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If you thought things couldn't get worse for West Indies cricket, it just did. A panel of eminent, highly successful Caribbean personalities have just expended a mountain of labour and produced a mouse of a report. It has recommended the dissolution of the West Indies Cricket Board, to be replaced on a permanent basis by, ahem, ahem... the panel does not say. The report puts into elegant language a highly unoriginal recommendation that has emanated from Caribbean rum shops for the past 20 years. Seldom before has a bowler achieved what this panel has -- a wide and a no ball in the same delivery.

Enough is enough. It's not complicated:

(a) cricket is a sport
(b) success in any sport -- more sponsors, fans, positive vibes -- comes from winning, which we have not been doing for 20 years
(c) winning on the cricket field means that your players are batting, bowling, and fielding better than the other team
(d) to do that you need better coaches, more enlightened selectors, tougher local competitions and, in our case, an analysis of our cricket history

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Pure Shoite

Mr. Townsend ,

I find it interesting that the gist of what you have stated , has forgotten
a very well known adage in the Region ,
perhaps You may be unfamiliar with it ,
so let me inform You about it .

" FISH NEVER EVER ROTS FROM THE

TAIL UP , BUT FROM THE HEAD DOWN "

It is Imperative therefore that WE
Start from those in the Governance of Cricket in the Region . That being the case WE need to deal with the whole Structure of Cricket in the Region .

By that I mean no stone must be left unturned . Because Cricket in the Region has been an abysmal Failure
for years . This is because , in my opinion , those in the governance West Indies Cricket have never ever
realized , or understood the fact that :

CRICKET IS A VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS

THAT DEMANDS THAT THE BUSINESS OF

CRICKET BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY .

In my opinion if what I have stated
immediately above , was understood
by those in the governance of Cricket in the Region , Perhaps , just perhaps ; WE would have made Progress
in Cricket Regionally & Internationally .

I do have some knowledge about Organizations , and in my opinion there are 3 types of persons who join
Organizations . First there are People who join to help & improve
the Organizations , then there are those who join to only see how much they can get for themselves by joining an Organization . The third
Category are Dead Weights , who join to say that they are in an Organization .

You may or may not be aware of the fact that the Regional Tournaments at one time did have Sponsors . They abruptly stopped being Sponsors . My
take is that it was incumbent on the WICBC to state why they left ; It has
never done so .

In this Forum I am on record asking what impediment exists that prevents
the WICBC from seeking Sponsors , the
only response I got was this was due
to Contractual Obligations. Now if this is true it tangibly demonstrates
that the current people in the WICBC
have exceedingly Poor Business Acumen .
Since I am the subject of Business
Acumen , let me point out to you that
the WICBC as usual displayed very Poor Judgement when without any attempt to solve the problem with its
Employees who were participating in the Tour to India ; cancelled that
Tour which as WE are well aware was in progress . In essence the WICBC left its Host , the BCC abruptly with a Mountain of Debt , and this has caused the BCCI to propose suing the WICBC FOR 42 MILLION DOLLARS .

I can go on , and I will , but this will suffice , for now . I hope to get a response from you , regarding what I have stated , because what I have stated aint a Nancy Story .

More Shoite

This Townshend guy baffles me as his solution seems to be stay the course.

In reply to uton

Obviously another one of the WICBC's
Lackeys . These are the people who
continuously Retard Cricket in the Region .

I do not expect a response from him ,
He talks about Sponsors , but would any sane Sponsor seek to lend their name or names to an Entity that is perpetually at war with its Employes . The WICBC
bluntly refuses to understand that there needs to be genuine harmonious relations with its Coaches & Players .
It has not yet dawned on the WICBC that to attract Sponsors , it has to
make our Players fully competitive in the International Cricket Arena .

Lost on those in the governance of
Cricket in the Region is the fact that Sponsors only associate with
Winners . In the longer versions of the game our Team & Players are Bottom Dwellers , therefore any thoughts of attracting Sponsors simply aint going to happen .

Let us not forget the fact that the WICBC has consistently attracted very Bad Publicity , due to its colossal
Arrogance ; Incompetence ; Lack of Foresight & Vision , and absence of
Sound & Good Business Acumen .

In reply to sudden

Let me repeat what I have told you before because you are apparently
Mentally Challenged . I have come to that conclusion due to your overuse of the word Shoite . As I stated to you
before ; you are Hell bent in proving my assessment of you is correct .

The fact is that your vocabulary is exceedingly limited . That does not bode well for persons in your Profession . Finally let me again state to you that any uncouth & vulgar language you may choose to use
in response to this is as always Mutual . Now Run along you Troglodyte .

