by RAWLE BRANCKER
(Editor's Note: This is the first part of a lecture delivered by former Cricket World Cup 2007 chairman Rawle Brancker at UWI's Sir Frank Worrell memorial lecture)
I am extremely grateful to the UWI and especially Professor Beckles for so highly honoring me with this opportunity, as we formally remember this Icon of the world, Sir Frank Worrell – to have been thought fit to speak about this global colossal is the most humbling and at the same time, exhilarating feeling, a life long admirer of Sir Frank could have and I am profoundly grateful and will try my utmost over the next few minutes to justify this confidence placed in me by the UWI.
I believe that spiritually, Sir Frank's desire is that I speak tonight about the "Relevance of the West Indies Cricket Board, to West Indies Cricket today, especially given its present structure." The unacceptable decline of our cricket, the Board's apparent disconnect with the players and supporting public and its seeming unwillingness to be transparent and accountable. Full Story
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HEADLINE: Is the WICB still relevant? (Part 1)
HEADLINE: Is the WICB still relevant? (Part 1)
Fri, Apr 27, '07 at 10:10 AM
Fri, Apr 27, '07 at 10:22 AM
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com Well bro the board is here to stay so we screwed as a people
Fri, Apr 27, '07 at 11:27 AM
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
Very well stated Mr. Brancker , I endorse all that you have said because your views coincide with mine .
Clearly what we need are honourable men who are interested in having a successful and competitive Team .Rather than persons with inflated egos ,buoyed by the trappings of being a member of the WICB , and care little about cricket in the Region or our Team.
Who in the process of doing that would leave no stone unturned to get the very best players in the Region without rank or favour . Mould them into a cohesive unit , and make the team competitive in the Cricket World .
I know that you are a busy man , but perhaps you could find some time to seek the Presidency of whatever entity happens to govern Cricket in the Region .
Reading between the lines , I believe that your intention whether you seek office or not , is that the name the WICB has got to go ,because it connotates all that is stupid , evil and inept . THAT IN MY OPINION MUST BE THE FIRST STEP .
It is my belief , Which I have stated several times on this MB ,
that the main reason why the WICB cannot attract more sponsors in the Region , is simply because it is always mired in controversy . It continuously fights with its own players a fact that you have pointed out .
I DARE THE WICB TO TAKE A POLL ASKING WHAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC THINKS OF ITS PERFORMANCE OVER THE PAST 2 DECADES .
As you have brilliantly pointed out the WICB is a haven for people with super egos , who believe that they know everything , when in reality they have absolutely no buisness acumen .
Like you , I have also pointed out on several occasions that the enormous sums of money that the Regional Governments spent to host the World Cup makes it imperative to get control of the Governance of Cricket in the Region . Particularly when One is reminded that the WICB never put up one penny towards hosting this World Cup . But yet it is going to recieve 104 million dollars over 4 years .
I am fully aware that all sorts of figures are being floated about . But the figure that I have stated came from Chris Dehring . I heard him in person say that was what the WICB was going to get over a period of 4 years.
You have also correctly pointed out that the WICB is not operated as a real buisness , if it was , then it would have been out of buisness a very long time ago . I too have been at pains to inform this to the readers of this MB . I have often said that , the WICB is operated like a Mauby Shop that sprang up overnight by the Roadside .
One of the PM's in the Region reluctant to do anything regarding this fiasco is your Prime Minister the Hon. Owen Arthur . Perhaps you and others can persuade him that now is the time to seize the day and act on behalf of our Cricketers and the long suffering Fans in the Region .
The Regional Governments must not be seen to be acting Like Nero who fiddled while Rome burnt .
I am hoping that you would also address the new smoke screen thrown up by Ken Gordon who has appointed a Committee to tell them what needs to be done . The time for Committees has passed .
It is my opinion that the WICB must undergo a total Restructuring , including a name change , or WE have a completely new entity in place to govern Cricket in the Region .
It is my belief also that it is time for like minded persons like you to have Town Hall type Meetings so that the Public can air their views . Suggestions and ideas collected and then sifted , for the best ideas going forward , and ask the RADIO & TV STATIONS TO donate time so that people in the Region can haer and see the ideas that merit serious consideration .
Better yet Mr. Brancker , perhaps you can Challenge the President of the WICB to a Debate , which would be aired on Radio & TV . in the Region .
Such an exercise has much merit , so that the Public at large can judge for themselves the incompetence , inept , and sordid history of the WICB .
