He ain’t no Moses. But it’s official. Carlos Alberto Parreira is back as Bafana coach through the 2010 World Cup. And laughing all the way to the bank, again.
This time, however, he’ll have to deal with resentment in South Africa over his reappointment, particularly among those who believed the time was right for a local coach to get the nod. Some sources say that SAFA is trying to deflect this criticism by striking a deal with Gavin Hunt, coach of Supersport, to take over Bafana after the World Cup.
The leadership that served South Africa so well in the “negotiated revolution” from apartheid to democracy appears to have kept its distance from the country’s football politics.
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One reply on “Back to the Future! Parreira Named Bafana Coach”
A baffling choice indeed! A World-Cup winning coach, yes, but how can you expect someone who had such an abysmal run in the ’06 World Cup with arguably one of Brazil’s greatest teams in recent memory to change the fortunes of South Africa? I agree that the most irritating facet of this issue is that an African team is forced to look elsewhere to find a coach, when the development of South African football could only be helped by someone close to their homeland.