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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Karl[/i] [br]It's time Brown gets the recognition he deserves IAN BURNETT, Observer staff reporter Wednesday, November 27, 2002 Coach Carl Brown IT seems that technical director designate, Carl Brown always has to prove himself as a football coach, even after many local championships as well as international successes. Prior to local football being seriously and professionally organised by the Captain Horace Burrell-led administration, Brown successfully guided Jamaica to triumph in the Shell Caribbean Cup in 1991 and a commendable third place finish in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, still Jamaica's best finish at that tournament. Brazilian Rene Simoes took charge of the Reggae Boyz in 1994 and despite enviable resources, he experienced several failed attempts in the Caribbean Cup. In 1998, after the World Cup Finals, Brown was asked to guide an under-strength Reggae Boyz squad in the Shell Caribbean Cup in Trinidad and Tobago. And again he came up trumps, directing the largely local-based Boyz to their second Caribbean title. Yet following his appointment to the top job after the sacking of Clovis de Oliveira last year, Brown continues to enjoy less than full support from corporate Jamaica, and the football fraternity. But instead of crying foul, he's taken it in stride and has continued to work in the best interest of Jamaican football. He completed a near one-year attachment at the English Premiership club, Bolton Wanderers, and has since returned home to take full-time responsibility for the programme. Yet as his somewhat jubilant squad flew home from Lagos, Nigeria, last weekend, after their 10th unbeaten game away from home this year, one big question lurked: why has Brown not been confirmed by the JFF as technical director? Officials at the JFF say that the only thing holding up Brown's confirmation is the re-implementation of the CHASE Fund. 'You can't appoint the man and don't pay him,' the official quipped. But for now Brown plans to give the Reggae Boyz a rest from internationals for the remainder of the year, while he and his technical staff plot their course for next season. God knows they are deserving of all the kudos and rest. Due to the renovation of the National Stadium to host the World Junior Games last July, the football field was unavailable from last year November. This forced the JFF to seek friendlies abroad and that turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Jamaica's achilles heel has always been playing on the road. But the forced unavailability of the National Stadium provided the opportunity for the Boyz to adapt to different environments, some friendly, some not so friendly, some even hostile - North America, Central America, Eastern Caribbean, Europe and Africa. The end result is that after a humiliating 0-5 drubbing to the USA and a 0-1 loss to Nigeria, the Boyz adjusted and ended the year with an unprecedented 10 games unbeaten - five wins and five draws including teams such as Japan, Guatemala and Nigeria. During the best of times, Jamaica have never experienced anything remotely close to this and Brown, his assistant Peter Cargill, his technical staff and all the players who participated, should be commended for a job well done. During the period, I've time and again witnessed Brown's uncanny ability to inject belief and elicit the best from his players. There seems to be mutual respect between players (foreign-based and local-based) and the coaching staff. I am also convinced that while he spent almost a year with an English club, widely believed to be regimental and direct in their footballing approach, he's not lost his appreciation for ball artistry, as well as innovative and industrious players. Added to that is the fact that the players have the freedom to express themselves on the pitch. As a quality national team, we are someway off, but from a tactical standpoint, if the first 45 minutes against Nigeria is anything to go by, then we appear to be on the right track. The next World Cup Finals in Germany in 2006 is a long way off and I am not guaranteeing that Brown will qualify the team. Nothing in life is certain, and football is no different. Brown knows fully well that in football if he doesn't get the results, then he will be shown the door. However, he has exhibited more than enough leadership and inspirational qualities to be given the chance and the support to try to qualify his country for the Germany World Cup Finals. That's the least we can do. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.