The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has revealed that the former coach
of the national side, John Dyson, was sacked from the side, because he
had postponed signing the contract with the WICB for the 18 months that he was
here.
The director of the WICB, Conde Riley said that the WICB was left with
no option other than sacking the coach after he refused to sign a contract with
the board while getting remunerated in accordance with what the contract had
said. Dyson had been asked to leave after losses to Bangladesh in both, the
ODI and the test series after the mainstream West Indian team had elected to
boycott the series. The second-string side was stream-rolled by the Bangladesh
is 3-0 and 2-0 in the two series.
Riley said that while the people may call the West Indian board weak for not
making him sign the contract, the fact of the matter was that there had been
two other CEOs of the board who had tried to make him sign the dotted line.
He said that there had been discussions about the issue in November in Antigua
where Dyson was present. However, with nothing having changed after Dyson came
back from the tour, the directors took the decision.
Riley said that it was a serious issue when people did not sign the contracts
and were paid in accordance with the contract. He added that he believed that
the person could not be serious if he hadn't signed the contract for this long
despite the constant reminders. He added, "When an employee has not signed
a contract for 18 months, he cannot be serious and therefore you don't have
to have a reason, it's a straightforward case."
There had been speculations that Dyson had been sacked because of his performances,
and the last straw had been an ODI against England where he had called his players
in, after misreading the Duckworth-Lewis sheet passed on to him. The West Indian
team was trailing at that point and went on to lose the game.
Dave William, who was Dyson's assistant coach during the time he was
here has been handed over the reigns now. He will be the part-time coach of
the side in the Champions Trophy, where, incidentally, the WICB has decided
to send a second-string side due to the ongoing feud with the West Indies Players'
Association. Floyd Reifer will be the captain of the side.
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