{"id":2744,"date":"2019-01-20T10:15:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T14:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2019-01-20T10:15:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T14:15:34","slug":"cameron-not-the-man-for-the-job-says-grenada-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/20\/cameron-not-the-man-for-the-job-says-grenada-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Not The Man For The Job, Says Grenada Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

(CMC)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The former chairman of CARICOM\u2019s sub-committee on cricket, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, has given a vote of no-confidence in the leadership of Cricket West Indies (CWI) President, Dave Cameron.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Starcom Network\u2019s Mason and Guest cricket show here, the veteran Grenada leader said while he had no personal issues with Cameron, the CWI top administrator\u2019s management style left a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n

Cameron is going for a fourth successive term as CWI president at elections set for March.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have any problem with Dave Cameron as a person. We had a very good relationship but as far as his management style of West Indies cricket [is concerned], I don\u2019t have a lot of respect for it so I don\u2019t think my position on that has changed,\u201d said Mitchell, who has clashed with Cameron in the past over his handling of issues in West Indies cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he sometimes takes it personally but it\u2019s not to do with Dave the person by itself \u2013 it\u2019s his leadership of West Indies cricket that I have problems with, and I would not be able to change my position on that particular issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think his attitude and mindset will take West Indies cricket forward and that position has not changed. If anything, since I left [as sub-committee chairman], everything I\u2019ve heard has reinforced that position that I held before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under Mitchell\u2019s chairmanship, CARICOM authorized the controversial Governance Review Report, which among other recommendations, called for the \u201cimmediate dissolution of the West Indies Cricket Board and the appointment of an Interim Board\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mitchell then led efforts to have the report implemented but was met by fierce resistance from Cameron-led CWI which branded the chief recommendation as \u201cimpractical\u201d and an \u201cunnecessary and intrusive demand\u201d.<\/p>\n

Under Cameron, tension between senior players and the board has worsened, while the international men\u2019s team has continued to languish near the bottom of the Test and one-day standings.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the 2015 CWI election, St Vincent and the Grenadines prime minister and current sub-committee chairman, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, branded Cameron\u2019s leadership as \u201cextremely poor\u201d and urged territorial boards to \u201ctell him to take a break and come back at a later date, perhaps with more mature, renewed skills of leadership\u201d.<\/p>\n

While Cameron and vice-president, Emmanuel Nanthan, were subsequently re-elected unopposed for a third term in 2017, they are expected to face opposition at the upcoming polls.<\/p>\n

And Mitchell believes neither Cameron nor Nanthan were suitable candidates to address the issues that currently face Caribbean cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no problem with Dave the person but I have problems with Dave the president of [Cricket West Indies] and I think I like to separate the two,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s similar to Nanthan, I don\u2019t have a problem with Nanthan the individual but I certainly would not be able to vote for Nanthan representing West Indies cricket, because I certainly don\u2019t think their views are consistent with what I think West Indies cricket needs at this particular time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron, 47, was elected for the first time in 2013 when he took over from former St. Lucian diplomat, Julian Hunte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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