zimbos_05 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:15 am
If Wellington is our best spin option, well we already knew we have serious problems, but this is now laughable. Clearly ZC has not spend any time in actually looking to develop players. To be honest, I just look at that squad and feel flat. Is Mutumbami also the best wk option we have?
Outside some self motivated school coaches and self interested (word not used in a negative sense) private coaches, there has been no initiative or inclination to develop players. There hasn't been one in a long time.
Remember, Wes was developed in South Africa.
Like googly used to say, it doesnt fit in with their underlying motivation of securing cash or leveraging off ICC privileges.
Junior development is what happens when you have passion to develop the game. Their motivation is
1. get cash
2. Do whatever is needed to dsecure that gravy train going forward.
There is an ICC checkbox with tiers to how many funds are granted. ZC are ticking those boxes just. Organising tours, having a domestic comp.
however the big clue is in how they do the BARE Minimum. This was how I come to realise Googly was right.
They tick bioxes but do nothing above and beyond.
They cancel fixtures and dont reschedule.
Fixtures correspond to rainy season.
'not answering irelands call to reschedule' is a recent one.
Not being proactive in chasing the diaspora players. Taibu did, in his tenure. He was sacked though.
Yet, from what we know of leaks internally from p**sed off employees, the president, Givemore Makoni (Takemore) gets 20k a month + hires a 'head of cricket' below him to basically outsource basic work.
The cricket community is 500 strong.
That would have to put him among the highest of the highest income earners in Zim. Yet players dont get paid.
ninja please!