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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>Last Hurrah! ... Brown looks to end coaching career on a high</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline>Brown believes 'Bora' is good choice for Jamaica</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>Observer Reporter
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=365 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Physical trainer Sean Samuels (left) guides the Reggae Boyz through their paces at the Stadium East yesterday. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Interim head coach Carl Brown believes that a victory for Jamaica's Reggae Boyz would be a fitting tribute to his illustrious 23-year coaching career which comes to an end tomorrow.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Brown, 56, who was appointed interim head coach in mid-August for his fifth stint at the helm of the national football programme, will guide the Reggae Boyz in an international friendly against Peru at the National Stadium tomorrow at 7:00 pm.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"As my last game in charge, I would like to win this one, I would really like to go out on a winning note...," declared Brown prior to yesterday's training session at the Stadium East.<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=180 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>BROWN ... I would really like to go out on a winning note (Photo: Joseph Wellington)</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Fighting back emotions, Brown, arguably Jamaica's most successful coach, admitted that the impact of his 'last hurrah' as head coach was yet to set in.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Not right now," he said when quizzed about butterflies in the stomach. "Maybe in another couple days it might happen but I'm looking forward to this one."
The man who has given almost 35 years in national football - 10 years as a player - reiterated that there would be no sixth stint.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Yes, my contract ends after this game," he said, before confirming that there was no negotiation with the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) for him to continue, as Serbian Velibor "Bora" Milutinovic is expected to sign a four-year contract shortly.<P class=StoryText align=justify>When Brown was reappointed to the national programme for a three-month stint in August, after being axed following Jamaica's failed World Cup campaign in November 2004, he reiterated his commitment to national football.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"National football is something that I am committed to and I will always answer the call as long as the powers that be believe that I can offer some assistance to the national programme," Brown said then.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"I would never turn down the national programme," insisted the former Jamaica skipper.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"I really want to end it this year. I was deciding to make an announcement that this year would be the final one that I would make myself available for national duties," he said.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"It is 23 years as a national coach that I have participated, plus 10 years as a national player between 1970 and 1980 and I believe right now that the time has come for me to pay some attention to other things," added Brown, who plans to focus on his beloved Boys' Town Football Club.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Brown enjoyed success as national head coach in 1990-94, winning the Caribbean Cup in 1991 and sh
<SPAN class=Subheadline>Brown believes 'Bora' is good choice for Jamaica</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>Observer Reporter
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=365 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Physical trainer Sean Samuels (left) guides the Reggae Boyz through their paces at the Stadium East yesterday. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Interim head coach Carl Brown believes that a victory for Jamaica's Reggae Boyz would be a fitting tribute to his illustrious 23-year coaching career which comes to an end tomorrow.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Brown, 56, who was appointed interim head coach in mid-August for his fifth stint at the helm of the national football programme, will guide the Reggae Boyz in an international friendly against Peru at the National Stadium tomorrow at 7:00 pm.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"As my last game in charge, I would like to win this one, I would really like to go out on a winning note...," declared Brown prior to yesterday's training session at the Stadium East.<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=180 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>BROWN ... I would really like to go out on a winning note (Photo: Joseph Wellington)</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Fighting back emotions, Brown, arguably Jamaica's most successful coach, admitted that the impact of his 'last hurrah' as head coach was yet to set in.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Not right now," he said when quizzed about butterflies in the stomach. "Maybe in another couple days it might happen but I'm looking forward to this one."The man who has given almost 35 years in national football - 10 years as a player - reiterated that there would be no sixth stint.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Yes, my contract ends after this game," he said, before confirming that there was no negotiation with the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) for him to continue, as Serbian Velibor "Bora" Milutinovic is expected to sign a four-year contract shortly.<P class=StoryText align=justify>When Brown was reappointed to the national programme for a three-month stint in August, after being axed following Jamaica's failed World Cup campaign in November 2004, he reiterated his commitment to national football.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"National football is something that I am committed to and I will always answer the call as long as the powers that be believe that I can offer some assistance to the national programme," Brown said then.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"I would never turn down the national programme," insisted the former Jamaica skipper.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"I really want to end it this year. I was deciding to make an announcement that this year would be the final one that I would make myself available for national duties," he said.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"It is 23 years as a national coach that I have participated, plus 10 years as a national player between 1970 and 1980 and I believe right now that the time has come for me to pay some attention to other things," added Brown, who plans to focus on his beloved Boys' Town Football Club.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Brown enjoyed success as national head coach in 1990-94, winning the Caribbean Cup in 1991 and sh