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March 19, 2007
Did Pakistan's shocking defeat by Ireland kills Coach?
By: Joseph Cunningham
YardFlex.com Reporter
 Booming speculations that Pakistan's World Cup Cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, died from an overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol caused by stress, have intensified. Latest reports have revealed, Jamaican police are following leads that support the speculations.
Bob Woolmer led Pakistan's World Cup cricket team to the Caribbean in early March with optimism, geared at winning the International Cricket Council's (ICC) tournament.
By the second game Pakistan was 'out' of the tournament. The legendary coach was found dead in his room at a hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, with blood gushing from his mouth, less than 24 hours after suffering that shock defeat to 'minnows' Ireland. He was 58 years old.
While the world grieves Woolmer's death, not many seem to identify the pressure that coaching a title contender in a world cup brings. Any international sports event, be it the World Cup of cricket, football or the Olympic Games, are 'high pressure' situations, not just for players, but for coaches as well.
Television pictures at the end of Pakistan's shock defeat by Ireland on Saturday showed a visibly upset Woolmer slamming shut his laptop and stuffing objects into a bag before storming out of the room. Speculations are that he took the defeat 'to heart'.
South Africa team manager Goolam Rajah, with whom Woolmer worked closely for many years, said however, that his colleague generally coped with the stress of the job well.
"Like any coach he was never happy to lose a game," Rajah told reporters. "But he knew how to manage the process of defeat or adversity. Whenever things weren't going well he would be quite composed. He would sit and talk through things. He didn't believe in doing things by half measures, and he was disappointed by the defeat yesterday. But I would have thought that he would have come out of it quite strongly in a few days time, he was that type of man."
Woolmer's wife Gill, sons Dale, 27 and Russell, 24, were told of his death at their home in South Africa on Sunday. Gill said her husband had been depressed over Pakistan's shock defeat by Ireland on Saturday.
"His job coaching there has been incredibly stressful," she said.
The legend has been credited with introducing computer analysis in cricket coaching. He will be buried in South Africa.
Posted by yardFlex at March 19, 2007 08:04 PM
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Posted by: odaine
on March 20, 2007 09:05 AM
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Mi really sorry fi hear seh di coach tek di defeat to heart an kill himself. i recommend that in those highly stressful positions that they have their personal phschologists on or off tour . bob's death could b avoided.
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Posted by: badda
on March 20, 2007 09:48 AM
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why di man afi dead wen hi come a jamaica, why him couldn't dead a fi him country. but mi still feel sorry fi di team still. much love to pakistan
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Posted by: Da Man
on March 20, 2007 10:35 AM
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Yo, it sticky star. This looks like a pre-emptive suicide. It may even be too soon to call it a suicide. These pakistanis are fanatical about their cricket. It would not surprise me if it was discovered that he was murdered by someone connected to the team.
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Posted by: TORONTO
on March 20, 2007 02:02 PM
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F**K PAKISTAN!!!! AND ITS COACH. ALL I WANT IS FOR JA TO BE THE FIRST HOST TO TAKE IT.
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Posted by: jay
on March 21, 2007 04:05 PM
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why in god's name did this motherfu**er had to come here to kill him self. this is plain suicide. i hate some of these whith bastards you see th lenght people will go to just to give us a bad name. Any whoo condolences to the family and the team.
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Posted by: Nicky
on March 21, 2007 04:27 PM
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I m sorry to hear that PAKISTAN coach dead but they take the game too serious
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Posted by: MajorT
on March 21, 2007 07:25 PM
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@ TORONTO ..... mi oulda luv if JA could win cricket world cup too .. but too bad wi nuh have a team eena it ... LOL! Mi know, when mi ah tawk to mi friends dem bout de world cup, mi alwayz a seh Jamaica instead a West Indies too ... LOL !!!
But gwaan dough West Indies.
QUESTION : and ah guess it will be an onging one .... WHY is Guyana considered West Indies ? How cums de cultural make up of de population determine Guyana's "phantom" location for some sporting event (and ada tings as well). Why can't Jamaica, Trinidad/Tobago, Antigua etc etc field seperate teams just like Barbados ??? Even if dem can't find excellent players overall, dem ould still be as competitive as some of the other countries. Maybe mi cricket knowledge lacking ....
Dese were meant as rhetorical questions (curious mind jus wanna know), but if smaddy can comment please holla back.
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Posted by: Tamitch
on March 22, 2007 04:20 AM
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I'm really sorry that Bob Woolmer is dead. But good God, why oh why did he have to die here?
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Posted by: yh
on March 22, 2007 06:50 AM
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ppl kill dem selves 4 stupid reason, i feel nuff sorri.bt enyway hopefully ja/kenya will mek it.u c me
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Posted by: topadtop
on March 22, 2007 02:02 PM
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Bwoy no matta how wi try put wi best foot forward to the world, some kinda drama affi surround wi . Now it a look like seh a someone kill him . No matta how dis turn out it still aggo put Jamaica inna a bad light an wi dun have certain reputation already . Sympathy to him family and friends . mek wi se how dis turn out .
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Posted by: jodianne
on March 22, 2007 09:24 PM
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bob take crckret to heart,like how brazil take football,if jamaica did stay so they would all die
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Posted by: congo
on March 23, 2007 03:48 AM
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Mi sorry fe dis , but som bwoy deh just dont care , shut up if yuh have nuttin' fe seh
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Posted by: Toronto
on March 23, 2007 12:31 PM
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Posted by: MajorT
on March 24, 2007 08:49 PM
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Posted by: Sherine
on March 26, 2007 04:21 PM
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It is so sad that a life has been lost and leaving so many in suspense as to who is the killer. Condolence goes out to the berief family in Pakistan and i hope someone will be incarcerated for cutting an invaluable life so short.
In regards to the motive for Mr.Woolmer's death,it is mostly hysteria.
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Posted by: tracyann
on April 2, 2007 01:23 PM
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i am sorry to hear that the man is dead but did he has to die there in jamaica we have our own share of problems so if they wanted the man dead i am not sayin it's right to take the life of someone but if they wanted him dead they should have done it somewhere else i am sorry for is family and friends for their lost i am also sorry for the teams for making it to the second round of the world cup
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