One thing you’ve got to give to Bafana Bafana head coach, Hugo Broos, is that he is one coach with an unbelievable and consistent ability to always evoke emotion, whether you agree with him or not. The Belgian is so blunt in his responses to questions and sometimes gives quotable quotes ‘unprovoked’. This is a man who will leave you wondering when is his honesty too much?’
Almost every time the Belgian mentor addresses the football fraternity, he leaves us gobsmacked by his utterances. He’s the kind of a person who never sugar-coats anything, he ruffles feathers and moves on with his life, without any fear or concern. He will tell it as he sees it, how you receive or react to his message is entirely up to you. He’s not someone who is going to decorate and dress the issue up, he calls a spade exactly that, not a gardening tool. For a country like South Africa and her children, we sometimes find the coach’s remarks cringeworthy! That’s simply because, unlike other people, we tend to look beyond the topic of discussion or the message being delivered when someone speaks to us, for various reasons. Catch my drift?
Since coach Hugo took over the Bafana reigns three years ago, he’s made a lot of ‘enemies’ but he’s, equally, also made a lot of ‘friends’ along the way. Notwithstanding his sometimes controversial observations, his record speaks for itself since assuming the Nasrec-based office. He’s done a lot and promises to offer even more to South African football, if how he’s been handling Bafana so far is anything to go by. Forget every uncomfortable statement he’s made and look at his track record, impact and how his team fared at the recent Ivory Coast Afcon, you’ll agree that the man is on a mission. You will give it to him that he’s one of the coaches that seem to know where they are taking our national team. With more support, better things are easily predicted to be on the horizon for our football, under his tutelage. Even Stevie Wonder can see that!
