By Tony Becca - From The Boundary JAMAICA'S PERFORMANCE in the recently concluded Carib Beer Series left a number of fans disappointed, and with the team failing to win one of the two trophies, that is understandable. Winning trophies is not the only yardstick by which performance should be judged, however, and remembering that no team can win all the time, that they finished tied for third place in their hunt for the Carib Beer Cup, and that they made it to the final of the Carib Beer International Shield, Jamaica, as a team, did quite well. The real reason why Jamaicans should not be too disappointed, however, is the performance of their young players. In recent years, Jamaica has produced a number of talented players in the likes of batsmen Leon Garrick, Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Ricardo Powell and Marlon Samuels, allrounder Gareth Breese, fast bowlers like Daren Powell and Jermaine Lawson and wicketkeeper Keith Hibbert eight of whom have represented the West Indies and one of whom was so close to selection that he was on the reserve list as a standby. This year, Jamaica paraded batsman Brenton Parchment, pacer Jerome Taylor, allrounder David Bernard Jnr., who did so well that he is in the West Indies squad, and although it is understandable that they are disappointed in not winning anything, Jamaicans should be happy that three more youngsters have confirmed the talent in Jamaica's cricket. PERFORMANCE Another reason why they should be happy is the performance of wicketkeeper/batsman Carlton Baugh Jnr. who represented the West Indies B team in the Carib Beer Series and did so well with the bat and behind the stumps that he too is in the West Indies squad. With eight Test players, one standby, two squad members, plus Parchment, and all of them young players, Jamaica's cricket is in good hands. There is no shortage of talent. There is one problem, however. Talent is not all, talent does not guarantee success, and if these players are to transform their talent into skill, into what is necessary to perform - and to perform consistently, if they are to help Jamaica to win trophies and the West Indies to return to its great days, they have to possess the right attitude. Right now, however, too many of Jamaica's cricketers do not possess the right attitude. The right attitude involves dedication and commitment and the kind of pride in performance that makes players want to perform all the time and therefore makes them train and practice in order to do so. That attitude seems absent in a number of the senior players, and unless something is done about it, chances are that attitude will rub off on the youngsters. Too many of Jamaica's cricketers believe that talent is all, that they are better than they really are, that they are God's gift to the game, that is not good for Jamaica or West Indies cricket. For the sake of the younger ones, in the interest of Jamaica's cricket, in the interest of West Indies cricket, it is time the Jamaica Cricket Association does something about it.