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Dinanath Ramnarine, President and CEO of WIPA wrote to Ken Gordon, WICB President calling for WICB CEO Bruce Aanensen's replacement.
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Gordon then promptly replied to the media and sided with his appointee, noting that he was satisfied that there was no basis to Ramnarine's charge of a "negative management style".Gordon may very well be the only person familiar with the situation that believes that statement.
But Gordon didn't stop there, as after saying that he "invested a considerable amount of time in attempting to build a relationship" with WIPA, he then launched into a personal attack on Ramnarine, accusing Ramnarine of being "abusive to Deryck Murray" at negotiations and of calling Gordon a liar in front of board members.The tone of Ramnarine's and Gordon's letters stand in stark contrast: Ramnarine pointed to facts that can be easily supported and documented, while Gordon relied on verbal claims that would be difficult to prove.
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It is also worth noting that Gordon has waited until 2 weeks before he bows out to make these claims.
Now, the evidence would suggest that Gordon and his team have been incompetent in their leadership of the WICB, but we have no reason to believe that Gordon is a liar, so it would stand to reason that there is truth in his statements about Ramnarine's abrasiveness.Certainly, nothing productive can come from a relationship where one party, if Gordon is to be believed, is as abrasive as Ramnarine is.
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Perhaps the Gleaner's and the Express' backing of Gordon in this case is not surprising given the fact that Gordon was once the managing director of the Express and that he "had also been instrumental in the establishment of a number of regional media houses including ones in Guyana, Jamaica and Barbados".
As the dust settles in this case, it is clear to everyone looking on that the principals in this situation have little regard for each other and that the atmosphere is so poisoned that any meaningful relationship between the WICB and WIPA is impossible at this time.Gordon will soon be gone, but Aanensen and Ramnarine will still be standing, and it seems as if both men need to seriously look at how they deal with each other.