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Rovman Powell really is a decent skipper

imusic 8/17/25, 3:31:34 AM
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debut: 11/13/02
80,805 runs

Criminal what the SS did to him
DIEHARD 8/17/25, 3:50:42 AM
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debut: 1/12/06
9,583 runs

In reply to imusic

The best in the region
Halliwell 8/17/25, 6:51:51 AM
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debut: 5/14/05
24,933 runs

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He comes across as a nice guy, a good captain, and is honest in defeat.
voiceofreason 8/17/25, 2:09:28 PM
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debut: 1/20/04
92,307 runs

Agreed he is a good Skipper. The losses were piling up, probably there was a shift in the dynamics in the dressing room. Time to move on as he has accepted his role as still a leader, just without the title.

Too much fuss about titular positions. You can be a leader without the title.
DIEHARD 8/17/25, 3:03:09 PM
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debut: 1/12/06
9,583 runs

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Bro..what? Lol, just don't anyone highlighting the fact Sammy royally screwed the pooch on this one?
Brerzerk 8/17/25, 11:23:55 PM
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debut: 3/16/21
13,110 runs

Vor is very, very disingenuous! If someone was tobe brought in now to take over as head coach and Sammy be kept as consultant he'd be saying the exact opposite to the above. He'd be bawling for the then "Non--Titular Dethroned Head"
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analyst-kid 8/18/25, 2:44:06 PM
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debut: 2/22/03
14,904 runs

Much better skipper than Hope......but Hope is learning, I HOPE he learns.
tc1 8/19/25, 9:09:15 PM
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debut: 6/12/04
18,594 runs

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Browne has to be in the conversation as the top skipper with Bim.
analyst-kid 8/20/25, 3:29:16 PM
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debut: 2/22/03
14,904 runs

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alltime top Bajan skipper is Holford...then Bessie/Padmore....then we get to Browne.

Brooks and Stoute were the best of this era. Mayers/Reifer I suspect are better captains than Hope and Holder and Brathwaite. Chase should be automatic Bajan skipper nowadays as he beats up the regional level with bat and ball.

History will show allrounders make some of the best captains iro Barbados.
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Halliwell 8/20/25, 4:53:53 PM
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debut: 5/14/05
24,933 runs

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Suggest it will be batting all rounders instead of bowling all rounders?

I presume Macco would have been an excellent captain… who were the skippers he influenced during his tenure as coach? Lara, Chanders, SirCarl?