Story Dreaming Of Glory, My Coaching Tale - Chapter 8 - Out Of A Job

[harrisb]

Dreaming Of Glory, My Coaching Tale



Deccan Chargers Coach, IPL3

Chapter 1 - Terminating Contracts
Chapter 2 - Auction Time
Chapter 3 - 1st Match Toss
Chapter 4 - Opening Match against Bangalore
Chapter 5 - IPL Weekly, Round 1
Chapter 6 - Round 2 Preview
Chapter 7 - India Attacked

Out Of A Job


Updates to come soon...​

 

[Griffo]

Good start although I usually prefer real names for the sake of real

I will be following especially since its an IPL story and on Cricket Coach

 

[Prithvi]

Well what do I say as a chargers fan. Good to choose chargers. Hope you lift up chargers and seal a victory at hyderabad

 

[surendar]

The fact is, your last 5 stories ( since November 2009 ) have not even continued after 40 posts. If not bothering to do a story for long terms, why starting a thread then? We need proper explanation to see this thread continuing, otherwise, it will be closed after merging all your 5 story threads. :readit

 

[Prithvi]

I smell this would work out for him as its indian based story. And this will click only if brook update frequently. Btw, rules are rules. So if he gives proper explanation, it'll be good. Else, its in your hand

 

[harrisb]

the reason for not continuing with the last few stories is that i felt that my story wasn't getting much feedback, after the initial burst of comments, they dried up and nobody posted, which was a huge let down for me.
Also, i didn't feel the urge to complete the story, mainly because playing C07 is so bad, and therefore makes it feel like a chore to play the game just so you can write a story that nobody comments on.

Hopefully this story will attract more members, as it's different, and also it's based around the IPL so far.

I hope that this is an alright explanation, and i hope that your next few posts are positive, i'm sorry if i've broken rules, but when i have asked you to close and delete threads in the past, i don't get a response.

anyway, IPL auction action to come soon...

watch this space.

 

[Gaurav_7]

the reason for not continuing with the last few stories is that i felt that my story wasn't getting much feedback

Mate,good luck for this one.But,the reason you have posted for not continuing with the stories is nothing really.Do the stories for fun,please.Anyways looking forward to this.

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Waiting For Auction... Best Of Luck... Comments Come as and when time progresses... I am going to be a regular reader.. Rest Assured...

 

[treva]

Harris, you cannot stop stories because nobody posts. Most of my cricket stories have had little feedback, you've just gotta keep going, otherwise you'll end up never getting very far with an story.

Stop using it as an excuse for frequent loss of interest in your stories. Come up with a good idea, right plenty of updates and get into the game before starting a new story. Then you know you are enjoying it and you have updates in the bag to start with.

 

[harrisb]

Chargers Terminate Contracts Ahead Of Auction​

IPL franchise Deccan Chargers today announced that they were terminating the contracts of the following players:

Ryan Harris
Dwayne Smith
Nuwan Zoysa
and Chamara Silva

The announcement comes just hours before the IPL auction is set to start, but new Deccan coach Brook Harris will be able to buy some extra players now that he has released some of his Overseas players.

In a statement, Harris said that although it would've been ideal to keep the players, he feels that he needs to freshen up the team, and bring in some new faces in the auction.

Key Players to look out for in the auction are:

Ricky Ponting,
Mitchell Johnson,
Stuart Broad,
Rahul Dravid,
Kamran Akmal,
Umar Gul
and Brad Haddin.

Rumour has it that Deccan will be going for Ponting and Broad, to try and add some batting and bowling to the side, although there has been no official word from Deccan or the coach.

The auction should begin soon, so keep watching this thread as we'll keep you up-to-date with the auction as it happens.

harrisb added 7 Minutes and 7 Seconds later...

the reason for not continuing with the last few stories is that i felt that my story wasn't getting much feedback, after the initial burst of comments, they dried up and nobody posted, which was a huge let down for me.
Also, i didn't feel the urge to complete the story, mainly because playing C07 is so bad, and therefore makes it feel like a chore to play the game just so you can write a story that nobody comments on.

Hopefully this story will attract more members, as it's different, and also it's based around the IPL so far.

I hope that this is an alright explanation, and i hope that your next few posts are positive, i'm sorry if i've broken rules, but when i have asked you to close and delete threads in the past, i don't get a response.

anyway, IPL auction action to come soon...

watch this space.

Mate,good luck for this one.But,the reason you have posted for not continuing with the stories is nothing really.Do the stories for fun,please.Anyways looking forward to this.

I have said that 'i didn't feel the urge to continue mainly because C07 is so bad, and it feels like a chore to be playing a game that you don't really want to so that you can post updates on the internet that nobody praises you for'.

Harris, you cannot stop stories because nobody posts. Most of my cricket stories have had little feedback, you've just gotta keep going, otherwise you'll end up never getting very far with an story.

Stop using it as an excuse for frequent loss of interest in your stories. Come up with a good idea, right plenty of updates and get into the game before starting a new story. Then you know you are enjoying it and you have updates in the bag to start with.

This time, i feel i've got a great idea, because it can go so far, beyond just this IPL with Deccan, i can move on to other domestic cricket and eventually international cricket. Cricket Coach is a lot better than C07 for me, i love statistics and everything like that, whereas C07 is actually a 'game', whereas Cricket Coach is more of a management game, which i love, because you can tweak things here and there, like Football Manager, and have loads of fun using it.



I hope that this has cleared some things up, and I hope that you'll be reading and commenting on this story for a long time.

