Why not a West Indian?
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
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Writing in the Jamaica Gleaner, Tym Glaser has criticised the decision of the West Indies Cricket Board to appoint Australian John Dyson as the national team coach, considering the failure of Benett King, also an Australian, when at the helm.
The WICB should well and truly have learnt the lesson by now that these Aussie imports simply don't get the Caribbean culture, let alone understand one word of Jamaican patois or the Bajan twang.
An editorial in the same newspaper, highlights the displeasure of the fans over an outsider being appointed as coach.
The West Indies has a long and rich history in the game, having produced a number of the world's greatest players. The West Indies team was once the best in the world and for a long time at that. The West Indies has produced two of the greatest captains the game has seen. In producing a former chairman of the ICC, they also produced administrators as good as any. The West Indies has also produced some of the world's outstanding professionals in other and various fields of endeavour. After playing the game at the highest level for 79 years, after being the best in the world, the West Indies must be able to find someone good enough to coach a cricket team.
Tony Becca says there is good reason for many to feel disgruntled over the appointment of a non-West Indian as coach, with the last major win for the team – the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004 – coming under Gus Logie, the last West Indian coach of West Indies.
Mathew Varghese is sub-editor (stats) at Cricinfo