The instability created by the Premier Soccer League's coaching merry-go-round results in a state of crisis, the SA Football Coaches Association (Safca) said on announcing an interim president yesterday.
Orlando Pirates' youth technical director Augusto Palacios will lead Safca in the wake of the banning by the SA Football Association of former president Greg Mashilo and technical head Simon Ngomane.
But Safca stated yesterday through official Sudesh Singh that they would still engage Safa to seek to overturn the ban.
New interim leader Palacios, meanwhile, said part of his mandate was to repair Safca's relationship with Safa and establish a good working relationship with technical director Neil Tovey, whose appointment was criticised by Ngomane and Mashilo, leading to their ban.
"I think at the moment we are faced with a crisis," Safca technical adviser Ted Dumitru said.
"This instability has far more devastating consequences than we are prepared to accept. It has a destabilising effect on players and their performance. To implement a style of football takes around 3000 hours of training. I don't know if there is any club in South Africa where this principle is respected.
"A coach in SA can be hired, can be fired, rehired, refired, promoted, demoted, can be cycled and recycled - and can be all of the above."
He added: "I heard Neil Tovey calling it a 'circus'. I believe it is a serious situation that will affect the future of football in the country."
Dumitru proposed speeding up of club licensing by the PSL and codes of conduct, with the assistance of Safca.
"When my colleagues appointed me leader of Safca it was with the task of accelerating the process, first of having a very good relationship with Safa and technical director Neil Tovey. The second is to recruit more members around the country," Palacios said.
Safca technical advisory board member Singh also said one of Palacios's roles would be to push for Safa and PSL clubs to adopt a national football identity, but maintained that overturning Mashilo and Ngomane's bans was high on their agenda. - additional reporting by Nkareng Matshe
'Changing coaches causes instability'
The instability created by the Premier Soccer League's coaching merry-go-round results in a state of crisis, the SA Football Coaches Association (Safca) said on announcing an interim president yesterday.
Orlando Pirates' youth technical director Augusto Palacios will lead Safca in the wake of the banning by the SA Football Association of former president Greg Mashilo and technical head Simon Ngomane.
But Safca stated yesterday through official Sudesh Singh that they would still engage Safa to seek to overturn the ban.
New interim leader Palacios, meanwhile, said part of his mandate was to repair Safca's relationship with Safa and establish a good working relationship with technical director Neil Tovey, whose appointment was criticised by Ngomane and Mashilo, leading to their ban.
"I think at the moment we are faced with a crisis," Safca technical adviser Ted Dumitru said.
"This instability has far more devastating consequences than we are prepared to accept. It has a destabilising effect on players and their performance. To implement a style of football takes around 3000 hours of training. I don't know if there is any club in South Africa where this principle is respected.
"A coach in SA can be hired, can be fired, rehired, refired, promoted, demoted, can be cycled and recycled - and can be all of the above."
He added: "I heard Neil Tovey calling it a 'circus'. I believe it is a serious situation that will affect the future of football in the country."
Dumitru proposed speeding up of club licensing by the PSL and codes of conduct, with the assistance of Safca.
"When my colleagues appointed me leader of Safca it was with the task of accelerating the process, first of having a very good relationship with Safa and technical director Neil Tovey. The second is to recruit more members around the country," Palacios said.
Safca technical advisory board member Singh also said one of Palacios's roles would be to push for Safa and PSL clubs to adopt a national football identity, but maintained that overturning Mashilo and Ngomane's bans was high on their agenda. - additional reporting by Nkareng Matshe
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