> 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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