Theordore Whitmore: Indictment Unsealed

[Sir X]

Your request or position that Tappa be provided with assistance to do a higher technical application of coaching is undercut by the fact that he could not do the most basic ,of selecting his starting 11 consistently !

1st this does not require a license, school boy coaches do this.2nd the cost to hire the required coach of best practices, would be better spent upgrading the standard of coaching licensure through education , to the senior national team and youth teams.

[USAF]

Sir X!!!.......I've said it before & I'll say it again - Jamaica's problem is that they have a weak & inexperienced midfield.......Hector is not dynamic & agile enough to be the starting DM. Michael Bradley is far more experienced, dynamic & agile than Hector, and look how many times he was caught out of position, against the Mexican midfielders, who were mobile & dynamic. As a result McKinnie had to pull double-duty & it affected his game.......There was no real support and service from the CM & AM, for the forwards. As a result, the forwards had to drop deep to help with midfield play.
Jamaica needs starting DM, CM & AM - See if Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United starting DM) will commit to Jamaica, and he's only 24.......Ravel Morrison could be your starting AM. He's looking to return to England & there's mutual interest with Sheffield United. He has played in Liga MX, so he's familiar with in the region. Hopefully he signs with a good team before the end of Summer.......Daniel Johnson could be your starting CM. He's very versatile, playing every position in midfield, but has had the most pro starts at CM.

[Sir X]

You think Tappa would start them consistently together for 5 games like your coach did ,thats the question.

[OJ]

X tappan sint hoing no where ..

[Sir X]

Good,so shut up when we fail and hug up mediocrity !

Examination – Fans

Given the context of what best practices of football demands, the least of which is coaches of the required A standard running your national teams . Our knowledge of this standard leads us to demand that the JFF put that in place for the sake of Jamaican football. It is time we demand it ;we need to call for it in the media, which is print ,social media (internet), radio and in person that the least of this is (best practices in coaching standards ). Crying and blaming players is not an excuse anymore. The data is out there as to what best practices call for in terms of coaching; what is needed and what the likely results will be without it. If we continue along this vein and don’t call a spade a spade then we are party to mediocrity and we have nothing to complain about. If the JFF does not take certain action to remedy this course, we should seriously consider taking direct action to force change, as Martin Luther king stated by using economic and political acts, which "create such a crisis and foster such a tension" as to demand a response. Fans and corporate Jamaica should consider such initiatives against the JFF until best practices of upgrading our coaches to the required standard are met.

Conclusion

The JFF has been professionally negligent in not developing Jamaican football. The proof is, they have not developed one coach post world cup 98 to be of the required standard of the highest level of best practice i.e. the A lic. Compounding the lack of development, are coaches who are not vocal enough to demand that the JFF develop their knowledge base to that of the highest level of best practices. Compounding the JFF’s professional negligence, fans (stakeholders, corporate ,private citizen) have not demanded that the JFF/ Coaches developed their knowledge base, post WC 98 to highest level of best practices. The disjointed play, shuffling of players and psychotic explanations is only proof of more professional negligence. The contrast and consistency of the USA and Mex in displaying best practices of player selection, consistency and tactical application, is proof of the JFF professional negligence. It’s not as if the JFF does not know the standard of coaching in our adversaries. The fact that our players practice and exhibit best practices in professional leagues in North America and Europe, where best practices of coaching are mandatory but fail to exhibit same, when on national duties is proof of this. The fact that none of our national men’s coaches can state they have the required A lic for best practices, is the ultimate proof of professional negligence and no word is being uttered to rectify it by the JFF.

One disaster of a season in football can set you back years. We can use Liverpool as a classic example in the 90s; look at Manchester United now. I use these examples to point at our competition , Haiti, Curacao and Martinique. Haiti more so is worrisome because they have hired a former French U18 coach /PSG -T.D as head of their national program. They missed the goal cup final because of a mystery penalty against Concacaf powerhouse Mex . Anyone thinking Jamaica is way ahead of Haiti is fooling themselves. Haiti Has the same resources of foreign players in quality leagues as Jamaica’s and have upgraded their coaching standard to that of best practices, the Haitian coach Marc Collat has the required A lic. I would not be surprised if I took the time to examine Haiti’s starting 11, I would see consistency of his lineup, and it would mirror Mexico and the USA in terms of a consistent starting 11. For the record Jamaica has been having a disaster of a season(s) post WC 98,this is why we have not made a world cup in years. I predict until the Jamaican men national teams, upgrade their coaching standards to best practices, we will not qualify for another world cup. If you notice I said the men, the women are already upgraded.

[USAF]

Need to clear one thing up first - Gregg "The Soccer Dunce" Berhalter is NOT my coach.
As I stated, Jamaica's midfield was not performing & that will affect the team. I think that was the reason for changes in midfield & forward.
Does Jamaica have a more qualified & experienced head coach???

[Sir X]

You think he changed the midfield because it was not performing,well we scored our 1st goal from a midfield assist by Vassell vs Honduras,no goal came from the midfield since and guess what ,he was benched until the semifinal.

As for the forwards........USAF,I dont think you read my post,its about consistency and certain contrast's with Concacaf teams; the influences coaches play.

