{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"My final comment on Oliseh\u2019s resignation - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"X7AzlF3C3D\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/my-final-comment-on-olisehs-resignation\/\">My final comment on Oliseh\u2019s resignation<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/my-final-comment-on-olisehs-resignation\/embed\/#?secret=X7AzlF3C3D\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;My final comment on Oliseh\u2019s resignation&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"X7AzlF3C3D\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sunday_Oliseh_3.jpg","thumbnail_width":259,"thumbnail_height":194,"description":"Let me apologise for remaining on this subject matter this week when so many other great things are happening around the world of football that should attract better attention now than the rather over-flogged matter of the resignation of Sunday Oliseh as coach of Nigeria\u2019s national football team. I promise that this would be my last comment on it.   I asked some questions last week that were begging for answers without realizing that Oliseh himself would provide the answers on his blog which I later read. By his own explanation I now know through his blog why he walked away from the job I have always claimed, even before he took it up, is the easiest and most lucrative in the world when you examine it critically \u2013 about 7 million Naira in total every month for living in Europe and occasionally working in Nigeria by assembling players for a few days at a time and playing matches that would be won more often than would be drawn or lost because of the vast superiority of Nigeria over most of Africa! The really crunchy matches are few and far between! Here is a job that most people in the field with him would do anything to take for nothing or a small fraction of what he was offered - remuneration that even the President of the country does not earn, global respect and recognition, work in an industry he has excelled in and he has passion for, an opportunity to make history by managing, potentially, Africa\u2019s strongest football team. Now that I know why he left so unceremoniously I am even more baffled. That\u2019s why I am remaining on the subject, but for only this final time. To everyone that is not familiar with the Nigerian environment and with our well-established football traditions, Sunday\u2019s explanations would be justified and acceptable. For those of us that have lived and continue to survive in this complicated and unique environment something still lingers. Why did he take up this assignment in the first place? The state of football and its administration has not changed since even before Clemens Westerhof. Westerhof once theorised that crisis is the elixir for success in Nigerian football. That without the chaos, confusion, crisis and poor administration Nigerian football would not succeed. He often told stories of how he would willfully stir up trouble within the football system just so that the players can draw energy from it, prove everyone wrong, and win matches. But reading Sunday\u2019s blog I was shocked to read him cite disrespect, a backlog of wages and allowances, breach of contract details, firing of his staff without his knowledge and lack of proper welfare for the players as reasons for his exit. The history of coaching the Super Eagles is littered with all these same issues."}