Davis

PAUL 'TEGAT' Davis could be announced as head coach of Digicel Premier League team Waterhouse this week following negotiations with the club's chairman, Bruce Bicknell.

"Nothing has been finalised as yet," Bicknell told The Sunday Gleaner. "I had a meeting with him. Now, I'm going to meet with other exe-cutives of the club to see if we can work out a package which would also require relocating him."

The services of Davis, who lives in Montego Bay, St. James, was sought by the club following the resignation of Wayne Fairclough last week.

Though the team got poor results in its past three matches, the club's general secretary and acting president, Felix Porter, said the resignation was unexpected.

Fairclough, for his part, indicated an inability to motivate the players to achieve their goals and ambitions. It was his second surprise resignation from the club, having done so two years ago after guiding the team from 13 points off the lead in the latter stages to miraculously win the Premier League championship.

Davis has done well in stints with Premier League clubs, most notably Village United, which he led to top-flight promotion. Last season, as they struggled to avoid demotion, he returned to the helm and guided the Trelawny team on an eight-game unbeaten streak, winning seven of those matches.

He also coached another Trelawny first-timer, Invaders, as well as the local club at which he achieved most success as a player, Seba United.

He also coached William Knibb High's daCosta Cup team to a semi-final placing in one stint and was working with Under-14 and Under-16 teams at the Trelawny school.

Besides Fairclough, there have been at least three coaching changes at Waterhouse in the past two seasons. While praising Fairclough, Bicknell noted that the job was "challenging" as it reflected on the players' discipline, adding that they will need the improve their attitude.

"The players really need to act like professionals and look way beyond money and what they can make going into the future and not just the next payday. It's just very challenging with this group of players - because it takes one player to spoil it for everybody with indiscipline."

Suggesting they ought to behave better, Bicknell said Waterhouse pay their players well.

"Other teams get $500,000 to $700,000, we pay our players a million dollars a month. We pay our coaches very well, we have huge running costs, a nice stadium and the largest fan base in the league. We've everything we need. It just boils down to leadership and discipline from the players."