Joe,
I share you sentiments also. Welcome on.
Like Mafy, I'm also expecting a team from Chicago for this July 4th.
Regards,
Baboucarr Sillah
>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: European Coaches in African Football
>Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 16:59:43 -0500
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>Omar, I concur with your observation and I’m glad you brought this topic up
>for discussion. I have always been a proponent against non-Africans
>coaching African national teams and this type of slavery has to stop. This
>reminded me when, in 1984 The Gambia brought a no name in German soccer -
>Obbermann to coach our national team. To say the least, we lost to Senegal
>in the Zone II tournament final. I was suspended indefinitely from
>divisional soccer for refusing to play for the junior or senior squads,
>subsequently. We performed poorly during the tournament because of poor
>management and judgement. You cannot come to a country and within a month
>put up a winning squad. Besides, the team that was last in the first
>division at the time, Hawks had the most number of players in the squad.
>Just as our brothers dominate football in the NFL, Africans can dominate
>soccer in the world scene if we get our act together. This is the same
>mentality we carry in other fields, and we call them expatriates. Each
>African country has many Biri’s, but for us it has to be white for it to be
>good. If we efficiently apply the limited resources we’re wasting on these
>coaches, on the players, we will see positive results.
>
>Folks, we fought against colonialism because we wanted the right to self-
>determination. However, now that we are free to take a walk, we decided
>not to unless “masser “ walks with us. We need to stop this madness. Our
>own Gambia recently got someone from the outside to run our show. Some may
>argue that our own has not produced for us. The fact is we never gave them
>a chance and moreover, failure of a few does not suffice to condemn an
>entire nation and seek solution from outside.
>
>Thanks for the opportunity.
>
>Joe Sambou
>
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