Will Heads Roll? REDUX: No One With The Guts To Resign?

West Indies coach, John Dyson has done what most expected and was unavoidable: he took responsibility for the horrible miscalculation he made that cost the team a match that could have been won without resort to rules and mathematics (see CBC report). But, if I read his words carefully, he has not taken full responsibility. He said: "It's my responsibility, I accept responsibility. I've apologised to the team, that's all I can do. It's a bad mistake." Why does he not resign? That would demonstrate full and clear responsibility and an acknowledgement that he is not up to the job he holds. Coming from Australia, with Japan so close, he should know about hari-kari (or sepuku), and fall onto his sword for our collective honour.

Another comment coming from the upper ranks of the team, Captain Chris Gayle, from the report I saw, says a lot: "I think it was the fall of the wicket that confused [the issue] ... in the end it's just one of those things." Duckworth-Lewis factors in the fall of wickets, that's part of its essence. If it's one of those things, then don't bother swinging any bats or bowling any balls and pretending that representing West Indies means something. Those who say that the current generation of players do not know what playing for the team means, have all the ammunition they need. It's only one of those things because the team, from its head, where the fish rots first, did not show any willingness to play the game until it had won or lost clearly, leaving matters to technicalities.

Don't insult us, so!