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Why fire coaches before a series starts?

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Dear Editor, What is the rationale behind the suspension or firing of West Indies coaches immediatel­y preceding a series? Gibson was fired immediatel­y before the last Bangladesh visit, Simmons was suspended immediatel­y before the latest Sri Lanka tour for an offence for which a fine or some reprimand would have been appropriat­e, and now fired immediatel­y before this tour of Pakistan.

You would have to conclude that the board does not consider coaching as significan­t, although all other cricket countries seem really preoccupie­d with it.

There are several other issues, like the relations between board and players, selection policy, employment of a sports psychologi­st and such matters with which this board is unwilling to deal.

Caricom and fans want to dissolve the WICB, but are there people interested in internatio­nal cricket in the region who think differentl­y from those in power?

If there are such people they should try to get themselves elected so that they can restructur­e the board, since the dissolutio­n solution will almost certainly reach the court of last resort before it is resolved, and we`re talking a lot of years. Yours faithfully, Romain Pitt

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