Peter Fernandez pulls out, PC Prakash set to become the Head Coach
This section had put out a story last Saturday that former TN batsman Peter Fernandez was appointed as the Head Coach of the TNCA Academy (https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2022/10/peter-fernandez-head-coach-tnca-academy.html). Following the story, congratulatory and best wishes messages had poured in to Peter on the social media cricketing group on his appointment and Peter thanked all of them for their wishes.
Secretary of the TNCA, RS Ramaswamy, told this writer late on Thursday evening that Peter had met him on Saturday with a plan of action as the Head Coach but informed him subsequently that he had a change of heart and that he did not want the role of the Head Coach.
Ramaswamy confirmed to this writer that TN middle order batsman from the 1980s PC Prakash has been appointed as the Head Coach of the TNCA Academy and that he was likely to sign the contract early next week.
When contacted late on Thursday evening, Peter did not disclose the reasons for the change in his decision (he has subsequently clarified on Saturday - Oct 14 -that the head coach role was one of man management and that since his passion has always been on actual coaching, he has chosen to take up (continue with) the role of just a batting coach as against the head coach role offered by the TNCA)
In April this year, this section had put out a story on PC Prakash's over five decades association with cricket (https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2022/04/pc-prakash-tn-ranji-1980s.html)
Last month, this section had featured a story on Prakash riding 60kms on his bullet over the weekend to grounds afar to watch lower division league matches of the teams that he was taking care of this year.
Prakash has been the batting coaching of Tamil Nadu in the past and has also been the coach at different age group levels. Last year, he was the batting coach of the TNCA Academy.
Best Wishes to PCP as the Head Coach of the TNCA Academy.
(The sentence in Red has been added to the story on Oct 14)
Hearty Congratulations to PCP on this assignment . It should be like another day at office kind for him . Again like Peter it is a well earned one for him also . Reward for seeds of hard work sown over so many decades & absolute devotion to the great game . It is really unfortunate that Peter couldn't take up the coveted post for reasons best known to him & we have to respect his decision .
ReplyDeleteAll the best to PCP. His passion and commitment shone in his long travels and mentorship!
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