The 37-65 loss by the girls in aquamarine and gold to Jamaica's Sunshine Girls yesterday ( July 19) has apparently sent some armchair critics and convenient coaches back to the drawing board to analyze what went wrong.
On the social media network site Facebook,one long standing administrator has intimated that the numerous unforced errors ( turnovers,bad passes,bad decision making,etc) were the result for what she deemed A DISAPPOINTING PERFORMANCE BY THE BAJANS. Playing the devils advocate, are we to believe that a perfect game was expected? Not in sports as far as I know!
While it is easy to blame the players for what happened ON the court and their poor performances,are we forgetting that something was happening OFF the court at the same time? Were the players responsible for the inane combinations used when common sense ( let's assume here) was needed?
At the 2011 World Netball Championships, Alwyn Babb was vilified and ridiculed for using one of the better defenders in a different playing position by some members of this present management team. In yesterday's loss,they ( management) did the exact thing...hmmmm. It worked at Worlds...did it work yesterday?
A team is as good as it's coach and even the best team will falter on any given day. When this happens,the true character of the coach is tested. Yesterday's loss and the asinine decisions made OFF court has proven that NOT all the blame should be meted out to the players on court.
They were guided into making the unforced errors made.
To blame the players is expected but who blames the coach??
