Ah was watching dis thread, and ah didn't want tuh come on it, cuz ah didn't want tuh come cross de wrong way. Well fack dat, ah go jump in. Hear meh nah, any one ah de BSC lovers, all yuh come forward and please let meh know why de hell all yuh still mentioning BSC tuh lead we after we went tuh ah WC. People dis is not ah padnah thing, or ah went tuh school wid him or ah met him one time, we old talk and he bought meh ah few beers, ah roti and ah apple j, so dat is meh boi. I'm very heartless when it come tuh anybody leading my country as ah coach. The progress and success is more important tuh me dan anthing else. When ah say dat ah mean like dis, if meh father is coach and he is not ready, ah voting against him getting de job 2, look at meh avatar (Latapy fuh life) there is not one member on dis forum, dat love dat breddah as ah player like me (BM might be de closest). Well not even Latapy cud get my approval at dis time. Alright nuff said, meh point is dat all yuh doh realize dat at de senior team level, BSC does look good against some teams and den he does meet up wid ah huge brick wall and cah go further dan dat. Ah doh have time fuh dat mess no more, we went WC and nuff people looking at we team, dey also looking at individuals tuh get dem ah contract so dat our local bois cud collect ah piece ah piece ah money on pay day.
Doh ever get meh post wrong yuh know, BSC is meh number one local coach, then Gally, but we must accept dat he has ah limit and cud never get past dat. Ah didn't mention Anton at all, cuz he need a decent run as de man in charge of de senior team, tuh really get any kind ah rating. If all yuh doh believe meh, ah know most of you all are very inteligent, pull up de man stats, and prove meh wrong, please, please. So wid dat said, let us say thanks as a nation to Mr St Clair, he has served us very well, thank you very much sir, but he do not have what it take, tuh take tuh move forward wid our senior team, tuh challenge and compete wid CONCACAF best and de other countries in de world. My suggestion is to keep him around de development ah de national yute teams, he cud definitely help get dem ready fuh de next level, and den ah world class coach, cud take dem yutes and put de final touches on dem. This is my lil 12 cents, forget about BSC, we cud start dreaming about some big name coaches, it might not happen, but it is nice tuh dream.
Fishs, meh breddah, ah know Gally is yuh boi, but ah sorry, from 1989 tuh now, do de maths, a lot of things have changed and Gally have not been active at a level high enough, wid success, tuh get dat position at all. If ah was de individual tuh pick coaches, wud I give dem a chance again? Yes. But hear de difference, ah will give dem a chance after de WC last year or de beginning of 2007, wid some serious friendlies lined up, give dat person some time tuh make adjustments. When December of 2007 or January of 2008 come, review Gally or BSC performances and den make a decision about his future wid de team. In case ah member might have gotten lost wid meh explanation, what I'm trying to say is dat now is not de time for trial and error at all. We need an individual dat is a proven world class coach, tuh steer our ship in de right. Cuz people when de WCQ start, when yuh do trial and error wid ah new coach in de WCQ, when yuh ketch yuh self, is because yuh put yuh self in ah big hole, and it is 2 late tuh qualify. HIGHLY BLESSED
SUPA, ah hear yuh. I do agree that BSC is not as equipped as say Beenie and other premier coaches. However, the problem is not with the coaches (Wim didn't do sh*t for us), the problem is the
new footballing culture in T&T, especially our elite local players. It's only so much a coach can do, as they say "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't let it drink".
A lot of folks talk about our local coaches needing to take part in more coaching courses etc, but I say no amount of coaching course will help us now. We will only see significant change when our footballers change their approach to the game and life in general. Our players don't want success bad enough, although many will preach that they do, but their actions and attitudes show otherwise.
I don't care who yuh bring to coach our national team within the next 5 years, the results will be the same. At the end of the day it's the players who win game, the coach is a mere facilitator.
Our performance under Beenie prior to our first ever WC game was no different then we have seen under previous coaches. Our performance under Wim was worse than when BSC or even Gally had the team. In T&T two areas must be addressed - overall TTFF administration and attitudes of our players.
What is unique about BSC is that he never played this game at any level higher that "rec ball", and he was able to take our national youth and senior team to a youth WC etc, and of course he has the 2nd best winning record of any T&T national coach - imagine that. All these other coaches we have selected have all played for their National teams or premier pro clubs, BSC only played "sweat matches", and was the quintessential bench warmer in Tobago. However, you cannot deny that there is something special about BSC, it certainly isn't his playing ability, but his unique leadership skills, and let's not forget his undying patriotism.
In T&T we have a lot of the elements necessary for future successes - Talent, facilities etc - we now need to instill a winning attitude, and the ""ball ho" mentality.
With that said, I do believe that TTFF will be wasting $$$$ by hiring another $$$$ coach at this time, Their efforts and $$$$ should be spent on adjusting the mentality of our players 'cause as I said above, it's the player who win games, and if their don't want it bad enough, no coach can help.
