Sammy made cappo because of his ability to lead and inspire

[Arnik]

So said Peter Josie back in October 2010

21st October 2010
Free advice to Darren Sammy, West Indies cricket captain
THE EDITOR,
Like so many others here, I consider his selection as West Indies cricket captain a great honour for him and by extension his family and home country – Saint Lucia. I know that advice will flow feely from every quarter; all well meaning and sincere. To these, I add my own with the belief that it will bring some good to Sammy and new glory to West Indies cricket. The first thing for the new skipper to bear in mind is that, he was not selected as such for either his bowling or batting prowess. Instead, he was made captain because of his apparent ability to lead and inspire. Such quality of leadership is precisely what West Indies cricket needs at this time and what it has been lacking for far too long. If Sammy accepts this observation then he must move quickly to earn the support of every member of the team as well as that of the coach and team manager. He must approach every team mate individually, with humility and respect, and ask each for their unwavering support on and off the field of play. In addition, Sammy will need help from outside especially from former test cricketers who played for countries other than West Indies. The latter suggestion is one I have not heard mentioned anywhere before. I am convinced from reading, listening and observing that, the best test cricketers from the strongest cricketing nations do not wish to see West Indies cricket slump further. This is because West Indies cricket has a proud history which other test playing nations recognize and respect. Sammy must therefore learn very quickly what the new West Indies cricket coach failed to appreciate when he said early in his assignment that present day cricketers must play for the present and not for the past.
This is a double edge sword fraught with difficulty and loaded with double meanings. That is why Sammy will need to sit with knowledgeable (and respected) persons such as Sir Vivian Richards and Michael Holding of West Indies and Ian Botham of England all of whom fully understand that test cricket – the real game - is much more than mere cricket on the pitch. Indeed, Sammy’s most important leadership role may well be off the field when his players gather to relax and shoot the breeze, rather than on it, leading a dispirited bunch. In other words the new captain must lead off the pitch as well as on it. He must diplomatically get his senior and better players to volunteer to a self imposed night-time curfew. Dwayne Bravo with whom he seemed to have developed some sort of close bonding should be taken into his confidence whilst at the same time avoiding other team mates feeling left out or jealous. Sammy must learn to forget the press (both Caribbean and International) and their negative comments. He must instead focus on making each new cricketing day a little better than the one before it, all the while inspiring his team to greater effort by his own hard work, his kind words and his fitting gestures of encouragement. I am confident Darren Sammy was marked for honours long before he knew himself. I feel certain that cricket lovers and commentators world wide have come to that conclusion. It is for this reason I believe he will turn the fortunes of West Indies cricket around. Obviously, the West Indies cricket selectors and administrators think so too.
Peter Josie

[DMan]

So if thats the reason they made Scammy captain, why wasn't Ganga made captain? Ganga's ability to 'lead' and 'inspire' is far greater than Scammy's

[Arnik]

Will we see many of these at Lord's:

[DMan]

Considering thats a wicket celebration by Scammy and considering we lost by 10 wickets to an English county team, no we won't see that at all.

[howzdat]

So if thats the reason they made Scammy captain, why wasn't Ganga made captain? Ganga's ability to 'lead' and 'inspire' is far greater than Scammy's

Considering thats a wicket celebration by Scammy and considering we lost by 10 wickets to an English county team, no we won't see that at all.

talk about laugh I nearly pain my licence fee. Nice one's DMan. I was one of the posters on here advocating that if Ganga was made captain it would have been in certain aspects no different a decision than we have now except for the one glaringly obvious fact: Darrren Ganga had been the captain of the most seccessful national unit in the region with results to show. He also led this national team with distinction and acclaim in tournaments involving teams from all over the world. Till the day I lose all interest in the fortunes of WI cricket I will contend that it was a mistake not to have drafted him into the team as captain last year.

[Arnik]

Till the day I lose all interest in the fortunes of WI cricket I will contend that it was a mistake not to have drafted him into the team as captain last year.

You do realize you flogging a dead horse. It's Lucian time and a perceived righting of all the wrongs done by the big islands to the small island cricketers.

[howzdat]

But why Arnik? What is their experience and what is the evidence that proves they had been hard done by? Do we have to do back to the days of the Winward and Leeward islands? What is the historical perspective that we need to take? And even if there is 'good reason' in the eyes of those formerly offended against, is it not clear to them that perpetuating these wrongs is still an INJUSTICE.
Big humans overlook such things in the interest of establishing a new order; small human beings perpetuate the mistakes of their forefathers at the expense of their daughters and sons.

The horse might be dead but I aint gonna eat it.

(Just trying to lighten the gloom that i am in because as a spots fan yuh can really experience anguish, eh?)

[Arnik]

But why Arnik? What is their experience and what is the evidence that proves they had been hard done by?

Answering this would require a long long response that some posters seem to revel in.

(Just trying to lighten the gloom that i am in because as a spots fan yuh can really experience anguish, eh?)

Why the gloom? I love cricket but I have moved beyond the stage of being (only) a WI supporter otherwise I would be in the madhouse by now!!

[howzdat]

I have started to do some reading up on the history. Thanks but don't expend too much energy over those questions (short post )

[mapoui]

But why Arnik?

as I said before man that is an argument that does not stand up to scrutiny. there is pretty much a new westindian world since 1960-61. Hunter and dem just hold up dat crap to justify what deh are doing.

Viv and Richie, Clarvis Joseph as vp under Rosseau, were all the same. deh are all small-minded, ignorant and stupid blac men keeping back westindian progress in a mighty way .

by 1961 the westindies were well on the way to the current level of indpendence it now has. it aint much but at least there is a bit of room. what dat accommplished was putting direct white control of institutions like cricket to rest,,bringing them into blac hands.

all the grievances listed by the dottys from decades past were perpetrated by white men in charge of westindies cricket..not blac men..not a black westindies which only now exists. in fact it is worrell who started the ball rolling to their full inclusion..a movement which Lloyd completed.

the state of westindies cricket since 1961 a year before independence began to be granted to the region blac official and administrative power began to grow and was responsible for the inclusion of the full westindies region into selectoral consideration.

it is not a fully new world but it is different enough from the old world to make any and all insular agurment as justification for current Dotty bullshit moot...irrelevant nonsense

on fuller examination deh have no damm case. blac/brown men in charge of the westindies now..a black/brown westindian world that sis not exist back in the day. and blac men did not exdclude them in the old days for blac men had no control of cricket then.

the battle to get a blac man appointed as captain was won only in 1960. blac men only began to be chief ministers and prime ministers back then as well.

prior to that it was all colonial... and blac men/indo men had no say at all. deh opened up deh mout' in support of anything progressive and it was jail in deh rass.

the governors and colonial administrations were manifestly unsympathethic to such sentiment. and the white men who controlled the then wicbc did as they pleased