Fullykenyan wrote:
Okumbi is a product of KVNB, one of the finest schools of football. He also coached Mathare United at one time. He is not that bad. He only lacks experience at National level
Being a product of KNVB does not make someone a good coach anymore than attending Alliance High school makes someone a good student.
In coaching, theory is far less important than practice. Among other things, a good coach is also a good psychologist who can motivate the heck out of his players the way Marshall Mulwa did.
A good coach has an innate ability to identify weaknesses in the other team and make adjustments or make the right substitutions.
But most importantly, a national team coach should have a track record. We would have been better off with the likes of Twahir, Zico, Pamzo or even Kimanzi who have won the league and other trophies.
Okumbi was hired because he is Nick Mwendwa's puppet not because he has a record to speak of. he can't even get Kariobangi Sharks promoted from division 2. As FullyKenyan said, craziness only happens in Africa
This reminds me of the hiring of Abdul Majid by Peter Kenneth in 1998. That was a blunder of epic proportions.