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Larr Pullo 2015-03-04 10:26:16 

Every single ex cricketer who has tried to gain the presidency of the WIB has been undone by the dirty tricks squad.

In any other part of the world, Cameron would not have completed his term, much less run again, AND be a front runner to retain his presidency. It's apparent therefore, that the board doesn't have cricket at heart, given the abysmal on-field results, and the refusal to make ANY changes at the board level. Instead, they take great pains to shut out any ex WI player who shows any interest in getting involved at the highest levels.

Why do these "businessmen" seek to keep such a tight stranglehold on the Presidency of the WICB? What benefit do they gain, that even after a Cameron embarasses himself with his ham fisted handling of the player strike, followed by his juvenile adventures with twitter, that he is so beyond embarassment, shame, and personal accountability that he is insistent on remaining at the head of the organization?

What does it say of the other board members that they seem happy to be led by such an inept individual?

 
carl0002 2015-03-04 10:38:26 

In reply to Larr Pullo

Boss man look across the Caribbean and see if WICB, Cameron et al are the exception or the rule.

These sorts of things are more common across the Caribbean than most of us care or willing to admit. The WICB aint functioning any different than the culture in which it exists.

You think the Indian cricket board better than the WICB or is that it have more money to cover up its ineptness.

 
jacksprat 2015-03-04 11:22:52 

In reply to Larr Pullo
One of the last ex-cricketers who sought the position, Deryk Murray, was largely undone by his fellow ex-cricketer Joel Garner!

 
Walco 2015-03-04 11:26:11 

In reply to jacksprat

One of the last ex-cricketers who sought the position, Deryk Murray, was largely undone by his fellow ex-cricketer Joel Garner!


I was not aware of this. What did Garner do to undermine Murray?

 
jacksprat 2015-03-04 11:46:35 

In reply to Walco

A Saul-like conversation for Big Bird ? Murray offered him a chance to work in tandem before now to stop Cameron

Garner is the former Barbados captain and West Indies fast bowler. He is currently the president of the Barbados Cricket Association, and a director of the WICB.

He would have challenged Dave Cameron for the position at last week’s annual general meeting in Antigua, but he decided to step away from the nomination process, and this allowed the Jamaican business executive to return to the position unopposed.

“What happened in the whole scenario is that Deryck Murray called me, and he said, ‘We had to get rid of the people at the top’,” said Garner in a wide-ranging interview on CBC Radio here.

“I told him that I was not in the business of getting rid of people, and I knew that they were weaknesses at the top, but what we had to do was to support the people running our cricket, and try to fill those weak spots.

“I ended the call because I did not want to get into any conversation. I did not want anyone to think I was in collusion and trying to dethrone anybody.”

 
Walco 2015-03-04 12:14:41 

In reply to jacksprat

Thanks. Not surprised at Garner's response given that this was during the H&H administration. Remember, Garner was Hunte's VP candidate during the last election when he was defeated by Cameron and Nantan. So he was apparently close to Hunte.

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2015-03-04 12:27:41 

In reply to Walco

Does that amount to undermine?

 
jacksprat 2015-03-04 12:30:19 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Feel free to use your own adjective!

 
carl0002 2015-03-04 12:32:16 

For a moment I thought Garner had put his size 15 to Murray.

 
Walco 2015-03-04 12:35:15 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

I just edited my earlier post, but my answer to your question is that I don't believe so.

 
Larr Pullo 2015-03-04 13:23:02 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Ignore Jockstrap!