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I have two points to raise on this debate forum. One for Gms and the other prospective NT managers.

Firstly, to the GMs how realistic is it for us as a Barbados BB Community to impeach or outstandingly inept U21 coach?

And to prospective managers, I have closely followed our NT this year and I believe he did a great job with what he had available to him. Our community is minuscule compared to others around the world and with only 4 active members you're probably going to be working with the same pool as or players need time to develop. I haven't done extensive research so i'm not aware who is out there to choose from. But looking at our current roster what plans would you put in place to improve our fortunes? Last year we beat teams around and below and had respectable showings against better opposition. I would like this trend to continue.

Great questions, 3peat.

I agree that Dormouse did a great job managing the team these past couple of seasons. He definitely maximized the team's potential.

In my mind there are 4 things that need to be done well to continue last season's trend,
1) Know your opponent
2) Know your team
3) Manage gameshape
4) Communicate with managers of Barbados players

1) We need to know our opponent. I think the best thing Dormouse did was choose his battles well. There wasn't anything particularly special about his gameplanning as in last season's games, Dormouse only really played Run and Gun and Man to Man. He did play 2-3 Zone once and Patient a couple of times but they were in games that we wouldn't really be competitive in. He did move players around a bit but that's something I can't really address without knowing the actual personnel. With that being said, I think we'd need to be realistic in knowing which teams we stand a shot against and which teams clearly outmatch us. With that in mind, I would save up my enthusiasm for those particular games and gameplan accordingly as I research each opponent's tactics and strengths.

2) We need to know our team. After getting a chance to see the personnel, it will help in determining what tactics this squad is best suited for on both sides of the ball. We'll have to choose wisely as we can't play with a tactic that we believe to be superior and effective but doesn't lie to our team's current strength. We'll build gameplans around who we have.

3) We need to manage gameshape for our players. Especially in the weeks building up to those games we deem to be "winnable", managers whose players will be playing will be contacted and strongly encouraged to manage their player's gameshape for the upcoming week.

4) We need to communicate with managers who own Barbados players. In the long run, this is the only way that the Barbados National Team will improve is if there are more players that are being trained down the line. This means communicating with managers who own Barbados players of strong skillsets and potential, including current NT and U21 players, to see if they're training them. If they are, i'd assist them with developing a training plan for their player. If they're not, i'd encourage them to sell their player as there are teams that are looking to train Barbados players.

Hope this answers your questions.

My answer regarding your question is divided into 2 categories:

A) short term NT-Management:
-Screening of Barbados players all over the world
-Motivate current managers of Barbados players to train the players in necessary skills
-Motivate current managers of Barbados players to bring / held them into a good shape
-Generation of a strength and weakness analysis of the Barbados roster
-Detailed analysis of the Barbados opponents to evaluate rewarding games and those which should be used to raise team motivation

B) mid term / long term NT-Managemnt:
-establish joined concept with U21-NT-Management
-create training-concept for young players in agreement with managers of Barbados players and rewarding them by giving a realistic perspective for the NT
-intensive contact / coaching (if desired) of Barbados mangers to strengthen local league und management skills

SO as I understand the biggest problem is players at the moment.

Well i think Barbados player training in Barbados teams shouldnt be a problem. Its a perfect situation for that - there arent many players (5 as i remember). So i think you really can't get to lower leagues which means that every manager could train at least one local young player I understand that there are only 5managers but thats a start and they could make a core of the u21team and also the big NT team after the players are over 21. I understand every GM wants to become champion here but at least let the player play as reserve and maybe give him a starter role in crimmage games. Also comunicating with other league managers with Barbados players would be great and maybe they would start doing what i said before cause most of the managers love some NT players in their team.