Very well stated Mr. Brancker , I endorse all that you have said because your views coincide with mine .
Clearly what we need are honourable men who are interested in having a successful and competitive Team .Rather than persons with inflated egos ,buoyed by the trappings of being a member of the WICB , and care little about cricket in the Region or our Team.
Who in the process of doing that would leave no stone unturned to get the very best players in the Region without rank or favour . Mould them into a cohesive unit , and make the team competitive in the Cricket World .
I know that you are a busy man , but perhaps you could find some time to seek the Presidency of whatever entity happens to govern Cricket in the Region .
Reading between the lines , I believe that your intention whether you seek office or not , is that the name the WICB has got to go ,because it connotates all that is stupid , evil and inept . THAT IN MY OPINION MUST BE THE FIRST STEP .
It is my belief , Which I have stated several times on this MB ,
that the main reason why the WICB cannot attract more sponsors in the Region , is simply because it is always mired in controversy . It continuously fights with its own players a fact that you have pointed out .
I DARE THE WICB TO TAKE A POLL ASKING WHAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC THINKS OF ITS PERFORMANCE OVER THE PAST 2 DECADES .
As you have brilliantly pointed out the WICB is a haven for people with super egos , who believe that they know everything , when in reality they have absolutely no buisness acumen .
Like you , I have also pointed out on several occasions that the enormous sums of money that the Regional Governments spent to host the World Cup makes it imperative to get control of the Governance of Cricket in the Region . Particularly when One is reminded that the WICB never put up one penny towards hosting this World Cup . But yet it is going to recieve 104 million dollars over 4 years .
I am fully aware that all sorts of figures are being floated about . But the figure that I have stated came from Chris Dehring . I heard him in person say that was what the WICB was going to get over a period of 4 years.
You have also correctly pointed out that the WICB is not operated as a real buisness , if it was , then it would have been out of buisness a very long time ago . I too have been at pains to inform this to the readers of this MB . I have often said that , the WICB is operated like a Mauby Shop that sprang up overnight by the Roadside .
One of the PM's in the Region reluctant to do anything regarding this fiasco is your Prime Minister the Hon. Owen Arthur . Perhaps you and others can persuade him that now is the time to seize the day and act on behalf of our Cricketers and the long suffering Fans in the Region .
The Regional Governments must not be seen to be acting Like Nero who fiddled while Rome burnt .
I am hoping that you would also address the new smoke screen thrown up by Ken Gordon who has appointed a Committee to tell them what needs to be done . The time for Committees has passed .
It is my opinion that the WICB must undergo a total Restructuring , including a name change , or WE have a completely new entity in place to govern Cricket in the Region .
It is my belief also that it is time for like minded persons like you to have Town Hall type Meetings so that the Public can air their views . Suggestions and ideas collected and then sifted , for the best ideas going forward , and ask the RADIO & TV STATIONS TO donate time so that people in the Region can haer and see the ideas that merit serious consideration .
Better yet Mr. Brancker , perhaps you can Challenge the President of the WICB to a Debate , which would be aired on Radio & TV . in the Region .
Such an exercise has much merit , so that the Public at large can judge for themselves the incompetence , inept , and sordid history of the WICB .
Fri, Apr 27, '07 at 11:29 AM
debut: Nov 26, '06
62,901 runs
In reply to Chally1
Well Chally, I beleive that one of the salient points of Brankers Speech was that We the People have to do all we can (Moral Suasion -dont laugh or Political pressure as we are now all defacto shareholders given the usage of taxpayers funds to improve stadia across the region)
I am not gonna continue to get screwed as you put it without dinner and some wine.
Well Chally, I beleive that one of the salient points of Brankers Speech was that We the People have to do all we can (Moral Suasion -dont laugh or Political pressure as we are now all defacto shareholders given the usage of taxpayers funds to improve stadia across the region)
I am not gonna continue to get screwed as you put it without dinner and some wine.
Fri, Apr 27, '07 at 11:51 AM
If not WICB, then what?
The article concludes that the Board as presently structured does not work. However, the article does not make the case that the reason it is not working is due the Board's structure.
Maybe things are not working because the directors lack vision. If so, shouldn't the article be addressing ways the Board's bylaws can be changed to allow the expedited replacement of directors. Remember, we still need an organization to run cricket - whether it is the WICB or something else.
