Better coaching for Sindhu, says Telengana minister; gets slammed on Twitter

Deputy CM of Telengana Mahmood Ali announced that his government is planning to give Sindhu better coaching

Call it a politician's foot in the mouth disease and it was in ample display when Olympic silver medalist P V Sindhu returned home in Hyderabad after her successful campaign at Rio. Deputy Chief Minister of Telengana Mahmood Ali announced that his government is planning to give Sindhu better coaching so that she could win a gold medal next time. 

Telangana: We are planning to give Sindhu proper coaching so that she can fetch gold next time: Mahmood Ali, Dep CM pic.twitter.com/BZwtj7JC0N

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 22, 2016

Now whether he intended to say that Sindhu's current coach Pullela Gopichand is not good enough or a slip of tongue in the excitement of promoting his government's support for sports and good talent, Mahmood's comment was not well received by twitteratis. 

 

Additional coach fr PV Sindhu to make her win gold?Dumbest quote of the day Mr Mahmood Ali #PVSindhu #GopichandPullela #Telangana

— kartik murthy (@krtik85) August 22, 2016

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And Telangana's deputy CM Mahmood Ali, wants to bring in a better coach than the former All England champion Gopichand
IDIOT ????

— Jai Hind (@SecularHind) August 22, 2016
 

CM Mahmood Ali should be given proper coaching so that next time he makes sense. #gopichand #PVSindhu #Telangana

— Zaphod (@pointitoutman) August 22, 2016
 

Hopefully, Mahmood may only get wiser. And if this public lashing was not enough, he should probably check Gopichand's own track record as a player and the excellent work he is doing at the academy which has produced two Olympic medallists. 

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2012 Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal was also spotted and trained by Gopichand before she became India's most visible and famous non-cricket sports player.

The likes of Sania and Sindhu will be best served if the government can find ways to invest in facilities and coaches who can spot talent early rather than building on someone else's hard work and efforts.