‘Nigeria’s Stephen Keshi a
winning coach is the like the
prophet who is not respected
in his homeland’ … literally
“African coaches
have long been too
weak before their
employers. It’s high
time they imposed
themselves as true
professionals and
be treated as any
coach from any
other part of the
world,”
Josias Ngolo,
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Another reason why expatriate coaches succeed
over indigenes is the good management of interferences
from both the FAs and the government and even players,
according to Josias Ngolo, a sports journalist from
Cameroon.
“Most local coaches are dominated by their
employers – the FAs and the ministry of sports. In the
first place, they are not given a well-defined contract.
Their salaries are not paid regularly and names of
players are sometimes being imposed on them. Those
are what most foreign coaches don’t tolerate. They would
prefer to resign than being used as a puppet,” Ngolo tells
African Sports Monthly.
“African coaches have long been too weak before
their employers. It’s high time they imposed themselves
as true professionals and be treated as any coach from
any other part of the world,” he says.
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