How much do you blame Lara for declining West Indies Performance

I think Lara is right and his misfortune to have come at a time when the team was declining should not be cause to blame him for not inspiring the team. I don't know about Kapil, Sunny, Sachin or Ganguly and I hardly think you can compare any of them or the teams they supposedly inspired with Lara's situation with the Windies. It is unfair to make comparisons like that because there is no accurate way to rate each team and if there were, surely it would reveal that Lara is right and the team he came into is not equal to any of the teams those four had the good fortune to be able to say they "inspired". As for being inspiring on his own, I believe very firmly that Lara is a walking inspiration to the team. He is not called number one for nothing. His achievements are an inspiration to young men (and even women) all over the Caribbean and I see no reason why they cannot inspire his team in the same way when they have the benefit of being in such close proximity to greatness. Lara has always struck me as a batsman who cares for his team. He has met with great obstacles from the very beginning when he couldn't even get a chance at bat but sat on the bench and watched the action around him. When he finally was let into the game, he proved his worth and upped the level of the West Indies team. He has had to battle with a provincial West Indies cricket board who by all accounts have questionable motives and actions in their selection of players when they should be giving him the benefit of the doubt because he is the one on the field and knows the players better than they do. I have no doubt that some of their decisions have more to do with the team's (lack of) performance than the general public will ever know. Lara is without question an inspiration, not just to his team but to the world. If he could have done more, it's not because he didn't want to do more, but because he was not allowed to and that is the sad truth.