Bob Woolmer

Pakistani cricket coach was found dead in a Jamaican hotel room, his death seems to have cast a shadow on the world cup and in the Pakistani cricket team and there supporters.
Australia's Herald Sun describes it here.

MYSTERY surrounds the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer a day after his disgraced team was bundled out of the World Cup.

The former English Test batsman was found by a maid on the floor in his bathroom of his Jamaica hotel room surrounded by vomit and frothing at the mouth.
Woolmer, 58, died in hospital two hours later.


Here are some feelings expressed on a website..

By now all of us should know that Bob Wolmer, the pakistani coach, has passed away. These two days have been the lowest point in Pakistan Cricket and I pray to God that good days are in the near future. A few things I would like to point out are; when Pak lost to Ireland, every member in this site was expressing their hatred towards wolmer, quoting that he was a bad coach, he should be replaced. And after his death, all the members are praising him for what he did for Pakistan. This is a extremely sad situation since it teaches us that after a person has died, we really realize what he has done DURING his life ( or in this case, his stint as a coach for Pak). When He took over, there was no commitment in the Pak squad, no dedication, no teamwork, no teamspirit. When we used to loose, blames were put on one another. What Woolmer did was far greater than winning this world cup or a series, he created a team spirit - when Pakistan used to loose, even in this world cup, we still saw the team sticking together and taking the blame, no one put the blame on each other. Inzi, look at the captain, he took most of the blame. We have a team where the players are standing out and taking the blame, accepting the fact that it was due to there performance the match was lost. Today is a very sad moment for Pakistan and a pakistani known as wolmer. He was customed to our tradition and I hope Pakistan plays the next match in the world cup against zim, to show respect for bob and inshallah dedicate there win for him. I would not mind if bob's picture would be printed on the pakistani shirts for the next match. Today we have not only lost a coach, but a person, a non pakistani who loved our country and give his 100% to the team. What hurts me the most is the greef of his family. I can imagine Bob would have retired in the near future to spend time with his family since the three years he has been with pak, he wouldnt have been able to share quality time with his family and now when he would be retiring , he probably thought of spending a lot of time with his family which will not be the case now. R.I.P Bob Wolmer, you will not be remembered as only the coach of Pakistan but as a Pakistani.