Indian football team's performance graph is not showing any sign of improvement and the heart-breaking defeat to Afghanistan in the final of the 2013 SAFF Championship is a proof of the continuous downfall.
Adding salt to the wound, India have dropped ten places in the FIFA rankings and are now placed at 155.
And since July 2012, when Wim Koevermans took over as coach, the Nehru Cup has been India's only success.
Under him, India have lost all the three international friendlies they have played in this period and the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers too.
Dive: India have slipped 10 places to 155 in the
FIFA rankings, a further blow after their loss to Afghanistan in the
SAFF Championship final in Kathmandu
So, while the Dutchman needs to share a part of the blame, the officials sitting at the AIFF Football House in the Capital also need to answer some tough questions.
According to sources, a technical committee is going to review India's performance in the SAFF Championship, which has come under widespread criticism.
However, there is little chance the coach is going to be sacked, according to a top official. And to think that merely appointing a new coach will change the scenario overnight is not right.
The SAFF Championship was the season's first tournament of the season and the players were expected to deliver the goods in a competition in which they were viewed as overwhelming favourites. But for that one needs to go through a pre-season training to be ready to deliver in a match.
Unfortunately in India, the footballers hardly have a sportsman-like lifestyle, and add to that the lack of pre-season training of the players, which was showing on the field.
The proposed IMG-Reliance league has only added to the confusion. Senior players like Gouramangi Singh, Syed Rahim Nabi, NirmalChettri and Subrata Paul are contracted to the tournament. But that has meant that these players, who form the core of the team, are not fit enough to play, which was evident in SAFF.
Teams like Nepal and Afghanistan take the SAFF Championship as their World Cup, so it's only natural to put their full focus into this regional tournament. And that was visible in their performance.
Big stars are being planned to be roped in for the IMG-Reliance franchise tournament. The officials say that this will help generate popularity for Indian football.
But the paradox lies in the fact that people may come to the stadium to watch the tournament for the semi-retired stars.
Thanks to their lacklustre football, the Indians have lost the credibility to put up something worth watching. And merely playing to the gallery to just get profit from the sponsor's money is hardly the solution.
A long term goal is needed to be successful in sports and currently, Indian football does not have that. Only three FIFA friendlies in the last one year show that the team hardly plays international matches.
We have to accept the fact that our standard is nowhere near the European teams, and a two-day camp will never be enough to build co-ordination among the players.
Celebration: Afghans celebrate their team's victory in the South Asian Football Federation Championship at Kabul stadium
The meek voice of the AIFF in front of their commercial partners IMG-Reliance has not helped matters either.
The partners have not been able to bring in sponsors for I-League and it was only the effort of president Praful Patel that helped rope in ONGC as the national team sponsors.
IMG-Reliance's sole focus seems to be their pet tournament which will help them recover all the money that they have lost in the past couple of years.
And if the tournament does not succeed, is there any guarantee that they will not leave? It's high time that the AIFF took some strong measures to raise the profile of the national team.