1.0Mathematical 7https://mathematical7.com/m7rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Ja8xRaP7Lf"><a href="https://mathematical7.com/m7/no-to-foreign-coach/">No to Foreign Coach!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mathematical7.com/m7/no-to-foreign-coach/embed/#?secret=Ja8xRaP7Lf" width="600" height="338" title="“No to Foreign Coach!” — Mathematical 7" data-secret="Ja8xRaP7Lf" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://mathematical7.com/m7/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://mathematical7.com/m7/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Sports_Dev.jpg264188This is one issue that I am very clear about - Nigeria does not need any foreign coach now. Do not get me wrong because I have nothing against hiring any nationality to handle the Super Eagles of Nigeria provided he can deliver. What I am against is hiring a foreign coach for the wrong reasons, particularly as has been presented by the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation as a short cut to unlikely success. The Nigeria Football Federation wants to hire a foreign coach in order for Nigeria to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. That’s my problem! That target is too shortsighted and overladen with consequences that do not augur well for Nigerian coaches and Nigerian football beyond chasing such a limited, uncertain mandate. Who does not know that even the best coach in the world would depend on several complex factors working together favourably for him to stand any chance of success in football? There is no magic formula in coaching. Even if Pep Guardiola were to come to Nigeria today, he would be stupid to even dream of winning the next World Cup. That would be a very unrealistic expectation because the country does not have the depth and pool of players yet to win the World Cup. That’s why only a few countries always win the World Cup. That’s why the best football in the world is still limited to a few countries. No country wins the World Cup by taking the short cuts. In Nigeria’s case been presented by the NFF, the target is to qualify for the World Cup. What is so special about qualifying for the World Cup that the country cannot achieve without mortgaging its pride and destroying a whole generation of authentic football heroes that can actually lead her to ultimate success if well harnessed? There should be a little challenge in Nigeria qualifying for the World Cup under normal situations. At least two Nigerians have achieved that feat before. Winning the World Cup should be the country’s ambition and target given its potential. It is the administration to carefully navigate Nigerian football through the sea of ignorance, greed, selfish interests, mediocrity and limited experience that is needed to make Nigeria’s qualification to the World Cup a birthright, as in the case of Brazil that has never failed to qualify for every World Cup since its inception. Merely hiring a foreign coach and expecting that he will change Nigerian football is pulling wool over the people’s eyes and designed to achieve other agenda different from qualifying for the World Cup. Indeed our last few experiences under foreign coaches totally negate taking this route again. Take Clemens Westerhof.