THE SA Football Association will not name a technical director as originally planned tomorrow after the body decided that the unveiling of the new Bafana Bafana coach would be enough excitement to handle for one day.

Safa was to announce both men after its executive committee meeting at Safa House tomorrow but decided against it when the increasingly divisive debate about who should be Bafana coach threatened to get out of hand.

Safa president Danny Jordaan said yesterday they are expecting the unveiling of the new coach to be greeted by furious debate.

"So the technical director will not be on the agenda [tomorrow] and can wait for a later date," he said.

"If both names [the Bafana coach and the technical director] go out there and people are not happy, that could create havoc."

Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter remains frontrunner to land the technical director position but faces furious objection from cynics who believe the job should rather go to a local.

As far as Bafana is concerned, Nigerian Stephen Keshi, Dutchman Frank Rijkaard and SA Under-23 coach Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba are believed to be the frontrunners.

Jordaan conceded that Safa has come under considerable pressure from the public and the media since announcing last month that Gordon Igesund's contract would not be renewed.

"The PSL season is only going to start next month, so what was the new coach supposed to do all this time? The fact is every football federation on the planet started its cycle after the final whistle was blown at the World Cup in Brazil.

"Brazil only announced Dunga as their new coach this week. So did Serbia and a host of other countries. So we are in line with trends around the world and we have not done anything differently."

The meeting tomorrow will also determine suspended Safa vice-president Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana's fate.