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I should have left long ago - Hyde
by Ainsley Walters, Freelance Writer
Left: Carvel Stewart ... Harbour View's chairman. Center: Harbour View's general manager Clyde Jureidini. Right: Lenny Hyde
DISMISSED Premier League coach, Lenny Hyde, yesterday said he was being undermined and complained of interference from chairman Carvel Stewart, who resorted to naming teams before firing him by telephone Monday night.
"It's my fault, I should have left a long time ago," Hyde told STAR Sports after Harbour View issued a press release yesterday saying his services had been terminated, naming assistant Harold Thomas as coach for the remaining five matches in the Premier League season.
"For the Sporting Central game, when we won 3-0, when 'Daddy' (chairman Carvel Stewart) picked the team and the same team was used against August Town, when we had to come from behind to draw 2-2, everybody was saying I should have left from then, but I tried fighting with it and took the players into consideration," said Hyde, who led Harbour View to the league title last season.
"I got a phone call last night, saying the board met and I am no longer required and that Harold, my assistant, would be taking over. I was not given a reason after winning five Cups in a year and a half and lying fourth this season due to a lot of indiscipline."
Hyde, who took over from Donovan Hayles, who failed miserably two seasons ago when Harbour View threw a 13-point lead in the standings and was at the end comfortably beaten by Waterhouse, believed players and some board members were undermining him.
"I don't like how it was done," he said. "On two occasions, players went to management, saying I should be fired and you also have people on the board saying the same thing. They are the main ones," he added, pointing out that since the late Peter Cargill left Harbour View, he had been the most successful coach at the club, winning the Premier League, two Jackie Bell knockouts, the Caribbean Club Championship and the pre-season President's Cup.
However, Harbour View's general manager, Clyde Jureidini, said the club had been inconsistent in the Premier League and did not perform well in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, where they were crushed 5-0 by DC United in Washington after drawing the first leg 1-1 at home.
Short sighted
Jureidini also said the club did not believe Hyde was capable of guiding the outfit through its projected short- and long-term goals.
"We're looking at two things, the first of which is to finish round four and what Harold Thomas brings to the table to end the season in terms of performance. We will soon start a new season but before that, there is the new CONCACAF Champions League, which starts in August," he pointed out.
"We're looking at how to prepare for the new season and how to go forward. We had expectations of Lenny as the head coach but we're looking at a way to go forward locally and internationally. He did well during his tenure but we're looking at how to go forward and with whom."
Thomas, who has coached at Premier League level with Rivoli and Waterhouse, does not have an impressive track record but has been retained for the fourth round by Harbour View, who qualified for the 24-team CONCACAF Champions League by being winners of the Caribbean Club Championship.
Jureidini, responding to Hyde's allegations of interference from management, said: "I wouldn't want to comment on anything Lenny has said. He's free to make any comment. I don't want to field a response. Some are correct and some woefully incorrect."
"I have the highest regard for Lenny and I have no comment as to any allegations he has made at this time. I don't even want to hear them," Stewart said last night when contacted for comment.
Meanwhile, Hyde said he is not considering any offers just yet but would instead spend more time with the national team.
"The time I have, I'll spend with the national programme, gaining some knowledge from coach Simoes," he said.
by Ainsley Walters, Freelance Writer
Left: Carvel Stewart ... Harbour View's chairman. Center: Harbour View's general manager Clyde Jureidini. Right: Lenny Hyde
DISMISSED Premier League coach, Lenny Hyde, yesterday said he was being undermined and complained of interference from chairman Carvel Stewart, who resorted to naming teams before firing him by telephone Monday night.
"It's my fault, I should have left a long time ago," Hyde told STAR Sports after Harbour View issued a press release yesterday saying his services had been terminated, naming assistant Harold Thomas as coach for the remaining five matches in the Premier League season.
"For the Sporting Central game, when we won 3-0, when 'Daddy' (chairman Carvel Stewart) picked the team and the same team was used against August Town, when we had to come from behind to draw 2-2, everybody was saying I should have left from then, but I tried fighting with it and took the players into consideration," said Hyde, who led Harbour View to the league title last season.
"I got a phone call last night, saying the board met and I am no longer required and that Harold, my assistant, would be taking over. I was not given a reason after winning five Cups in a year and a half and lying fourth this season due to a lot of indiscipline."
Hyde, who took over from Donovan Hayles, who failed miserably two seasons ago when Harbour View threw a 13-point lead in the standings and was at the end comfortably beaten by Waterhouse, believed players and some board members were undermining him.
"I don't like how it was done," he said. "On two occasions, players went to management, saying I should be fired and you also have people on the board saying the same thing. They are the main ones," he added, pointing out that since the late Peter Cargill left Harbour View, he had been the most successful coach at the club, winning the Premier League, two Jackie Bell knockouts, the Caribbean Club Championship and the pre-season President's Cup.
However, Harbour View's general manager, Clyde Jureidini, said the club had been inconsistent in the Premier League and did not perform well in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, where they were crushed 5-0 by DC United in Washington after drawing the first leg 1-1 at home.
Short sighted
Jureidini also said the club did not believe Hyde was capable of guiding the outfit through its projected short- and long-term goals.
"We're looking at two things, the first of which is to finish round four and what Harold Thomas brings to the table to end the season in terms of performance. We will soon start a new season but before that, there is the new CONCACAF Champions League, which starts in August," he pointed out.
"We're looking at how to prepare for the new season and how to go forward. We had expectations of Lenny as the head coach but we're looking at a way to go forward locally and internationally. He did well during his tenure but we're looking at how to go forward and with whom."
Thomas, who has coached at Premier League level with Rivoli and Waterhouse, does not have an impressive track record but has been retained for the fourth round by Harbour View, who qualified for the 24-team CONCACAF Champions League by being winners of the Caribbean Club Championship.
Jureidini, responding to Hyde's allegations of interference from management, said: "I wouldn't want to comment on anything Lenny has said. He's free to make any comment. I don't want to field a response. Some are correct and some woefully incorrect."
"I have the highest regard for Lenny and I have no comment as to any allegations he has made at this time. I don't even want to hear them," Stewart said last night when contacted for comment.
Meanwhile, Hyde said he is not considering any offers just yet but would instead spend more time with the national team.
"The time I have, I'll spend with the national programme, gaining some knowledge from coach Simoes," he said.
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