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[ProCricketer1982]

I couldn't agree with you more actually,perhaps what has been wrong with our cricket in recent years is just that....too many yes men....take the KP shermozzle.whatever your view of his 'sacking' he challenged coaches,relentless practice against trying to improve skill levels,stats,graphs and paperwork against real life experience of facing the worlds best bowlers(IPL window?) more time in team meetings against less and focus on recovery and rest before big matches?  should he of been ousted for these views-absolutely not...
good management in the work place is not afraid of challenges and different view points, the real world out there can be very different thou

Real world is different, that's why we have banking crisis's, poor management in government and large businesses etc etc

[Stumper]

Exactly can not be sacked, just put you in a dark room with same title but with no portfolio.

[Seniorplayer]

couldn't be sacked straight away but very easy to performance manage someone out of a company quickly

To performance manage someone out of there job they  should first be told  where they are going wrong in writing and then given them time to improve this should be done on at least three occasions and include regular meetings and updates only then  can any action be  taken if there is no improvement in performance following these meeting then the action should be written warnings as stated in the company's disciplinary procedure prior to dismissal taking place.

[ProCricketer1982]

Anyway, has moores, whittiker, selectors, flower, shelvey or pringle been fired yet??

[fros23]

Anyway, has moores, whittiker, selectors, flower, shelvey or pringle been fired yet??

What's he done wrong? 

[jamielsn15]

Giles Clarke voted in as el Presidente, there's another role and person who should be given the Spanish archer...

Only BCCI officials are more power hungry than him

[Buzz]

This is from George Dobell regarding Glies Clarke

The appointment of Clarke as president remains contentious. Not only was he one of the key figures in the "Big Three" takeover of the ICC - a decision that is already beginning to look self-defeating and will only look worse with time - he was also an architect of the unsustainable ECB business model which sees the international team flogged around the world in an endless race for a few dollars more.

On Wednesday, Clarke provided a reminder of his abrasive nature by storming out of the dinner to celebrate the launch of the 2015 Wisden Almanack. Clarke took exception to a speech by former ICC president, Ehsan Mani and then became embroiled in a robust exchange of views with Wisden's editor, Lawrence Booth, after onlookers suggested Clarke's behaviour fell somewhat below the standards expected of a guest at such an event. Yet the ECB continues to view Clarke as an asset.

[jamielsn15]

Absolutely agree - read this earlier today to follow on from your post - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/11526510/ECB-turmoil-continues-as-Giles-Clarke-launches-furious-tirade-at-Wisden-editor-Lawrence-Booth.html

You of course have the right to respond to any criticism, though there is a time and a place.

He's an asset because he's making them money, at the expense of the cricket fan and the quality of cricket in England.  Clearly Booth hit a nerve.  Clarke doth protest too much...

If indeed English cricket needs a President, it should be a cricket man, not a businessman who's priority is milking the cash cow dry and aiming for global dominance.

[ProCricketer1982]

Clarke is nothing short of a disgrace to English cricket and the ECB. You simply can't support the team (by extension ECB after all) while people like him remain in power but more importantly, defended by such companies!! It jus shows how low that company is currently.

[ppccopener]

hats off to Laurence Booth, he's not part of the ECB mafia, er sorry,press

Downton has gone but as I've said before,and have plenty of others on here, he had his remit....

Clarke is a relic from the old English system, totally out of touch and is describing Cookie as someone from 'the right family' to Captain England well that just beggars belief.I don't know Alistair Cook but i'm sure he would not want to be described that way.
Clarke also took the rupees and jumped into bed with India to try to create some sort of superstate and to hell with the other cricket playing nations.

All in all, to quote KP, A COMPLETE MUPPET

[ProCricketer1982]

KP is being proved right in nearly everything.. Scarily who'd have thought that when the ECB fired him!!

[jamielsn15]

KP is being proved right in nearly everything.. Scarily who'd have thought that when the ECB fired him!!

He just gets to sit back and watch the ECB elite self combust, although let's not forget he has demonstrated a fundamental lack of respect for professional county cricketers and team mates.  KP will be desperate for Vaughan to be offered the new role - that's his fast track back to international cricket which is looking increasingly likely, my bet is he'll back for the back end of the Ashes or certainly the winter tours.

Sadly Clarke is one example of the upper echelons of business - its who you know (or what you know about who you know...).  Director/CEO role comes up in the city/NGB/business - "give it so-and-so, he's on the look out after leaving (insert company name here)..."  Doesn't matter if they have experience, they all drink in the same private clubs and/or went to school with a friend/brother of... Tenuous links to various sports will get you the job.  No interviews, no trial periods - "there's your office old chap, drinks at 5pm, I'll send my driver..."

I work for a charity that has some executive Trustees who do their charity work as their CSRs - the cliques and circles they inhabit are frightening, it's a different world in those ivory towers.

[ppccopener]

looks like also the appointment of Downton by Clarke citing 'extensive management experience in the City of London' is being queried too....not that is matters now of course.

I'm not on twitter but if you are the information seems to be coming out as that 'management experience in the City' appears to be a  strain on the truth.....

it's all academic now but like many and the above post I can't help thinking us fans have been mis-lead all along.The ECB take us for fools whilst trebling ticket prices while they sit back and do deals we don't want as they are morally corrupt.