For those who want an honest and frank analysis of the fall of West Indies Cricket, go here:

http://content-wi.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/323713.html

I concur with much of what the writer opines, particularly as it relates to the "Legends":

"Past players blame the administration but it's a cop-out. Too many of them queue up for the handouts provided by past fame and present sponsors. Too few of them serve in the confronting fields where players are made and broken. As far as West Indian cricket is concerned, the seeds of destruction were sown even as the victories continued in the 1980s. Bad habits set in but they did not seem to matter.

West Indian cricket and cricketers must carry the can for their own collapse. It has not been caused by basketball or soccer or even the weakness of administration (not that officials can escape censure)."

Perhaps we should take the time and do some serious introspection and focus on the message rather than the messenger.

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