Super Eagles Gaffer; time to look inward.
By: KAZEEM AJIBOLA S.
Years ago I advocated for our indigenous coaches to be sponsored by NFF on a Refresher course overseas, the condemnation and indignation remarks towards my stance was ridiculously appalling.
Now, within our noses, an 'overpampered' 66yrs old Gernot Rohr who is on $47,000 monthly wage, who was employed based on his acclaimed 'superior knowledge and experience compare to our Local coaches' would tentatively be on a jolly ride to his native country Germany for a Refresher course in Bayern Munich that'll be exclusively sponsored by the NFF.
Coach Emmanuel Amunike
Emmanuel Amunike and Imama Amapakabo readily comes to mind when you think about the coaches that should take over and sparehead our National team coaching crew.
Amunike did creditable well when given the opportunities to managed our cadet team winning the U17 world cup in 2015. His name has been written in the history book in far away Tanzania as he qualifed the Eastern Africa team to the Nations cup after 39years of making their debut in the competition.
Coach Imama Amapakabo
Imama is currently the U23 Head coach and one of Gernot Rohr's Assistants. He's familiar with the team and has forehand the shortfall knowledge of the team which he can work together with Amunike to correct.
I think if giving adequate and necessary support by the NFF, same unflitching respect they accord the foreign coaches, Amunike, Amapakabo (or any other coach within their rank) can move Nigeria football forward to a desirable level.
They both have vast knowledge of our league which indeed will aide the integration of home based player in the National team. Late Stephen Keshi won the AFCON with appreciable number of home based players blended with the foreign pros in 2013 and follow the same trend in Confederation cup and world cup. The template is there for a meticulous coach to follow and that should be the mandate NFF should give any incoming coach if eventually Gernot Rohr was sacked
By: KAZEEM AJIBOLA S.
Years ago I advocated for our indigenous coaches to be sponsored by NFF on a Refresher course overseas, the condemnation and indignation remarks towards my stance was ridiculously appalling.
Now, within our noses, an 'overpampered' 66yrs old Gernot Rohr who is on $47,000 monthly wage, who was employed based on his acclaimed 'superior knowledge and experience compare to our Local coaches' would tentatively be on a jolly ride to his native country Germany for a Refresher course in Bayern Munich that'll be exclusively sponsored by the NFF.
Emmanuel Amunike and Imama Amapakabo readily comes to mind when you think about the coaches that should take over and sparehead our National team coaching crew.
Amunike did creditable well when given the opportunities to managed our cadet team winning the U17 world cup in 2015. His name has been written in the history book in far away Tanzania as he qualifed the Eastern Africa team to the Nations cup after 39years of making their debut in the competition.
Imama is currently the U23 Head coach and one of Gernot Rohr's Assistants. He's familiar with the team and has forehand the shortfall knowledge of the team which he can work together with Amunike to correct.
I think if giving adequate and necessary support by the NFF, same unflitching respect they accord the foreign coaches, Amunike, Amapakabo (or any other coach within their rank) can move Nigeria football forward to a desirable level.
They both have vast knowledge of our league which indeed will aide the integration of home based player in the National team. Late Stephen Keshi won the AFCON with appreciable number of home based players blended with the foreign pros in 2013 and follow the same trend in Confederation cup and world cup. The template is there for a meticulous coach to follow and that should be the mandate NFF should give any incoming coach if eventually Gernot Rohr was sacked
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