Credits to BCB!

Rinathq · #1 August 31, 2016, 05:04 PM

Well we are never late whenever it comes to bashing BCB so I thought the appreciation should also be there. Lets look at some of the things BCB has achieved of late,

1) Managed to convince ECB to continue with the tour despite political, terrorist situation in the country. Trust me, it took a lot of effort and dedication on their part to convince ECB and provide all the extra support.

2) Managed to convince the coaching staff to continue the coaching stint specially when there was an active threat for the foreigners. They managed to provide safer accommodation and security. Kalpagne was different. He wanted a different role so all the excuse of security is irrelevant here.

3) Found a high profile bowling coach for us. Even though they took their time, we can see how it was totally worth it. We were afraid of getting the likes of Prasad, Ramanayake. BCB managed to exceed our expectation here

4) While we didnt have any tours or the full coaching staff, BCB did an excellent job bringing in consultants like Aaqib Javed, Raju to work with our boys and the HP unit.

5) Appointed Helmot as the HP coach. Solid signing. Also appointed Rafique and got our best spinner ever involved with the boys.

6) Organized a quick tour with Afghanistan for preparations and also hired Samarweera as a consultant. Another signing is also pending according to BCB which will be announced very soon.

7) got a better selection panel and now rewarding the seniors for their performance.

there are some more minor things that are being done by BCB to get us rolling like. It may seem like these are things a cricket board should be doing anyways but I feel like BCB is doing it well and over. There are some people in BC that will always find a way to go down on BCB at every opportunity. But I may be one of the few who believe our board is much more competent, accomplished and professional then before and compared to many other cricket boards right now!

RazabQ · #2 August 31, 2016, 05:53 PM

Agree with most. Disagree with #7. The new selection panel is brought in so that it kowtows to Papon.

NoName · #3 August 31, 2016, 06:49 PM

Agreed.

jeesh · #4 August 31, 2016, 10:41 PM

Indeed. Must also add the short term coaching appointments of Raju, Aaqib Javed and now apparently Samaraweera.

patriot · #5 September 1, 2016, 12:10 AM

BCB under Papon is easily the second best run asian board after BCCI.

jeesh · #6 September 1, 2016, 12:38 AM

Papon has his critics, but he usually keeps his word, strong with his decision making, and always practical. For instance when Hathurusingha had his tussle with Directors/Selector, someone could have easily sided with the locals and ousted the foreign coach. It has happened before with Whatmore, Siddons, Greenidge.

His predecessor and those before were very emotional, used to make spontaneous decisions-often politically motivated.

Only thing is BCB needs a pro CEO to firm up things.

MHRAM · #7 September 1, 2016, 01:13 AM

I always loved papon. He was very much proactive and is bringing in some good changes to our cricket

Nadim · #8 September 1, 2016, 01:56 AM

Need a spin coach tho

Jadukor · #9 September 1, 2016, 05:22 AM

Somewhere in the world nynemesis furiously disagrees with this thread

MHRAM · #10 September 1, 2016, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Jadukor
Somewhere in the world nynemesis furiously disagrees with this thread

He is indulging on ice cream and maybe some booze to escape reality, I presume.

Rifat · #11 September 1, 2016, 08:53 AM

Absolutely. BCB does share some credits...

simon · #12 September 1, 2016, 08:55 AM

hudai ki ar Paapon khalu Paapon khalu kori ?
Paapon khaluji rokss.
Shudhu mukhey ektu lagam ditey hobey, ektu shongjom kortey hobey.

Not just credit to BC but also flexiload to BC from heart.

mufi_02 · #13 September 1, 2016, 12:31 PM

They are just doing their job. They get paid to do this. Almost a year of no ODI and Test is still very hard to rationalize.

The expectations should be much higher if we are to become a mid ranking team...

guppy · #14 September 2, 2016, 08:17 AM

Agree with everything except Courtney Walsh. I am very skeptical about star players turned coaches since almost all have a poor record - Gary Kirsten is pretty much the exception that proves the rule. On top of that Walsh has little coaching experience anyway.

I really hope he does not undermine the Hammer somehow. Everyone agrees Hammer is the best thing in Bangla cricket since Shakib, right?

MarufH · #15 September 2, 2016, 04:01 PM

Well done, BCB!

jeesh · #16 September 3, 2016, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by guppy
Agree with everything except Courtney Walsh. I am very skeptical about star players turned coaches since almost all have a poor record - Gary Kirsten is pretty much the exception that proves the rule. On top of that Walsh has little coaching experience anyway.

I really hope he does not undermine the Hammer somehow. Everyone agrees Hammer is the best thing in Bangla cricket since Shakib, right?

I get your point. But you never know. Walsh was always the mature head amongst all the Windies quicks, the leader of the pack. Some of the other Windies fast bowlers were much faster more skillfull than him. But Walsh was all about discipline and hard work-something he may instill in the BD pacers. Here are a couple of quotes which might convince you

Former West Indian captain Clive Lloyd attributed Walsh: "I don't think you'll find another Courtney Walsh around and if I was a young fast bowlers, I'd want to emulate him."

Former West Indian all-rounder Garry Sobers said about him that the "young crop of fast bowlers can take from him his dedication to West Indies and his ability to be always there, trying and giving 100 per cent in difficult conditions."