Newly appointed technical
director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Shuaibu Amodu has told the
out-of-contract chief coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi to honourably
resign whatever working relationship he has with the NFF so as to give the country
the opportunity to reposition its football. Continue..
Speaking to journalists in Abuja yesterday, Amodu said
his position on the matter was anchored on the fact that ‘a coach is
as good as his last game’ hence the former national team captain having
failed to qualify the country for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has no
business hanging onto the job.
Amodu who described the embattled Keshi as a thorough bred
professional added that retaining him as the Super Eagles coach will send a
wrong signal because a precedence had been set when Samson Siasia was sacked
after failing to qualify the country for the 2012 AFCON.
“I am of this opinion because as a coach you are as good as your
last game but only Keshi alone should decide what to do. If he has a reputation
he should walk out of the job but if he does not have it, he should hang on to
the job. The truth is that he has failed and to keep him is a bad precedent
because when Siasia failed instantly, they told the whole country that he had
failed and he left and President Jonathan could not save him. What is good for
the goose should also be good for the gander. That is my personal opinion”.
The former BCC Lions of Gboko tactician further advised that
with the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the Equatorial Guinea 2015
AFCON, the best option for the NFF is to give the National U-23team, the Dream
Team all the support to succeed because the next crop of national team players
will come from there.
“Let me also advice that the best thing for us is to support the
Dream team 6 because that is where our next set of players will come from. I am
not saying that we should throw away everybody in the Super Eagles but that is
the way to go” Amodu added.
He however revealed that he will be resuming officially as the
NFF technical director in the next two or three weeks.
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