Director of Cricket at Cricket West Indies (CWI), Miles Bascombe, has admitted that the region is not generating enough high-level coaches, and that plans are afoot to restructure its coaching education system.

Speaking during a press conference on Monday following the conclusion of a two-day emergency meeting, Bascombe said CWI had hired a consultant to help address the issue as a short-term fix.

However, he revealed that a complete revamp of the coaching education system was in the works.

“So our coaching education system is probably one of the things from very early. I recognised that we were not producing the level of coaches that we would want to ideally, based on the certification programme.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Hold on.

You completely revamping the coaching education system in the region because the region isn’t generating enough high level coaches.

Yet you hire someone to initially be head coach of white ball, and then subsequently also appoint the same individual as head coach of the test men’s senior teams, who has ZERO certification??

And allyuh want to be taken seriously?

“Do as I say but not as I do?”

SMH

In reply to imusic

is just the paper yall want see?

hes a level 2 with coaching experiencing in franchise cricket

if he got the level 3, would that stop all the coaching not qualified talk?
on top of that, what does the level 3 provide that his current credentials do not?

In reply to conman

You chose an appropriate handle for this messageboard

In reply to imusic

please answer the question

In reply to conman

if yuh doh have papers and the teams uh coackhing getting lick way for 27, then yes i want to see papers.

In reply to Jumpstart

Why the 27 all out matter?
If it was 100 all out would that make a difference?

In reply to conman

so why set standards if you are not going to follow it?

In reply to googley

It was a potential issue but clearly there were other factors involved

It could be the other cold hard truth most ppl here don't want to accept....Sammy was the most qualified

Coaching certification is just one aspect. There are others that Sammy checked off, and he already has a level 2 certification, so its really a non issue now

His other qualifications were deemed more impressive than a couple months certification program

How could one be the "most qualified" when they did not meet the requirements for the job?

Ey this message board really got some special ones...

This is likely just another charade-this pronouncement by Bascombe.

Because, in West Indies cricket it is evident that coaching certification, however impressive, will always be trumped by the right passport.

In reply to anthonyp

It means the others were not qualified even with the right certifications....

In reply to conman

Lawddd... how de rass the others won't be qualified and they met the criteria?

Partner... you alright? They ever tested yuh?

Sooo let me get this clear... a man who is not qualified and did not meet the requirements for the job is the "most qualified" but the others who met the requirements aren't?

In reply to anthonyp

look i was out after he typed this

In reply to anthonyp

his certification was his only issue, thats what the big stink has been about, this is not some office job that HR need to file the proper paper work.........others had the certification, but lacked what ever else sammy has.....yall just too blinded by hate to see that sammy is one of the most interesting figures in the history of west indies cricket

fast bowler, injured, came back as a line and length bowler, eventually an all rounder captain, 2 time winning world cup captain....retires, becomes captain of a franchise team overseas, impressive enough that he gets made head coach, becomes white ball coach, eventually a red ball coach.......to discard sammy is a detriment to a region that has an insane amount of brain and experience drain

In reply to conman

Man just take the test like everyone else! Why even go there!

In reply to conman

Sammy????

I repeat…..you definitely chose the right handle

In reply to imusic

itito please

its known he had an injury

In reply to anthonyp

I strongly suggest that you get your eyes tested, don't you see the handle of the man you're arguing with?

In reply to conman

I fully endorse your position!

The Golden Child has the most important document that the others lacked- a passport of the right colour!!

In reply to conman

i remember seeing sammy in a nets in qpo before he had even been picked for a wi squad..........he was still a spinner in a hurry

In reply to conman

You Are Shameless Sir!
Please read the job specs
What requirements for qualification and experience it asks for?
Oh the irony and timeliness of Bascombe's Bull Pucky! For the good of WI cricket I'm hoping proud0layers step up to ensure this series win is not an anomaly.

In reply to jacksprat

"Passpowt" plus intangibles

In reply to Brerzerk
INDEED!!

In reply to jacksprat

to windward islanders and bajans.....its disappointing with barbados because they were the 1st or second strongest region in cricket for a large portion of the post WWII era........unlike the windwards who were nonsense in cricket

In reply to conman

Please explain what Darren Sammy has that Shivnarine Chanderpaul doesn't???

I have no real problem with Sammy as coach but it's very clear as to the reason he was selected!!!

In reply to conman

I was going to post few more....But..Your Name..Conman
Fool some people sometimes...but not all people all the time

We now call them "scammers".

In reply to WIfan26

Wait what shiv do?

In reply to Onionman0

U think using the same joke everybody else using doing something ?

I want to be challenged, please challenge what I saying

West indies cricket got issues, I care to engage in the issues that matter

In reply to conman

And those "issues that matter" are?

In reply to natty_forever

Anything beyond me country better than you country

In reply to conman

Shiv applied the same time as Sammy for the job!!!

So again what does Sammy have that Shiv doesn't???

In reply to conman

Mr. Conman

Please answer my query. You seem knowledgeable.

Has Sammy applied for his level 3 coaching course as yet?

Imagine a policeman pulling over a motorist for speeding who then presents a license to drive a motor bike to the Officer. Should the officer let him off and not even encourage him to get a proper driver's license?

When was Sammy considered a fast bowler?

In reply to Trex

lol! De poster choose de most appropriate handle

In reply to conman


Sammy simply doesn't have the necessary experience to be a guru at this point. While some former players return to the sport as positional coaches and gradually work their way up, Sammy lacks both qualifications and experience. The same applies to the Director of Coaching; he is managing solely based on theoretical knowledge.