Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Phil Simmons suspended!

West Indies Cricket Head Coach Phil Simmons has been suspended which may result in him being fired. This is very disconcerting for three reasons. First of all Mr. Simmons and Mr. Clive Lloyd who happened to be The Head Selector was out-voted 3-2 by the remainder of the selection panel, which consists of Eldine Baptiste, Courtney Walsh and Courtney Browne to bring back Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo to the West Indies Cricket Team.  Secondly Mr. Simmons revealed that external forces were the result of the vote not being in himself and Mr. Lloyd favor. For a very longtime many West Indies Cricket fans as well as Respected journalists have suspected that possibly Board Directors have influenced Team Management and now it seems Team Selection. Thirdly, the gentleman who has replaced Phil Simmons as head coach is Mr. Eldine Baptiste who was rejected initially as coach. This sends the message that no employee of The West Indies Board is allowed to be vocal of internal issues. Don't get me wrong, in the Corporate World an Employee such as Simmons would be suspended and eventually be fired but because of Mr. Simmons revelations the issue at hand is why external forces impacts on Management and Team Selection? West Indies Cricket will never move forward if this is allowed to continue.

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