By: Nana Kwame Bediako
Ghana Football has been drooping on a low curb with regard to maintaining consistency with Coaches who can build the country’s football in a more structured way.
Ghana since 2014 has lost the identity it portrayed to the world in the 2010 World Cup, when they stood tall as the only African country to qualify to the quarterfinals on African soil.
Black Stars failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and exited the 2022 edition in Qatar at the group stage. For the second successive time, the four-time African champions have also been eliminated from the AFCON tournament at the group stage, leaving many football enthusiasts livid.
Following this worrying trend, the Ghana Football Association announced on Thursday, January 25, a roadmap to hire a new Coach for the Senior National Team, the Black Stars.
The roadmap has five criteria to find a new Coach, which has got football fans questioning the criteria, including former Ghana Football Association President, Mr. Kwesi Nyatakyi.
In an interview with GTV Sports+, Mr. Nyatakyi shared his thoughts on the criteria for the search for a new Coach. He opined that the 15-year experience requirement is irrelevant.
The former football administrator argued that raising the bar does not guarantee success.
”A Coach shouldn’t have 15 years of coaching experience before he or she can Coach,” he noted.
The lawyer and banker suggested that lowering the years can still give the GFA a better candidate to take the Black Stars job.
“We could get somebody who has 10 or 5 years of experience and will still be hungry for success. If you look at these big names only, you will find yourself bringing the same recycled people to handle affairs, and at the end of the day, we will end up biting our fingers,” said Mr. Kwesi Nyatakyi.
He further added that we should look beyond the number of years of experience; otherwise, ”we won’t be seeing gradual improvements”.
Mr. Nyantakyi maintained that although experience is relevant, other factors contribute to successful footballing.
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