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com


I agree with the general sentiment of the writer, at the end of the day WICB is not on the pitch - structure or restructure!

In reply to XDFIX

If You had a Company , and you intend making Real money , the onus is on you to ensure that your employees are well
equipped , in all aspects of your Company , to be successful .

This definitely cannot be said of the WICBC . It should be obvious to all ,
with the exception of the Mentally
Challenged , that in any endeavour , Our Employees , have to be fully equipped in every aspect , so that You & they can both be successful .

If the WICBC was a genuine business
Entity , it would have been defunct
years ago . But it gets money from the ICC without Strings attached , in essence :

THE ICC HAS ALLOWED THE WICBC

TO BECOME A ROGUE CRICKET BOARD .

The ICC seems blithely oblivious to the fact that the WICBC is toxic to Cricket in the Region , worse yet the
ICC cares little regarding the Maladministration of the WICBC .

The ICC does not realize that when the WICBC tarnishes its Image , it also tarnishes the Image of the ICC .
I would not be surprised if One fine day I hear or read that the ICC is being investigated .

I would like You & others to try explaining to me & others why Bangladesh has progressed in ALL formats of the Game , while WE have
seriously regressed .

BTW , I have not read or heard that
other International Cricket Boards
are being sued for 42 million dollars , If you have heard , about any other
Cricket Board being sued for 42 million dollars , please inform me .

I cite the above to tangibly demonstrate the fact that the WICBC
HAS BEEN & IS THE WORST INTERNATIONAL

CRICKET BOARD IN THE WORLD . THIS IS

THE REASON WHY IN THE LONGER VERSIONS

OF THE GAME OUR PLAYERS & TEAM ARE

BOTTOM DWELLERS , WITH ABSOLUTELY

NO RELIEF IN SIGHT .

Obviously something is seriously wrong regarding Cricket in the Region , and WE therefore need to start with
those in the governance of Cricket in the Region first .

Once that is completed WE can then deal with the Coaches ; Players , Pitches etc . I have never ever heard
about Fish rotting from the tail up ,
it has always rotted from the head down .

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Good POV and well written.

All of what you say in the quoted needs good governance. Not only good people but a good structure.

The major push in the governance change is to move away from the obligatory 2 men from the 6 WI territory sitting in a seat, bumping their gums and slowing down change to a leaner group of more qualified and capable people who will actually do work...




The governance structure change is good but it needs to be complemented with a short term goal of immediate improvement on the field.

Obviously a WICB shill and apologist. ..ergo...a forking Jackass

In reply to matchstick

Please explain , at least to me , how WE can get Sponsors , when our Team &
Players are Bottom Dwellers in the longer versions of the game ??????

As I have stated elsewhere in this Forum , Sponsors do not gravitate to
Losers , they only gravitate to Winners . This obviously has not yet dawned to the People in the WICBC .

Currently the WICBC is getting money regardless of the fact that they are Bad Administrators of Cricket in the Region to the point where their actions & non actions have severely
tarnished the once great Image of West Indies Cricket .

Obviously Cameron & Co do not care a Hoot about the image & Legacy of West
Indies Cricket . WE must also be very critical of the ICC , for its role in
allowing the WICBC to become a Rogue
International Cricket Board ; by refusing to tell & make Cameron & Co.
to exercise Good Governance ; with regard to Cricket in the Region .

The Saga in India was not some hidden secret , where the behaviour of Cameron & Co was , to put it mildly Reckless , because they made no attempt to try settling the matter .
But then as WE later discovered ,
Cameron & Co had other Fish to fry .

The article being well written etc etc , does nothing to obliterate the fact that the WICBC has been & is riddled in Arrogance ; Incompetence , Ineptness ; lacking in Foresight & Vision ; and worst still have absolutely no Business Acumen .

Perhaps they believe that one day magically our Players are going to magically be the best in the World ,
that aint ever going to happen .

In reply to POINT

Please summarize your long azz posts down to 2 or 3 rational sentences.

In reply to matchstick

You are allowed to respond to any of the Paragraphs that I have stated stated . You can select any that you choose to respond to .

I do not think that is a difficult task
for you . In my opinion the onus is on You to summarize what I have written , and respond to what I have stated . One thing I know , is that
You cannot factually dispute what I have stated .

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

What complete SH!TE.

Such tripe could only be written by a real jackass. Or a Commie

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Name and nature
ERROL TONGUESHIT

wot a load of shoit