As the league is currently in recess until at least mid-February due to the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, some will be looking at Kaizer Chiefs for the decision they are likely to make regarding their coaching situation.
Chiefs are expected to appoint a new head coach for next season after the club's boss Kaizer Motaung recently hinted in the media on a possible technical team shake-up.
In the meantime, Cavin Johnson has done well in restoring the hopes of the Amakhosi faithful with some improved results in his role as interim coach following the termination of Molefi Ntseki's contract earlier in the campaign.
However, certain sections of Chiefs supporters have appeared to be impatient in some cases by demanding that changes be done.
The Soweto giants have been linked to no less than seven candidates in recent weeks, including Pitso Mosimane, Nasreddine Nabi, Alexandra Gallo and Raul Caneda, among others.
Upcoming South African coach and former professional footballer, Phikolomzi Kefile, has suggested a possible solution on the Chiefs' coaching situation.
The Good
"For me, a team like Sundowns is inspiring in giving Rulani Mokwena a chance to coach and the results are there for everyone to see. If you look at Sundowns, their technical team is made up of several local coaches and that is working for the club. That gives hope to those following local football that even a big club such as Chiefs could soon follow suit. It is not like we don't have coaches in South Africa, we do have many of them, and all that they need is a chance to do the job and prove themselves. The good thing about local coaches is that they understand everything about South African football and the background of our players and that is an advantage to them. In football, understanding the social aspect of anything to do with our players is very important when you coach them, and it works wonders for Sundowns. That's why even now they have many of their players in the senior national team," said Kefile.
The Bad
Chopping and changing of coaches at Chiefs
"I think if they can be a bit patient with their coaches, they would see the desired results. From what we have been seeing in recent times, I don't think coaches have been given enough chance to implement what they intended to implement. As coaches we are judged on results and in most cases, it doesn't matter how long one has been coaching the team, and I feel that is a bit unfair. Sometimes you join a club as a coach intending to implement your game model and when it is taking a little bit of time to bear the desired results it backfires," he added.
The Ugly
"Rushing into chopping and changing of coaches doesn't help. Unfortunately, in South Africa we like a quick fix very much. Football is all about the processes, and once you trust the process things will work for you. If Chiefs can say they want to see themselves back in the glory days in 2029 and decide on a process to go about it and trust that process, they can achieve whatever they want to achieve," he said.
"Because of the process things changed"
"Sundowns didn't start achieving under Rulani but the process started a long time ago under Pitso. When Pitso took over at Sundowns, the team wasn't winning trophies but because of the process that was put in place things changed for the better for the team," concluded the former midfielder.
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