Recently, I read a book about the maiden voyage of the Titanic. On the ill-fated night that the Titanic sank it received five clear warnings from other ships about icebergs in the area. The overconfident captain who believed that his ship was unsinkable ignored the warnings, refused to change course or take corrective action, and the ship hit an iceberg. You know the rest of the story.

Many a captain has gone down with his ship because he refused to listen to objective feedback and take remedial action. Rejection of such feedback and an unwillingness to be flexible and adaptive often result in great disasters.

Over the years, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) was given clear warnings of the great dangers ahead in the Lucky, Patterson, Wilkin and Caricom reports. These four reports gave similar feedback but in the Caricom report the feedback was more urgent and direct. Like the captain of the Titanic, the leaders of the WICB rejected this feedback, did not take corrective action and are now headed for a disaster of Titanic proportions.

Sadly, the WICB did not just dismiss the findings in the last report but it did so in a manner that showed gross disrespect for the prime ministers of the region and the eminent persons on the Committee.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Good article, hopefully the Caricom leaders could dissolve the present WICB.

In reply to dayne

Yes, If what PM Rowley said is true,, may may be heading that way.

I remain cautiously optimistic as CARICOM is fragile. But I am hoping to see a swift, relentless, aggressive stance against the WICB and their directors.

In reply to Emir

I like reading what Dr. Webster writes , he makes a lot of sense , and his comments are always insightful .

As I have stated elsewhere in this Forum , one of the Members of the CARICOM Committee was Sir Dennis Byron , who is the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice ; aka the CCJ .

Wikipedia has a lot of information about him . So he aint exactly what
One can call a Lightweight .

I am amazed of the fact , that Cameron & Co are willing to risk all
for sticking with an 89 years old Structure .

It is now very obvious that ALL the various Reports that the WICBC commissioned ; were its tactic to Stall for time , while Bamboozling the People in the Region .

Well at last the Emperors have been informed that they aint wearing any Clothes . Evidently they are angry
about the fact that they have been told that they are Stark Naked .