Bobby Motaung. Image Source: @KaizerChiefs/Twitter
Bobby Motaung pinpoints why Kaizer Chiefs keep hiring and firing
Bobby Motaung believes that the impatience of Kaizer Chiefs fans leads to a high turnover of Amakhosi coaches.
Bobby Motaung. Image Source: @KaizerChiefs/Twitter
Kaizer Chiefs football manager Bobby Motaung hasn’t made it clear whether the club will abandon its scattergun approach to hiring and firing managers.
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Kaizer Chiefs keep hiring and firing
Chiefs are now on their eighth coach in five years. Molefi Ntseki, the most recent casualty in the hot seat, lasted only 114 days. Bobby Motaung has blamed the impatience of fans for this trend.
“It boils down to patience and the plan. Now, with the pressures we’re having now, with the mentality of people now, people are not patient. I don’t know where this culture comes from,” said Motaung.
“Chiefs supporters have always been patient, but all of a sudden we have these issues of pressure, pressure now. Some of us are patient, some of us have a vision, but the vision can only work if people are together and share in the vision.
“Like the chairman was saying about the vision of building Kaizer Chiefs – 53 years later, it’s still there. But there were bumps, smooth riding sometimes, and things didn’t work sometimes.
“Even in the past, we’ve had top players who lost – even Doctor Khumalos had seasons when there was a drought, but we managed to soldier on and build.
“It’s just a cultural change of today’s people to burn things, throw things, and fight. We don’t know where that comes from, it’s a new culture.
“But, I think, together, if people can reconnect, we can have a vision and focus – a vision and focus is not an overnight success.”
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Results take precedence
Following Steve Komphela’s departure after losing to Free State Stars in a Nedbank Cup semi-final clash, head coaches at Chiefs have struggled to deliver silverware. Bobby believes it’s bad to be changing coaches as frequently as they do, but conceded that the demand for results is paramount.
“There are various issues. You appoint a coach with an objective, and with a profile to say, ‘This is the journey and the plan,'” he added.
“Unfortunately, football is about results, and the generation of today – even the past generation, it’s all results-driven, it’s all about what you give and what you bring forward.
“So, it’s not a good thing, it’s not what we wish, it’s not in the culture of us to change coaches – six or seven years, so many coaches, but it’s all about success, it’s all about the energy and drive.”
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