 

[Prithvi]

Good write up mate. And great to see that we are aiming for punter and broad. And, what happened to dwayne? Why did you break his contract?

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Ponting going for Deccan Charger's.. No need.. Deccan already has some great player's...

Symo... Gibbss..... Gilly... Why need him??

 

[Prithvi]

We need him. Why you want?:laugh

 

[harrisb]

IPL3 Auction​

Welcome to live coverage of the 3rd IPL auction.

Players to watch out for:

Ricky Ponting
Stuart Broad
Umar Gul
Mitchell Johnson
Brad Haddin
Kamran Akmal
and Rahul Dravid.

So, without further ado, let's get going.

In the first round, team coaches will be able to bid with the confimation of their team owners.

First up is Chris Read, the English Wicket-Keeper:

Chennai bid 425k,
No more hands go up,
Chris Read sold to Chennai for 425,000

Next it's Umar Gul, the Pakistani Seam Bowler

A base price of 400k,
bidding begins,
it's gone all quiet in the bidding room...
No Bids for Umar Gul

Now it's Mitchell Johnson, will he be signed??
Chennai again bid 425,000,
Deccan Pass,
No more bids for Johnson
Mitchell Johnson sold to Chennai for 425,000

Stuart Broad is the second English player up,
Deccan go in at 425k,
No more bids for Broad at the moment,
Stuart Broad is sold to Deccan for 425,000

No bids for Brad Haddin, he's unsold

None for Graham Manou

Sameera Vithana is next,
No bids so far,
Kolkata bid 365k,
Punjab bid 390k,
and Mumbai bid 415k,
Punjab 440k and Kolkata are back in at 465k,
Punjab now have it at 490k,
Sameera Vithana sold to Punjab for 490,000

Bidding begins for Nicky Boje,
Mumbai bid 365k,
Nicky Boje sold to Mumbai for 365,000

No bids for Chris Hartley

Mohammad Hashim is being bidded for,
Bangalore in at 365k,
Mohammad Hashim sold to Bangalore for 365,000

No Bids for Sachithra Senanayake

Kamran Akmal is up,
Deccan bid 315k,
No more bids,
Kamran Akmal sold to Deccan for 315,000

No bids for Phil Jacques,
Phil Hughes,
Basanth Mohanty,
Jitender Billa
and Chris Rogers

Next is Ricky Ponting, who Deccan have publicly said they are aiming for,
No bids for Ponting,
Deccan bid 275k,
and there are no more bids,
a big surprise there,
Ricky Ponting sold to Deccan for 275,000

Amit Bandhari is next,
Punjab bid 275k,
Amit Bandhari sold to Punjab for 275,000

Kiran Powar is up for auction now,
Mumbai bid 275k,
Kiran Powar sold to Mumbai for 275,000

No bids for Pankaj Dharmani,
Satyajit Parab,
Ibrahim Khaleel,
Rajesh Powar,
Amir Khan,
and Madhusudan Acharya,


Vishal Bhatia,
230k from Mumbai,
Vishal Bhatia sold to Mumbai for 230,000

Rahul Dewan is next,
Kolkata start at 230k,
Rajasthan go to 240k,
it goes quiet,
Rahul Dewan sold to Rajasthan for 240k

No Bids for Ankit Rawat,
Thilak Naidu,
and Hemanth Kumar

Next is Rahul Dravid, the Indian veteran...
it's silent out there at the moment,
Deccan raise at 230k,
wait a moment,
Chennai are thinking about it,
no, no more bids.
Rahul Dravid sold to Deccan for 230k

No bids for Varun Kumar,
Amit Deshpande,
or Arshad Bhatt.

That concludes the first round of the auction.

Now, the second round, when team owners get full control, and take part in a silent bid for unsold players so far.

Madhusudan Acharya sold to Rajasthan for 230,000
Thilak Naidu sold to Rajasthan for 230,000
Phil Jacques sold to Mumbai for 315,000
Varun Kumar sold to Kolkata for 230,000
Phil Hughes sold to Punjab for 315,000
Chris Rogers sold to Deccan for 275,000
Satyajit Parab sold to Delhi for 275,000
Hemanth Kumar sold to Delhi for 230,000
Amit Deshpande sold to Delhi for 230,000
Arshad Bhatt sold to Delhi for 230,000

Others:
Sunny Gupta - Bangalore - 25,000
Amir Hashmi - Chennai - 25,000
Harbajan Singh - Chennai - 25,000
Bodapati Sumanth - Deccan - 25,000
Imtiyaz Ahmed - Mumbai - 25,000
Gnaneswara Rao - Mumbai - 25,000
Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna - Rajasthan - 25,000

Top 5 Most Expensive Players:

Sameera Vithana - Punjab - 490,000
Chris Read - Chennai - 425,000
Mitchell Johnson - Chennai - 425,000
Stuart Broad - Deccan - 425,000
Nicky Boje - Mumbai - 365,000

Deccan Signings:

Stuart Broad - 425,000
Kamran Akmal - 315,000
Chris Rogers - 275,000
Ricky Ponting - 275,000
Rahul Dravid - 230,000
Bodapati Sumanth - 25,000

That's all from the IPL3 Auction, thanks for reading.

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Nice Auction...

But Poniting sold of 275,000

and

Amit Bandhari sold to Punjab for 275,000

who the hell is Bhandhari.. he's got same amount as ponting???

Is he as good as ponting??? I do not think so.. not even near to him

Unrealistic... Be Careful