All
coaches go under almost the same courses of coaching and have been exposed to
football for decades, thus possess more or less the same technical and tactical
acumen. This is why even Jose Mourinho would fail at Bafana Bafana (currently),
not because he is tactically and technically bankrupt, but because there is no
sound leadership at the South African Football Association (SAFA). Football
success takes more than a good coach and players.
No
proof can be found that any of South Africa’s national team players went
through the full development cycle. Who’s responsibility is that? SAFA. Why are
SAFA and PSL disunited with separate and different policies and concepts on
youth development, coaching standards and competitions? What happened to the
junior national teams?
What
happened to the under-23 that once ran rings around Brazil during the Sydney
Olympics in year 2000? What happened to the under-23 that went all the way to
the very advanced stages of the youth world cup in 2009? Where are other junior
national teams that should be feeding Bafana, SAFA? If they are nowhere to be
found, why do you expect miracles from Bafana?
Our
players are not properly developed; decent performances are only seen only
because of players’ natural abilities that makes up for the years of proper development
lost. Young players, as young as in teenage years from South America and many
European and to a certain extent West Africa are well sought after and well paid
participating in big leagues.
In
South Africa those players, media, SAFA, Premier Soccer League (PSL) and fans
maintain that they are still young. No national coach will ever succeed in that
environment, culture and mentality
