Let's take interest in very interesting developments in South Africa where the national
association fired a coach with a handsome handshake claimed to be
around R5 million, his potential predecessors have been wildly drawn
up as caretaker coach Steve Khompela and Moroka Swallows' Gordon
Igesund.
And then, Rahman Gumbo was also caretaker coach
after the suspension of alleged match fixing by Norman Mapeza. Unlike
Pitso Mosimane of South Africa who went a winless 7 matches, the
Zimbabwean coach is still to be hired and had been in charge of one
match which he lost 0-1. Harare fans want him fired already.
If all women fired their husbands for
being sterile after a single entry, divorce courts who be the most
lucrative business. Taking the case of the two countries, theirs was
a bachelor's party. Their one and only will be walking in the aisle
in no time. How holy that matrimonial union will be is common
knowledge. They all come and end the same way, like in Gumbo's case,
before the honeymoon night is over.
Roger de Sa is the most qualified
replacement for Mosimane, while media favourite, Gavin Hunt may feel
he has a case after successes with Supersport United. He will have to
enjoy following on Mosimane's foot-steps as he did at club level.
Knowing the South African Football
Association, they have a novice Eastern European with a forged CV
lined up. Their counterparts may be attempting to change their
favourite beacon's name so as not to match the banned list records.
The colonial mentality of SAFA embedded in race rivals the
tribalistic ZIFA. The best part is that their recipes produce the same
bread.
The long cycles of inactivity will be a
bore to Hunt and Igesund and the 'tell it like it is' attitude of De
Sa counts him out as the two parties are unofficial enemies.
Admittedly, the temptation in the four-time PSL champion will be
strong. Igesund is in his twilight coaching years. There may never be
another opportunity, but his project with Moroka Swallows is
unlikely to be compromised.
It is extremely hard trying to
comprehend what the football administrators think, if they do. There
is rarely a moment they pick the right candidates, even just for
interviews. Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs promoted either
development coaches or those with CVs claimed to be doctored for the
purse. The arrival to the same point is guaranteed and the cycle will
begin.
To spice up how brainy these fellows
can be, just over a year ago, the Premier Leagues of the two
countries announced with days that they intended to change their
calenders and for exactly the opposite reasons. If the neighbours
belonged to different time and weather zones, it would make sense. To
make the point clear, to date, they both haven't moved an inch.
In any case, it was all about Mosimane,
who is said to be taking legal action against SAFA for his unlawful
dismissal.It may be on strong moral grounds or just crocodile tears,
if the R5 million claimed he stands to benefit is a reality. If he
strongly feels that way regardless of the fee he may get, he is a
strong man and SAFA must keep him.
It is not every day that a man who
knows what he is doing will fore-go that much money to embarrass
himself. On the other hand, it is easy to assume that Mosimane did
not put much effort in the job knowing what he stood to benefit. The
legal action issue is to mud our faces and divert our thinking that
he is a bitter man.
Given that he had two years left on his
contract, or R9.6 million more to earn, he may be looking to get his
loot, intact as it is and right now. It may be real that he is
arguing over his record and it doesn't say much really.
After all is said and done, if anyone
comes in touch with him, and he has banked the sack, just remind him
how I wrote nicely about him over his tenure. I may not need my day
job after that.
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