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Besides providing a days worth of juicy headlines and the opportunity for television channels to revel in the confrontation, the Sourav Ganguly-Ravi Shastri fracas isnt really much of anything. Anil Kumble, by all accounts, made a compelling pitch to be Indias head coach, and frankly, once he showed the inclination for the job, youd rather not look someplace else.However, while the BCCI deserves credit for setting up a robust process to find their next head coach, this farcical public spectacle created by two prominent individuals involved in that process has shown up the flaws in the final stages of its execution.Gangulys outburst on Wednesday, after a couple of days of snarky interviews in which Shastri made the point that Ganguly wasnt present when he, Shastri, was being interviewed, but was instead chairing a meeting at the Cricket Association of Bengal, which he heads - wasnt entirely unexpected. You dont have to be a close friend to know Ganguly has a combative side to his personality, and while he has mellowed over the years, when confronted, the feisty fellow from within pipes up. The tone of the argument aside, bristling as it was with cutting sarcasm, it is the substantive commentary Ganguly offered that must be dissected.I have an advice [sic] for him also, Ganguly said towards the end of his testy rant. When the coach of India is selected - and its one of the most important jobs in cricket - he should be in front of the committee giving his presentation and not sit in Bangkok on holiday and make a presentation on camera, especially when someone who is one of the greatest cricketers of India [of] all time spoke for two hours nearly, Anil Kumble.Ganguly is right. An applicant for a job as high-profile as India coach must show not just urgency but also desperation to convince those selecting him of his merit. For Shastri to make his case over a Skype line in the middle of a holiday doesnt really send that message. Shastri was in Thailand, a short flight from Kolkata. He could have flown in, made his presentation and flown back to resume his holiday the same night.Why then did the BCCI not mandate that all candidates shortlisted for the interviews be present in person in Kolkata? If a prominent organisation were appointing a member of upper management, would those involved not insist on a face-to-face interaction with all those who aspire to the job? So while Ganguly is spot on about implying that Shastri didnt appear to regard the interview process seriously, the BCCI is at fault as well. All it needed was an email to the candidates saying they needed to make themselves available in person.On the other hand, while Gangulys advice to Shastri about being in front of the committee and not sit in Bangkok on holiday is valid, one wonders if he applies the same standard to his co-selectors. He wasnt the only one of the cricket advisory committee missing from the room when Shastri was being interviewed. Sachin Tendulkar was also on a video call from wherever in the world he is holidaying at the moment. Only VVS Laxman and Sanjay Jagdale were in the room.While modern technology is a miracle, it hasnt fully replaced human interaction yet. So if Ganguly expects - and rightly so - Shastri to have made the effort as a candidate, should he not, by the same token, have expected Tendulkar to do the same? After all, in his own words, this is one of the most important jobs in cricket. Is the process well served if one of the four men entrusted with finding the right candidate is in another location, reliant on an internet connection, and as a result is presumably finding it hard to be part of the conversation? Should not both the interviewers and interviewee regard the process with the same rigour?For his part, Ganguly explained he had already notified the BCCI that he would need time away for a CAB working committee meeting. He explained that he left presuming the process would take a break while he was away, only to be asked if he was okay with letting the others go on with the Shastri interview. To which he said fine. Could he not have been asked to reschedule, considering he was in the midst of conducting interviews for one of the most important jobs in cricket? Shastris bombast, which set off this chain of events, also deserves calling out. It would be only natural for him to be cut up about being denied an extension. It is a high-profile, high-paying position, and Shastri by all accounts was a popular figure in the dressing room. However, by saying he was miffed at Gangulys absence and advising him to next time be at a meeting when someone is being interviewed for a position as important as that, he seems to be issuing a veiled warning.What, though, stopped Shastri from explaining to us whether he did raise this question as his interview began? Did he ask the others why Ganguly was absent? If so, what reply did he get? If he was unhappy with the reply, did he place any kind of protest on record? If he didnt raise the issue of Gangulys absence at all during the interview, why bring it up now? Had he been appointed coach, would he still have considered Gangulys absence disrespectful? Would we have heard him say, I am very thankful for this opportunity, though I do wish Sourav Ganguly would have been around when I was making my case.Those invested in Indian cricket - players, fans, officials and media - will know this is a temporary storm. 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What happened on the floor wasnt right, and my only concern is our guys in the locker room and our team. If I feel like somethings not right, Im going to stand up for my guys.Walton said he didnt receive an explanation of that specific play from the officials.Like I said, the referees dont matter. The other team doesnt matter, Walton said. Im a huge fan of DeMarcus Cousins game. I thought that it wasnt right what happened out there, so I stood up for my guys, like I will every time.Walton continued, sayying of Cousins, I dont care that he fouled us.dddddddddddd I just care that they decided not to call a foul on that foul.Lakers assistant Brian Shaw took over for Walton after the ejection.It happens, Cousins said of Waltons being ejected. He was angry. He did what he had to do. Im not mad at it. It helped us out. Im not mad at it.Randle declined to answer questions about being tangled up with Cousins, but Randle praised Walton.Oh, I love Coach, man, Randle said. Coach, thats my guy. He backs me up with everything. He has all of our backs 100 percent. I love Coach. He has our back 100 percent. It makes you want to go out there and bust your butt for him.There were seven technical fouls called in the game, six of them on the Lakers.I just think there was a new ref out there, Lakers guard Nick Young?said. I think we need to crack down, talk to the league, go from there.Walton, 36, is the NBAs youngest head coach and is in his first year leading the Lakers after spending two seasons as an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors. ' ' '