jai john,
the people that narrowed it down to Wim and the people that made the decision to hire Wim are two different sets of people. for example, beenhakker definitely had a role in selecting Wim. but was it beenhakker's decision? of course not - he not doing the hiring. is a group in ttff that doing the hiring.
so who are you looking for - the selectors or the decision makers?
I am looking to whomever is making the important footballing decisions especially those concerning the preparation of national teams now that funding seems to be available.
The reason for this is that some important statements from the last coach of the senior team may get lost if we are not careful. Beenie noted then that the local players were not up to scratch and that is why he was relying on the foreign based players even though many were playing in the lower divisions in england and scotland.
That statement must form part of any coach selection process as what is clearly needed is a developmental plan for locals and a developmental coach to bring players levels up to par with accepted international standards.
I dont know that Wim has this experience or has been given this task as right away I see he is involved in assisting or taking charge of a national under 16 for a tournament in 2 weeks ? THIS TOURNAMENT SYNDROME has been the brainchild of the TTFF for many years ...nothing seems to matter during tournaments. Some may argue that this was so becase it was the money making period for the TTFF and Warner had to make his money !
Developmental coaches sometimes dont get the credit they deserve but they are very important to every plan for success in football. Who, for example, is going to look at the colleges league to see if there is adequate time and pogranmmes to help players to develop ?
Is the colleges league which oversees players development from 12 to 19 , very important formative years , strong in the development of players or just concerned with winning and losing, promotion and relegation ?
Are we going to wait until the next two years when WC qualifying begins anew to recognise that if we continue doing things the same way we cant expect different results ? Is Beenie going to have to say the same thing next two years ?
Are we going to look to unretire players again in two years because the young ones are not ready ?
Now that football and footballers are receiving millions from the government as well as from the TTFF, there must be an accountability process not only for money but for the development of the game locally. we already know of the huge impact football has on the psyche of the nation.
The money now given to football belongs to taxpayers and not the government and is in direct competion with money to be allocated for the provision of important goods and services, crime prevention and certainly the increase in old age pensions given the escalating inflationary trends . How pensioners survive is beyond me !
I dont know that any group of footballers and Warner, given his history, and a few former coaches can internalise the importance of proper management.
Football now is big business and management consultants are part and parcel of the world business plan.
The place to look for developmental programmes , in my view, is South america, mainly argentina and brazil, because they continue to produce excellent young players and win major tournaments.
Any decision outside of the selection of a proven developmental coach with a proper management structure to manage finances etc will be questioned by me as I am sure by many others.
Finally, i must ask whether the dutch style of regimented football will attract the young players to come give up their street basketball and nintendos and MP3´s and come out to work hard in the savannas of T&T.
To play football in south america is the dream of every young boy and even girl nowadays, we must discover the secret which unlocks this desire for we are few and expect a lot.
If we dont know here we are headed any road will take us there !