The article concludes that the Board as presently structured does not work. However, the article does not make the case that the reason it is not working is due the Board's structure.
Maybe things are not working because the directors lack vision. If so, shouldn't the article be addressing ways the Board's bylaws can be changed to allow the expedited replacement of directors. Remember, we still need an organization to run cricket - whether it is the WICB or something else.
Fri, Apr 27, '07 at 12:31 PM
Mr Brancker is right on. That is, after he got the unnecessary Worrell hagiography out of the way. I highly admire Sir Frank. One of my lasting memories was when he came to speak to my high school, Bishop's High School in Tobago, for our 1966 (I think) Speech Day. Having said that, Mr Brancker went much too far in his description of the cricket heaven we would have inherited had Sir Frank lived. The man was human, after all. And no single person could have done all that without many other people being a part. Was Worrell singularly able to persuade the otherwise moron board to catch his vision? I think not.
But this is precisely a symptom of what ails us as a society. We are still waiting for a knight in shining armour, a savior, to get us out of our predicament. We do so in politics (the late Lloyd Best used to call it "Doctor politics"), and we are doing it in our cricket. And when failure comes, we heap scorn on the one we hoped would have been our savior, not realizing that it is our inflated expectations that are at fault. So Lara is the poison. And when he is gone we will find another villain -- Sarwan or Ken Gordon, Clive Lloyd or any other we select. Maybe Brancker will redeem himself in the rest of the presentation by showing that it is the system that is rotten, and all of us are contributing by our twisted expectations to that rotten system.
But this is precisely a symptom of what ails us as a society. We are still waiting for a knight in shining armour, a savior, to get us out of our predicament. We do so in politics (the late Lloyd Best used to call it "Doctor politics"), and we are doing it in our cricket. And when failure comes, we heap scorn on the one we hoped would have been our savior, not realizing that it is our inflated expectations that are at fault. So Lara is the poison. And when he is gone we will find another villain -- Sarwan or Ken Gordon, Clive Lloyd or any other we select. Maybe Brancker will redeem himself in the rest of the presentation by showing that it is the system that is rotten, and all of us are contributing by our twisted expectations to that rotten system.
Fri, Apr 27, '07 at 2:07 PM
In reply to Cameron
Let me inform you about what I know for a fact he did singlehandedly .
SIR FRANK WORRELL STATED THAT PLAYERS FROM THE WINDWARD & LEEWARD ISLANDS SHOULD COMPETE FOR SELECTION ON THE WEST INDIES TEAM . THAT BECAME A REALITY .
PLEASE NOTE IT AINT THE WICB NOR THE SELECTORS THAT WANTED THIS . Worrell was the person that stated that should be done and it became as I said a reality . SOLELY ON THE REQUEST OF ONE MAN ALONE . This is just an example of the power that he had .
In my opinion what Brancker was alluding to is that Sir Frank Worrell looked at Cricket from a Regional Perspective , not as a Barbadian or Trinidadian etc.
It is my opinion that the 3 W'S , all thought like that , hence their going to different countries and unearthing talented players , because they believed that by Coaching youngsters in the different countries , would increase the pool of good players in the Region , thereby making the Regional Tournaments more competitive , and the West Indies Team in the upper bracket of Cricket Worldwide .
Let me inform you about what I know for a fact he did singlehandedly .
SIR FRANK WORRELL STATED THAT PLAYERS FROM THE WINDWARD & LEEWARD ISLANDS SHOULD COMPETE FOR SELECTION ON THE WEST INDIES TEAM . THAT BECAME A REALITY .
PLEASE NOTE IT AINT THE WICB NOR THE SELECTORS THAT WANTED THIS . Worrell was the person that stated that should be done and it became as I said a reality . SOLELY ON THE REQUEST OF ONE MAN ALONE . This is just an example of the power that he had .
In my opinion what Brancker was alluding to is that Sir Frank Worrell looked at Cricket from a Regional Perspective , not as a Barbadian or Trinidadian etc.
It is my opinion that the 3 W'S , all thought like that , hence their going to different countries and unearthing talented players , because they believed that by Coaching youngsters in the different countries , would increase the pool of good players in the Region , thereby making the Regional Tournaments more competitive , and the West Indies Team in the upper bracket of Cricket Worldwide .
