ANDY ROBERTS posed a particularly pertinent question in the aftermath of Phil Simmons’ suspension as West Indies coach.
Why the rush to install Eldine Baptiste as interim coach for the tour of Sri Lanka? Roberts wanted to know.

The pioneer of Clive Lloyd’s fast bowling arsenal in the late 1970s had himself been sacked as coach after a year, following the West Indies stunning loss to Kenya in the the 1996 World Cup. He was replaced by Lloyd.
His comment at the time is apt now. “A lot of these decisions are taken by people who do not really understand cricket,” he said. “It’s one thing to read about cricket, it’s another thing to understand it.”
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) stated that the responsibilities of the head coach would pass to Baptiste “until the matter is cleared up”.
It noted that he was already assigned to Sri Lanka as the selector-on-tour, hinting that it was a money-saving arrangement. Yet Stuart Williams, the assistant coach, is also there. He filled in as head coach for the tour of South Africa and the World Cup following the sacking of Ottis Gibson just over a year ago while the WICB waited for Simmons’ availability at the end of his eight highly acclaimed years with Ireland.
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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Roberts question would only be pertinent if their decision was an anomaly in WICB operations. The abnormality would be if WICB had behaved sensibly by ascertaining all the relevant facts and respond from an informed position. Their decision might have been the same, since wisdom has not been hallmark at the WICB for some years now, but at least that behavior could have bought them a little credit……….
does anyone understand now why someone like Michael Holding divorce himself from WI cricket madness?

This is precisely why I am of the opinion that Former Great Cricketers must be in charge of EVERYTHING pertaining to Cricket in the Region .
The Administrative would deal with Finances , Sponsors ; PRO etc .

As I have stated elsewhere , my idea
is to have One entity , with two Departments ; A CRICKET DEPARTMENT &
AN ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT .

The Administrative Department will be in charge of everything Not pertaining to Cricket . BTW , People in the Administrative Department will not be allowed to intervene in the Cricket Department .

Simmons have lawyers involved now...West Indies cricket can't function without legal action!

In reply to mikesiva

Just the other day President was proud that he saved because there were no lawsuits by WIPA... Now he must be thinking that he had said that too early