Please read and give me an answer to my question, about Tappa having the ability to start his "preffered " midfield consistently.If you did read it,then your "I think " answer needs to be answered in the context as to why you percieve they were not performing and if it could be used to support Tappa's rash habitual changes.

In my opinion the midfield and forwards were never given a chance to form any chemistry/form.The constant changes had everything to do with the disjointed approach from the middle to the forward line.That said the ability to drive fear individually and disjointedly was evident for the world to see.

[Sir X]

For the record, Tappa uses the same ploy of blaming players ,thereby absolving himself of blame,its always "Players didnt execute" "players didnt follow instruction" etc etc .Listen to his interviews in my initial post at the bottom.

Contrast in Consistency

The obvious contrast between Jamaica and the USA was the consistency in the USA starting lineup. Jamaica consistently started the same defense up to the semifinal against the USA, where Lowe was absent due to an accumulation of cards. The USA consistently started the same defense up to the dead rubber against Panama, where the whole team was changed. They consistently played the same midfield in every match of consequence, Pulsic …….Bradley……Mckennie …up to the final excluding said Panama game. Contrast that with Jamaica who changed its midfield an average of 2 players per game where 3 were made against Curacao. The changes continued with the same average in the midfield until we were knocked out by the USA. The USA Started the same forward line for the first two games until the dead rubber against Panama where Altidore was eased back as the starting striker. They reverted to the same starting 11 in the quarter final against Curaco,and then proceeded to use Altidore, Morris and Arriola as their starting strikers. Of note Arriola has started every game in this Gold Cup. In contrast the only midfielder for Jamaica to come close to that is Flemings, who started 4 games for Jamaica. Not one of our healthy forwards started every game. Nicholson started 2 consecutive games and Bailey who functioned as a winger started 2 consecutive games twice.

This begs the question why the contrast in a consistent starting 11, between the USA and Jamaica, is the coaching staff sitting on some privileged knowledge that we don’t know about why they would approach a knockout competition in such a fashion. Were players injured , were players being held back because the occasion was too big , were they taken to the gold cup for the experience of sitting on the bench. Were any of these factors’ reasons for the rash constant changes to the lineup of the team.

Best practices in football dictate that you play your Best 11 every game barring an injury or you adjust for a tactical advantage. Besides Lowe with his accumulation of cards, are we to believe that Tappa and his charges saw the need to make an average of 3 changes per game. No player was said to be injured or coming off an injury in the midfield or forward line except Bailey, and he played 4 out of our 5 games. Food for thought, imagine Klopp rotating Salah, Mane or Firmino in the Champions league campaign with no injuries.

[Rockman]

This submission reminds me of Shatta(&).
How is he doing, Sir X?

[OJ]

A x ban shatta

[Sir X]

Yuh dun know Rock,someone has to bring the fire.I dont think Shatta would go into that detail to support his positions.

[Sir X]

Niang and Mane ,2 strikers for Senegal have started 99% of their games in the African Cup.

I wonder why .Only Jamaica to rhaaat.I will update on their midfield later.

[Sir X]

Senegal Midfield.

Nidaye and Gueye have started 99 % of their midfield, if you include Saviet it would be 85 % . A wha suh ,contrast that with Tappa?

[Sir X]

Indictment Unsealed : P.2

The African Cup plays its final on July 14 , after 10 games of matches ,that’s about 5 more than Jamaica in the GC. Lets look at the contrast in the (starting ) midfield and attacking starting 11 of Senegal.

Niang and Mane their two main strikers starting 99 % of their games, with Nidaye and Gueye starting 99 % in their midfield, if you include Saviet it would be 85 %.Without looking at injuries or cards, anyone can make a calculated guess who is going lead the coaches preferred forward and midfield line in the final,with 85 to 99 % certainity.

The question, when you contrast that to Jamaica’s forward and midfield line are why ? Given the below facts !

Orgill………………Brown ……………….Bailey started our 1st and 2nd games consecutively, incidentally our most productive, in that Orgill scored 2 goals ,1 from a midfield assist and the 2nd a forward assist from Brown. In the 2nd game we started the same forward line with the change of Vassell……Hector…..Williams in midfield, thereby decimating our midfield line with Flemmings…..Hector …….Lewis starting vs El Salvadour.In the Curacao game the only person to maintain a starting position was Flemmings, total decimation of our forward and midfield lineup. I didn’t know if Flemmings was a midfielder or striker, given his running all over the midfield and forward line.

Given that context and Tappa’s assistant Waite comments that they deliberately changed the forward line to throw off the Americans, are these guys qualified to be national coaches seeing that they operate on a different plane which is out of the norms of basic coaching tactics. That is to start your best players consistently (together) for the purposes of finding form and chemistry. Tappa alluded to knowing about that concept in discussing Baileys return from injuries.

This begs us to ask more question, do Tappa and his assistants know their best 11 and if no, why ? if yes, why the erratic changes, not just at the forward line but in the midfield ?

He and his assistants need to be asked and give answers as per the plane, their thought process operates from, for the sake of Jamaican football.
Again ,without looking at injuries or cards, anyone can make a calculated guess who is going lead the coaches preferred forward and midfield line for Senegal in the African Cup final ,again why ?

[Sir X]

Correction: Final is July 19th.