Fri, Apr 27, '07 at 3:06 PM
Sir Frank’s application of leadership and focus enhanced the individual excellence of the team members and he turned out to be the intellectual father of West Indies Cricket, while moulding his team into world champions. The teams looked to Worrell, not the Board. The process was then taken to fruition by Lloyd and Richards, who consolidated the West Indies team into a dynasty – dominating the sport for a decade and a half.
Sadly, Sir Frank died before he could utilise his vision and standing to transform the WICBC, and Lloyd and Richards appeared to have no vision for WI cricket beyond the boundaries of the field of play.
Partly responsible for the state of WI cricket today is the failure of the "greats" who took WI to domination of world cricket to carry on and do the transformation of the management of WI cricket.
They, more than anyone else, knew just how badly the WICBC treated with and was treating WI cricket, but they did nothing. They did not try to use their influence and "greatness" to force change.
There is one ray of hope left - that the one who kept WI cricket's head barely above water for the past 15 years with his awesome on-field performances will be able to take up the mantle Sir Frank laid down and do the work to save WI cricket..to wrest it from the greedy, corrupt and incompetent hands of the Bandits who are slowly and surely destroying it.
But he cannot do it alone...the on-field lessons of the past make that clear. He will need the support of decent West Indians, especially as there will be regional backstabbers and betrayers trying to fight him down...again.
Fri, Apr 27, '07 at 4:32 PM
debut: Nov 26, '06
62,901 runs
In reply to redbaron
Baron...in this instance we stand side by side...I too feel the same way and am looking forward to seeing Brian tmrw night...if for nothing else to say Thanks for first Innings ...and hope that his second innings is along the exact line you just stated.
Intellectual Property rights...exploited but all but us...cause we failed to understand the power of influence and leverage.
They can be forgiven for their "silence or inaction" given the times...but surely..there are no freebies or excuses short of death that can forgive the continued silence to let Evil florish as Good Men do Nothing!!
SAFE pahdnah
Baron...in this instance we stand side by side...I too feel the same way and am looking forward to seeing Brian tmrw night...if for nothing else to say Thanks for first Innings ...and hope that his second innings is along the exact line you just stated.
Intellectual Property rights...exploited but all but us...cause we failed to understand the power of influence and leverage.
They can be forgiven for their "silence or inaction" given the times...but surely..there are no freebies or excuses short of death that can forgive the continued silence to let Evil florish as Good Men do Nothing!!
SAFE pahdnah
Fri, Apr 27, '07 at 5:10 PM
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
Branker's lecture echoes my feelings about the state of West Indies cricket - perfectly expressed. As long as we have an old-boys club using membership as a glorified holiday club, squandering what money is being earned by the WICB instead of investing in the people and the physical structure needed to set our cricket right, we will continue to lurch from one all-time low to the next without any respite.
In the corporate world any executive board that fails so dismally to meet their targets (if the WICB has any) would have been fired without compensation. This can't happen with the WICB because they are accountable to no-one. In that same world there are performance reviews. In a cood company where success is dependent on the strength of individual and team performances there is a perfomance review process - employees at all levels including managers and leaders of teams go through a process of setting personal targets, receiving feedback on their performance against those targets, having their weaknesses identified, and getting help to rectify those weaknesses. And - if those weaknesses can't be fixed - they are put on warning - and if their performance doesn't improve - they get fired.
In that world - the concept of performance-related pay exists. Pay your employees (the players) a basic salary and give them the opportunity to earn bonuses based on assessed performance and results. Also - pay those members of your executive who are salaried by results. Bet this would motivate individuals to try harder.
Succession planning is critical. Without that there is no continuity. If you think you have someone with the potential to be a leader, you work with them to develop their leadership skills - then you give them the reins. You don't just appoint someone then fire them on a whim. If you have someone who is a disruptive influence to the productivity of the team - you place them on warning - and if they don't shape up - you fire them.
And the board is ultimately responsible for ensuring that a proper structure is put in place to ensure that the process described above is executed effectively. Cricket is like a people business. If you don't invest in your people your business goes down the pan.
All simple business logic.
This board deserves to be fired for extended non-performance that could potentially deal a death blow to West Indies cricket. How could they sit in their ivory towers apparently satisfied with a situation where we are little better than Zimbabwe and our players are the laughing stock of the cricket world? If they have any consciences at all - they would all resign.
We need a new way forward - and that does not lie within the WICB as presently structured.....
