’s the avid gamers’ duty to accomplish at the turf,” Sardar stated.