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In reply to Cuter

DD looking as smug as a pug in that article

In reply to Cuter

No surprise here Cuter. During the Indian tour debacle I confronted him with several reasons why I thought WICB had handled the matter and the other issues leading to the fiasco badly, Charlo defended everyone of the boards' actions and even had a ringing endorsement of Dave's stewardship.

More to come. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Btw, I thought the BCA reasons and WCB reasons for supporting Dave came from the same source. I hope the resources of WICB are not being used for PR for the Presidential elections. I certainly hope not.

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While I am at it...Folks, please be reminded of the Skerrit/Shallow live 2 hour session on reformimg West Indies cricket @ 6.30pm in Barbados today.

In reply to Courtesy

will that be carried live?

In reply to sudden

Yep. On UWI tv global

Link.

It has started please give a listen.

So hold on.

The evaluation metric for CWI President is based on how the team performs?

Interesting, given that there are those that opine that the metric should be based on sponsorship deals, administrative competence or lack thereof etc

If it is truly based on the performance of the team, how on earth did the incumbent get re-elected the first time?

And if it’s based on how the team performs, this last T20 series must have done some major damage to the incumbent’s re-election chances

In reply to Courtesy

where is Dr Shallow from?

Bloody poor speaker

Skerritt has come prepared. i like that. let the facts speak for themselves

you go Skerritt. you come not to praise Cameron but to bury him

wait that is Powen?

i am early impressed with Skerritt

Skerritt doing well but it may be for naught

In reply to Courtesy

I hope the resources of WICB are not being used for PR for the Presidential elections. I certainly hope not.

Keep hoping, that's exactly what they are doing. Cameron running this thing like Trump. nepotism in full tilt.
I heard his (Cameron) office in JA is housed in a building what he owns. So CWI is paying for an office, that he Cameron own so he putting that money directly in his pocket.

In reply to positiveg

Didn’t Hunte do the same thing? Matter of fact, weren’t the renovations for Hunte’s office, an office that was also Hunte’s property, completely paid for by the then WICB?

gotta say i like what Skerritt is saying

Skerritt shouldnt let Shallow take at all

In reply to sudden

In reply to Dukes

Nanthan is my brethren. watch yuh mout yeh

In reply to Courtesy



So my bro what are your thoughts on Skerrit and Shallow?

In reply to imusic


Music i drive past the "Hunte Office" you speak of daily and will say that he is given a bad rap on this

In reply to InHindsight

Let me say from the very outset that Skerrit/Shallow are facing an uphill task as the current constructs and lodge-like membership of CWI are steep to conquer. This is not a democracy they are dealing with here. Having said this, they fell short in articulating their vision. I would have liked to see the following:

* They needed to develop their 10-point plan at least to the stage of strategic imperatives and later developing a comprehensive strategic plan.

* They seem to lack familiarity with their own 10-point system

* They did not highlight sufficiently what is wrong with the current system

* They appear afraid to dwell on their opponent's weaknesses and how it affects negatively West Indies cricket.

* They didn't expound on stakeholder input and how they would approach this esp. private sector partnerships

* I suspect Dr. Shallow has not had much exposure to public speaking and he was not convincing enough

* They had no strategy to negate Cameron's political approach to re-election except trying to be diplomatic.

* They could have harped upon the need for CWI to have a strong working relationship with CARICOM to advance cricket in the region.

* They never gave details of how they would lower the current excesses of the spend to mitigate against the seasonality of the cash flow..

* They needed to tell us which cost centres they would cut to achieve their re-prioritization.

Having said this, would I have voted for them? YES...they came across as having a fair grasp of the issues, genuine, concerned and committed.

I am not move by Ricky, Skerritt, changing one old chair for another, and not looking at other international sporting organizations, will end like all previous boards.
The President?Chairman and directors, must be Independent of all regional boards.

In reply to InHindsight

In reply to Courtesy

Well articulated. my thoughts were similar.

I was particularly disappointed that they were not ready tgo expound on their 10 point plan.

I was impressed by Skerritt who came across as a genuine leader.I am not looking for a grade A Genius,merely somebody whose life experience and cricket knowledge and management skills that are appropriate for the job.There is a binary choice,not to determine whether these guys are perfect but that they would represent a significant improvement on the incumbent. Their demeanor, qualifications and attitude suggest that they would do a significantly better job than Cameron.

In reply to sudden

St Vincent.

He got better as the forum progressed. I too thought he started out shakily.

In reply to InHindsight and Courtesy

The format was a discussion forum rather than a presentation.

In a public forum like tonight’s was, they may have been cautious about giving away too much.

It was more a session for people to ask questions.

Skerritt did talk about collaboration with CARICOm especially with grassroots cricket. It would need to be part of curricula.

Agree with you about cutting excesss, but I dont think they have a full picture since they are on the outskirts, rather than CWI employees.

CWI approach to reform is like the Israeli's to the Palestinian problem, delay as long as possible!