SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt. Image: @SuperSportFC
Hunt reveals he was interviewed for the Bafana Bafana job
“I had three interviews and all three questions were about how I was going to handle agents,” Hunt on the Bafana job.
SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt. Image: @SuperSportFC
SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt says he was interviewed several times for the Bafana Bafana job.
The 59-year-old mentor is one of the most successful coaches in South Africa, having won the Premier Soccer League(PSL) title four times.
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Speaking on the Thisisfootball Africa podcast with Peter du Toit, Hunt said he was baffled by the questions asked to him which he felt were irrelevant.
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Definitely. I had three interviews and all three questions were about how are you going to handle agents and media but not one question about how we are going to play. It baffled me so….the greatest coach we had was Clive Barker. Clive was clever, he knew how to put a team together and the most important thing as a national team coach is that you need to know how to put a team together because you’re not a coach Peter, you are a selector,” Hunt said.
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The SuperSport coach also touched on South Africa’s style of play and type of players the national team should select.
“Well people say Gavin Hunt doesn’t like small players, and then they say ‘look, Messi is small’ but Messi is strong my friend, and quick. If you are small, you need to be fast. We need a bit of size, we need a bit of power and strength. The game is about power now and that Bafana team had all these attributes,” Hunt said.
The SuperSport United said he still has the desire to coach the national team.
