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When I looked on this team this afternoon, I shook my head and wept for Bora. Bora was really given a basket to carry water!
A part of the problem with Bora though was that he lacked the sense of urgency, especially with WCQ just months away.
Every now and then I would call my good friend Karl who is residing at his comfortable retirement setting of Shady Pines. We always talk for a couple hours on the path the program was taking under the Boxhill/Bora regime. I always said to Karl that while it was good that the Boxhill admin wanted to focus on youth and build for the future, it was really asinine to see they brought in Bora and he basically threw out all the established players we have known and decided to start from scratch. I maintained that this was not how you rebuild.
To borrow from an article from a writer called Tillamawnin submitted to this site approximately four rears ago:-
"The infusion of young talent and the exposure of that talent at the highest level should always be at the top of the list of priorities of any technical staff, if the team is to have a successful run in coming years in international competitions.
The constant injection of new talent and the promotion of young players from the age-group teams to the senior level should ensure that we have players coming through to give us quality and depth at every position of the team. If this happens, it would be unnecessary for us to seem to be always milking our older players for all they've got. Instead, we could see the gradual phasing in of the talented young, and a judicious ushering out of the old guard over time."
On Becoming Reggae Men - January 2003.
Whereas the writer was calling for more young players to get opportunities, the call was never for the whole-scale throwing out of the old guard. To do this would be tantamount to throwing out the baby with the bath water.
Any one wishing out team well must be able to see that the approach by Bora was not going to bear fruit, especially in the short run and the fact that we did not have time on our hands. Bora should have been working with this set of guys listed below and over time blending in the young talents with these players. I will therefore agree with the current Burrell admin for getting rid of Bora, who after four years in the TD position may have amounted to nothing more than a costly mistake of the previous administration.
Well,, with Bora out o the way, let me hope that interim TD Whitmore and whoever take over the program will let good sense prevail. The good sense which should be learned is that to rebuild a team does not mean tearing down and starting with the young and inexperienced.
I love this squad and look forward to enjoying some good Reggae Boyz ball again. . .
Goal Keeper
Donovan Ricketts Bradford City England
Richard McCallumn Waterhouse FC Jamaica
Duwayne Kerr Portmore United Jamaica
Defenders
Damian Stewart Queens Park Rangers England
Ian Goodison Tranmere Rovers, England
Demar Stewart Royal Whitestar, Belgium
Rafe Wolfe Royal Whitestar, Belgium
Tyrone Marshall Toronto FC Canada
Shavar Thomas Chivas USA USA
Wolry Wolfe Portmore United FC Jamaica
Christopher Jackson Tivoli Gardens FC Jamaica
Midfielders
Sean Frazer Miami FC USA
Jason Morrison Royal Whitestar, Belgium
Ricardo Gardner Bolton Wanderers, England
Omar Daley Bradford City England
Jermaine Johnson Sheffield Wednesday England
Jamal Campbell-Ryce Barnsley England
Khari Stephenson AIKS, Sweden Jamaica
Rudolph Austin Portmore United FC Jamaica
Ricardo Geddes Seba FC Jamaica
Damian Williams Waterhouse FC Jamaica
Demar Philips Stoke City, England
Strikers
Luton Shelton Sheffield United England Forward
Ricardo Fuller Stoke City England Forward
Dane Richards NY Red Bulls USA Forward
Fabian Taylor Harbour View FC Jamaica Forward
A part of the problem with Bora though was that he lacked the sense of urgency, especially with WCQ just months away.
Every now and then I would call my good friend Karl who is residing at his comfortable retirement setting of Shady Pines. We always talk for a couple hours on the path the program was taking under the Boxhill/Bora regime. I always said to Karl that while it was good that the Boxhill admin wanted to focus on youth and build for the future, it was really asinine to see they brought in Bora and he basically threw out all the established players we have known and decided to start from scratch. I maintained that this was not how you rebuild.
To borrow from an article from a writer called Tillamawnin submitted to this site approximately four rears ago:-
"The infusion of young talent and the exposure of that talent at the highest level should always be at the top of the list of priorities of any technical staff, if the team is to have a successful run in coming years in international competitions.
The constant injection of new talent and the promotion of young players from the age-group teams to the senior level should ensure that we have players coming through to give us quality and depth at every position of the team. If this happens, it would be unnecessary for us to seem to be always milking our older players for all they've got. Instead, we could see the gradual phasing in of the talented young, and a judicious ushering out of the old guard over time."
On Becoming Reggae Men - January 2003.
Whereas the writer was calling for more young players to get opportunities, the call was never for the whole-scale throwing out of the old guard. To do this would be tantamount to throwing out the baby with the bath water.
Any one wishing out team well must be able to see that the approach by Bora was not going to bear fruit, especially in the short run and the fact that we did not have time on our hands. Bora should have been working with this set of guys listed below and over time blending in the young talents with these players. I will therefore agree with the current Burrell admin for getting rid of Bora, who after four years in the TD position may have amounted to nothing more than a costly mistake of the previous administration.
Well,, with Bora out o the way, let me hope that interim TD Whitmore and whoever take over the program will let good sense prevail. The good sense which should be learned is that to rebuild a team does not mean tearing down and starting with the young and inexperienced.
I love this squad and look forward to enjoying some good Reggae Boyz ball again. . .
Goal Keeper
Donovan Ricketts Bradford City England
Richard McCallumn Waterhouse FC Jamaica
Duwayne Kerr Portmore United Jamaica
Defenders
Damian Stewart Queens Park Rangers England
Ian Goodison Tranmere Rovers, England
Demar Stewart Royal Whitestar, Belgium
Rafe Wolfe Royal Whitestar, Belgium
Tyrone Marshall Toronto FC Canada
Shavar Thomas Chivas USA USA
Wolry Wolfe Portmore United FC Jamaica
Christopher Jackson Tivoli Gardens FC Jamaica
Midfielders
Sean Frazer Miami FC USA
Jason Morrison Royal Whitestar, Belgium
Ricardo Gardner Bolton Wanderers, England
Omar Daley Bradford City England
Jermaine Johnson Sheffield Wednesday England
Jamal Campbell-Ryce Barnsley England
Khari Stephenson AIKS, Sweden Jamaica
Rudolph Austin Portmore United FC Jamaica
Ricardo Geddes Seba FC Jamaica
Damian Williams Waterhouse FC Jamaica
Demar Philips Stoke City, England
Strikers
Luton Shelton Sheffield United England Forward
Ricardo Fuller Stoke City England Forward
Dane Richards NY Red Bulls USA Forward
Fabian Taylor Harbour View FC Jamaica Forward
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