Right now i glad we collect 4, in reality it should have been six or seven given the preparation and the lack of quality on the team, so say thank heavens for the lesser amount.
i've always maintained that T&T is a wanton society, especially on the part of the ppl who running the show.
it seems as though almost every country out side the region that we've played has been able to show us up as the frauds that we are. we fool ourselves into thinking that we can compete with the develop world when in all actuality we just can't! why? simply bc we don't have the tools to do so.
IMO this is ah reflection of the mentality of our ppl , and more importantly our leaders. we have the best GDP in the cariibean, french , spanish and english speaking caribbean, yet we are grossly underachieving.
our infrastructure is simply laughable for a country that small with all this available wealth. what's also laughable is our educational and judicial system, and that's bc we are a ppl who don't strive for excellence!
we also tend to suffer from illusions of grandeur, thinking that we are right up there with the rest of the developed world, but in reality we're far far from that.
we as a ppl tend to piggy back and find solace in the accomplishment of our fellow trinis who were exceptional in their own right, ppl that put T&T on the map, but is this a proper reflection of our society?
ppl like dwight york, latapy, anya ayoung chee, brian lara, robert greenwich, george padmore, CLR james just to name a few are just exceptional ppl and not the norm in this society. i'm not trying to over look the fact that we are a naturally gifted and talented society, but do we really invest and nurture that talent pool?
do our govt even care about anything unrelated to "governing"? for instance proper facilities and tutoring in the arts, sports and technological advancement?
i see every yr we send our boys out there to be embarrassed in the eyes of the world by ppl who are not more talented than us, but who are better equipped and "trained"!! and today was no exception.
i say until someone is willing to step out and implement radical change in the way we approach things in this society, then we will continue to be shown up in the eyes of the world as the fraudulent one trick pony that we are.
it's time to build academies for sports, technology and the arts kamla. what yuh waiting for?? get cracking!