Branker's lecture echoes my feelings about the state of West Indies cricket - perfectly expressed. As long as we have an old-boys club using membership as a glorified holiday club, squandering what money is being earned by the WICB instead of investing in the people and the physical structure needed to set our cricket right, we will continue to lurch from one all-time low to the next without any respite.
In the corporate world any executive board that fails so dismally to meet their targets (if the WICB has any) would have been fired without compensation. This can't happen with the WICB because they are accountable to no-one. In that same world there are performance reviews. In a cood company where success is dependent on the strength of individual and team performances there is a perfomance review process - employees at all levels including managers and leaders of teams go through a process of setting personal targets, receiving feedback on their performance against those targets, having their weaknesses identified, and getting help to rectify those weaknesses. And - if those weaknesses can't be fixed - they are put on warning - and if their performance doesn't improve - they get fired.
In that world - the concept of performance-related pay exists. Pay your employees (the players) a basic salary and give them the opportunity to earn bonuses based on assessed performance and results. Also - pay those members of your executive who are salaried by results. Bet this would motivate individuals to try harder.
Succession planning is critical. Without that there is no continuity. If you think you have someone with the potential to be a leader, you work with them to develop their leadership skills - then you give them the reins. You don't just appoint someone then fire them on a whim. If you have someone who is a disruptive influence to the productivity of the team - you place them on warning - and if they don't shape up - you fire them.
And the board is ultimately responsible for ensuring that a proper structure is put in place to ensure that the process described above is executed effectively. Cricket is like a people business. If you don't invest in your people your business goes down the pan.
All simple business logic.
This board deserves to be fired for extended non-performance that could potentially deal a death blow to West Indies cricket. How could they sit in their ivory towers apparently satisfied with a situation where we are little better than Zimbabwe and our players are the laughing stock of the cricket world? If they have any consciences at all - they would all resign.
We need a new way forward - and that does not lie within the WICB as presently structured.....
Sat, Apr 28, '07 at 4:02 AM
No, they are not relevant. However they are a true reflection of leadership style and conduct of the Caribbean. We are hoping and praying for common sense, but What you see is what you get - Packaged Nonsense, indolence, incompetence and irrelevance across the entire region in all institutions. It is the cancer that is killing the West Indies. WICB and Cricket is the public mirror through which we see ourselves – people and society.
Sat, Apr 28, '07 at 4:25 AM
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com Well said RAWLE BRANCKER I knew there must be a Bajan I could agree with :lol:
Seriously, Mr.RAWLE BRANCKER made some very interesting points, much of what I have been thinking but even more profound and more comprehensive. Good ideas he brought to the table, I hope CARICOM leaders read this article.
Wesley
Seriously, Mr.RAWLE BRANCKER made some very interesting points, much of what I have been thinking but even more profound and more comprehensive. Good ideas he brought to the table, I hope CARICOM leaders read this article.
Wesley
Sat, Apr 28, '07 at 4:41 AM
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
[/]What drivel - A hypothetical - suppose that there is a small army of 200 with bows and arrows and a big army of 600 with guns - how important would "teamness" be in preventing colonization? If and when the small army loses, would it be becuase of the guns or the lack of teamness (Gayle please move your feet; Bravo follow the trainer's regime)
Did "teamness" help either the Caribs and the Arawaks? Did "teamness" help the slaves? What is the measure of that success? All right - time for some exemplars of the concept - Alexander's army was small but successful, is small equivalent to ill-equipped, as in "no trainer" and "waste of time coach"? So was it teamness or strategy or both and in what combination and weighting? Ah, the failure of the Caribbean business class and classless academia - a make-believe land in which high performance becomes equated to personality wars like an MBA earned in hell. Eternal seekers of a messiah to release the pains of incompetence and lack of structure
Branker pushing an Octavius head - :evil:
“that team spirit is so fundamental to any army that when a unit is mauled in battle, reinforcements aren’t sent in one by one, instead, the entire remaining unit is withdrawn and another one put in place. It is a recognition that makes men perform under such extreme ‘battle’ conditions. It is that “teamness,” more than ideology or love of country.
