Phil Simmons sacked as West Indies coach

[anil1405]

"In recent times, based on the public pronouncements of the coach and the approach internally, we have identified differences in culture and strategic approach. The WICB would therefore like to thank the coach for his contribution and wishes him the best in his future endeavours." - WICB

Phil Simmons sacked as West Indies coach | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Who is gonna sack WICB?

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Dire. This is the second time he's been sacked iirc

 

[91Jmay]

Does anyone think he is even in the top 10 of their problems?

 

[Gnske]

What could they be displeased with? They only just won the only trophy they care about.

 

[Grumpy]

They've got a tour of the UAE in about 10 days time.

 

[Beamer]

This is what Cameron did to Otis too. He likes firing people just before important tours. Everyone comes and goes but him.

Phil is a good man and an excellent cricket coach, particularly in Limited Overs cricket. Our fielding has improved a lot in his short time and the warm ups I have seen have been of a very high standard. Team morale has also seemed to be pretty good. My only cricketing complaint was that I'm not sure how cut out he was for coaching a test cricket team. The team would make a mistake on Day 1 and come out and make the same mistake on following days which does point to a lack of leadership in that format.

Still, I don't think he was doing a bad job in terms of cricket coaching though. His problem was working with the WICB and he failed completely at that. He certainly isn't a diplomat as his public statements about missing senior players showed. I like that he called a spade a spade and held WICB to account like we all want to but ultimately he has failed because he didn't play the game, is now sacked and will be replaced by a WICB lackey who will not demand that the best players are selected.