National Football Coaches Association has urged Football Association of Malawi (Fam) to take advantage of the government’s decision against recruiting an expatriate coach for the Flames and reflect on the association’s continued sidelining of local coaches.
Fam postponed the recruitment process of the coach after the government admitted that it had no adequate funding for such an exercise.
Dingani Nhlane, Treasurer for the coaches’ body, said they would meet Fam to question its appetite for foreign coaches.
“Fam has to sit down to reconsider this decision once and for all because our coaches have always been proving that they have the potential. For example, Kinnah Phiri took Malawi to 2010 Africa Cup of Nations finals. All the foreign coaches we have recruited in recent times failed to achieve that.
“We have had local coaches such as Reuben Malola and Henry Moyo [deceased]. They tried to do their best. This simply shows that local coaches can do better. They just need enough resources to do their job diligently,” Nhlane said.
Nhlane’s remarks are in contrast to what the coaches association’s Chairperson, Stuart Mbolembole, told The Daily Times a fortnight ago that his body was behind the Fam’s idea.
Mbolembole, who is also Fam’s part-time employee in his capacity as Malawi Women’s Football Team Coach, said the proposal for hiring an expatriate coach should not be viewed negatively as the country needs someone to instill in local football a distinct playing philosophy.
Fam General Secretary, Alfred Gunda on the other hand, insisted that the current huge technical gaps in the Flames “can only be addressed through the recruitment of a well-trained and highly experienced expatriate coach.”
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