BENGALURU: Coaching the Indian hockey team is more like skating on thin ice. The Sword of Damocles hangs over the coach's head the moment he takes over. Over the years, many reputed coaches across the globe have shied away for the same reason. In the middle of an Olympic cycle, Australian Graham Reid was shown the door after the team's poor showing at the 2023 World Cup.
However, South African Craig Fulton took the bold decision to step into Reid's shoes, knowing any slip-up in Mission Paris would put his job on the line. Having come on board less than three months before the Asian Games, a qualifier for the Paris Games, Fulton has done reasonably well on the road to Paris.
