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Alright fellas!!
Big news coming out of the Caribbean today of major changes to our coaching set-up, it all started YESTERDAY when rumours started circulating that Gibson hadn't travelled with the squad to Grenada for the first ODI game against Bangledash on Wednesday...but there was a lot of claim and counter claim going on. But today this news has emerged in the press...
Firstly let me say i haven't been posting lately because to be honest i was totally disillusioned with my team after they contrived to mess up so badly during the recent NZ series. Leaving Narine on the sidelines and then changing a winning team for the 3rd and vital test was just too much to stomach.
Well..since that shambles it looks like us WI fans dreams are coming true bit by bit as they've cleared out the worthless piece of crap that was our "selection panel" and replaced them with Lloyd, Walsh and Baptiste. And now they've seemingly gotten rid of that absolute pretender that is Otis Gibson too!!..this new administration under President Dave Cameron and Richard Pybus aren't taking any prisoners my friends .
As for Arthur..nothing is on the dotted line yet but i'm shocked they appear to have picked him tbh (Pybus a major influence apparently). His stint with South Africa wasn't bad i guess but of course the Australia spell left a lot to be desired, although one could argue that they were getting better and better during the England away series which was pretty much still his team. Never the less he's come back in the CPL with the Jamaican side and done very well...he's a proper "coach" with tons of experience which is probably what we need right now so i'm prepard to give the guy a chance if he is indeed the chosen one.
In closing what we'll need is a little stability now after all the madness that's occured..we face a very tough run coming up after the Bang series when we travel to India and SA and then take on England at home..if we manage to win one of those series it would be a major step forward...the last time we did beat one of those (England in 2009) we had a foreign coach so i guess the omens are good .
Big news coming out of the Caribbean today of major changes to our coaching set-up, it all started YESTERDAY when rumours started circulating that Gibson hadn't travelled with the squad to Grenada for the first ODI game against Bangledash on Wednesday...but there was a lot of claim and counter claim going on. But today this news has emerged in the press...
LinkWICB favours Arthur as new coach
By Vinode Mamchan
Tuesday, August 19, 2014.
Ottis Gibson no longer in charge of the West Indies cricket team.
Just days after the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) changed the regional selection panel, they continued their house cleaning yesterday by removing Ottis Gibson as coach of the regional side.
The former all-rounder, who played two Tests and 15 One-Day internationals for the Windies, served England as bowling coach from late 2007 until he came back home to take charge of the regional unit in February 2010.
Information reaching the T&T Guardian is that he was likely to be replaced by for the former South Africa and Australia coach Mickey Arthur. The South African, Arthur recently finished his duties with the Jamaica Tallawahs in the Limacol Caribbean Premier League T20 tournament.
WICB Cricket operations director Richard Pybus met with Gibson after a string of poor performances from the regional side. The two did not see eye to eye on many matters and in the end the WICB directors were made aware of the feelings of both Pybus and Gibson.
The directors held a teleconference over the weekend and a decision was made to terminate the services of Gibson and the hunt was then on for a new coach. With the West Indies due to play Bangladesh from tomorrow in Grenada in a three-match, two-Test and lone T20 series, a coach was needed immediately and Pybus met with Arthur at the Hyatt Regency in St Kitts.
It is understood that although all terms have not been worked out, Arthur will take charge for the Bangladesh series. Gibson’s contract was not up for renewal, since he renewed his contract last year. It was for a period of three years and due to end in February 2016.
At the time of renewing the contract, WICB chief executive officer Michael Muirhead said: “Ottis has added significant value to the development of the West Indies team during his tenure and we are delighted to have secured his services for another three years.” “Most notably is that he led the implementation of a system of professionalism within the team unit and curbed the negative results, which we were experiencing with some frequency. There have also been clear successes under his stewardship from 2010to date. These include, most notably, having coached the team to the World Twenty20 title, the team showing consistent improvements in the other formats, the reintegration of players into the team unit and the achievement of the set goals as outlined in the WICB Strategic Plan 2011-2016,” Muirhead said.
The West Indies continue to struggle in the Test and ODI formats and this has prompted many changes under new president Dave Cameron.
Darren Sammy was removed as ODI captain and replaced by Dwayne Bravo, while the St Lucian was also replaced as Test captain by Denesh Ramdin. Sammy has held on to his post as T20 captain. Recently the changes continued with former Test captain Clive Lloyd replacing Clyde Butts as chief selector, while Eldine Baptiste and Courtney Walsh were also made selectors. Making way for them was Robert Haynes, while Courtney Browne was been sent to deal with youth selection and women’s cricket.
Firstly let me say i haven't been posting lately because to be honest i was totally disillusioned with my team after they contrived to mess up so badly during the recent NZ series. Leaving Narine on the sidelines and then changing a winning team for the 3rd and vital test was just too much to stomach.
Well..since that shambles it looks like us WI fans dreams are coming true bit by bit as they've cleared out the worthless piece of crap that was our "selection panel" and replaced them with Lloyd, Walsh and Baptiste. And now they've seemingly gotten rid of that absolute pretender that is Otis Gibson too!!..this new administration under President Dave Cameron and Richard Pybus aren't taking any prisoners my friends .
As for Arthur..nothing is on the dotted line yet but i'm shocked they appear to have picked him tbh (Pybus a major influence apparently). His stint with South Africa wasn't bad i guess but of course the Australia spell left a lot to be desired, although one could argue that they were getting better and better during the England away series which was pretty much still his team. Never the less he's come back in the CPL with the Jamaican side and done very well...he's a proper "coach" with tons of experience which is probably what we need right now so i'm prepard to give the guy a chance if he is indeed the chosen one.
In closing what we'll need is a little stability now after all the madness that's occured..we face a very tough run coming up after the Bang series when we travel to India and SA and then take on England at home..if we manage to win one of those series it would be a major step forward...the last time we did beat one of those (England in 2009) we had a foreign coach so i guess the omens are good .
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