They did it again and now there are rumours that the master tactician Gavin Hunt
is leaving the club. Who can resist him, many club owners believed that it was
players not him who is good. That led to exodus of players from Matsatsantsa
the likes of Teko Modise, Mphela , Mashego, Pelembe, the list is endless. They
were definitely quality players, but Hunt knows exactly what he wants
fromplayers. He bought the likes of Pogenpoel, Maluleke, Lafor who proved to be
excellent replacements hence they retained the Premiership.
The problem
with coaches of small teams is that when the coaches leave they don’t usually make
it in big teams. The reasonable option for Hunt is not to go for Chiefs,
Sundowns and the likes, but target a national team. We have seen coaches from
small teams (Owen Da Gama, Khabo Zondo etc ) fail to impress in big teams. We
have seen the success of Clive Barker and Shakes mashaba as a national coaches
after coaching the so called small teams. We don’t hear of intereference from
management like in the big clubs (Pirates and chiefs) coach have a free reign.
Now that
they have shown their dominance in South Africa, I am sure M-net can do with
some mileage in the continent so that they can spread their wings further. What
a better way to do that than to stay as long as possible in Champions league.
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