[/]What drivel - A hypothetical - suppose that there is a small army of 200 with bows and arrows and a big army of 600 with guns - how important would "teamness" be in preventing colonization? If and when the small army loses, would it be becuase of the guns or the lack of teamness (Gayle please move your feet; Bravo follow the trainer's regime)
Did "teamness" help either the Caribs and the Arawaks? Did "teamness" help the slaves? What is the measure of that success? All right - time for some exemplars of the concept - Alexander's army was small but successful, is small equivalent to ill-equipped, as in "no trainer" and "waste of time coach"? So was it teamness or strategy or both and in what combination and weighting? Ah, the failure of the Caribbean business class and classless academia - a make-believe land in which high performance becomes equated to personality wars like an MBA earned in hell. Eternal seekers of a messiah to release the pains of incompetence and lack of structure
Branker pushing an Octavius head - :evil:
Sun, Apr 29, '07 at 6:45 AM
In reply to POINT
I Asiba -The Buffalo Soldier singer/songwriter/recording and performing artiste from Barbados made the same proposal in 1995 and I was told that it could not work. Persons WHO OBJECTED said that they did not want the politicians involved. One such person is now the director of sports in Barbados but at that time, he was the moderator of a local call-in show on Voice of Barbados VOB.790
I Asiba -The Buffalo Soldier singer/songwriter/recording and performing artiste from Barbados made the same proposal in 1995 and I was told that it could not work. Persons WHO OBJECTED said that they did not want the politicians involved. One such person is now the director of sports in Barbados but at that time, he was the moderator of a local call-in show on Voice of Barbados VOB.790
Sun, Apr 29, '07 at 9:15 AM
In reply to POINT
As much as I believe in a subjective truth and an objective truth to the matter of Cricket in the region! I think Mr Branckers eloguent speech is two decade late. We can always express with all the verbosity that our mental capacity hath lent us, being plural or creating a pluralization within the boudaries of the region,without personally taking actions, our words are like tinkling cymbals and sounding brass.
Today, cricket in the region does not need long speeches of what needs to be done, we the fans already knows what needs to be done, a radical change to the infrastructor of cricket in the region is a basic area to start.
The WICB and its weaknesses that personified in the ineptitude of the players that it represents is the bed rock of the reality of the problem of West Indies Cricket.
They have not harness any talents for the past 20 years, they have not create a culture that would create a mindset within every elementary,primary,secondary,police force,college,military to harness talent that could breed success for the future of West Indies Cricket.
But they were always quick to band players, drop players, destroy great players and play dirty politics. They could not make good business decision that would effectively capitalize on the great players of yester year! The Bible is True.. Where there is no Vision,the people perish.
We as Fans would like to see articles of a long term and short term plan for West Indies Cricket in the region. We are asking for a working plan, that has fundamental details of how cricket will be structured for the next 20 years. We are sick and tired of the same old same old attitude! As much as conventionalism is thought of as being good for Catholics, it is not good for Cricket in the West Indies.
We cannot hold onto the conventional mindset that everything is going to be ok by doing nothing. The WICB has followed the tranditional mindset, lots of talking but no prosperous action or meaningful solution to address the decline of Cricket in the region. We the Fans want Changes, and we want it now. I am willing to put in my $20.00 into a working plan.
As much as I believe in a subjective truth and an objective truth to the matter of Cricket in the region! I think Mr Branckers eloguent speech is two decade late. We can always express with all the verbosity that our mental capacity hath lent us, being plural or creating a pluralization within the boudaries of the region,without personally taking actions, our words are like tinkling cymbals and sounding brass.
Today, cricket in the region does not need long speeches of what needs to be done, we the fans already knows what needs to be done, a radical change to the infrastructor of cricket in the region is a basic area to start.
The WICB and its weaknesses that personified in the ineptitude of the players that it represents is the bed rock of the reality of the problem of West Indies Cricket.
They have not harness any talents for the past 20 years, they have not create a culture that would create a mindset within every elementary,primary,secondary,police force,college,military to harness talent that could breed success for the future of West Indies Cricket.
But they were always quick to band players, drop players, destroy great players and play dirty politics. They could not make good business decision that would effectively capitalize on the great players of yester year! The Bible is True.. Where there is no Vision,the people perish.
We as Fans would like to see articles of a long term and short term plan for West Indies Cricket in the region. We are asking for a working plan, that has fundamental details of how cricket will be structured for the next 20 years. We are sick and tired of the same old same old attitude! As much as conventionalism is thought of as being good for Catholics, it is not good for Cricket in the West Indies.
We cannot hold onto the conventional mindset that everything is going to be ok by doing nothing. The WICB has followed the tranditional mindset, lots of talking but no prosperous action or meaningful solution to address the decline of Cricket in the region. We the Fans want Changes, and we want it now. I am willing to put in my $20.00 into a working plan.