This is indeed shocking,Bob Woolmer was a true gentelmen. I guess no one can forget his contribution to the South African And then to the Pakistani team .It is a Bolt from the Blue.I personally Feel the Loss of this great coach.My heartiest sympathies are with his Family.Please pray for him and his family.May GOD Bless U All
RE:A Big LOSS To the Game OF Cricket
by Rajagopal on Mar 19, 2007 12:10 AM
Great human being first and then a great coach. I suspect a black hand behind his death which is just reported.
loosing in first round of wc is not enough reason for suicide.foul play suspected from the underworld on woolmers family. hope ntg like this happens on indian team or players or the coach.
Its no longer cricket. Its a tragedy. He was a great coach and how and why he died may soon be unravelled. But the truth is that Pakistan's failure got him. He died due to that. Its sad, its tragic.
Let the cricket fraternity get together to pray for the departed soul. May God grant him peace.
I pay my respect to Bob Woomer, the gentle man. its a sad episode.....May his soul rest in peace....... its sad to this world cup edition. also its sad to all people who have good heart and loves cricket.also Sad to the South African people and team.
RE:May Woomer's Soul Rest in Peace
by senthil kumar on Mar 19, 2007 12:10 AM
really its a heartbreaking news to hear...may we pray for his soul to rest in peace...
bob woolmer would always be remembered as a the person who revolutionised the importance of coaches iin cricket!! he was the first "laptop coach"!! with hansie cronje, woolmer formed an amazing coach-aptain partnership!!!! this is a sad day for the game of cricket!!! one of its biggest thinkers is gone!!!! the defeat against ireland was a bit too much for this proud coach!!! at least he was not as thick skinned as our great indian players!!!!
RE:Woolmer RIP
by Gowda on Mar 19, 2007 12:11 AM
Y only blame indian players?! Pakistan players should feel ashamed. Though, i agree with lack of performance of indians, Bangladesh is a much stronger side compared to Ireland and have beaten australia, pakistan and india before beating india now.
If you want to count thick skinned people, you will run out of numbers. They are there in all the team.
RE:RE:Woolmer RIP
by santosh on Mar 19, 2007 12:15 AM
i agree bangladesi were much stronger side compared to any other minnows (incl. ireland) it was other matter even paki loose to them
absolutely shocking news!!! i suspect there was some foul play. paki team management must have given some kind of psychological pressure on him which resulted this unfortunate incident. a great coach indeed.
This is all Rediff's fault. It has posted the comments for the headline "Bob Woolmer unconscious" on a page that reads "Bob Woolmer dead". While people are commenting harshly thinking he is only unconscious, Rediff has now replaced just the title stating "he is dead", which makes the comments look real ugly.
RE:Rediff's fault
by santosh on Mar 19, 2007 12:05 AM
no rediff fault, first news was of unconsciousness and then later news of die came out even at other places, which in natural course of events
RE:RE:Rediff's fault
by Mohd Haris on Mar 19, 2007 12:19 AM
You missed the point! Rediff should've replaced the entire article once the news of death was confirmed. Instead, it only replaced the title and hence the comments that were mentioned under the "unconscious" impression (which were quite harsh), were now supposedly for the "dead", which looks real ugly.
