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Brazilians start a new campaign with question marks about their coach setup
Mamelodi Sundowns joint head coach Manqoba Mngqithi has downplayed the club’s somewhat unusual training setup.
Following the departure of serial winner Pitso Mosimane to Africa’s most successful club, Egyptian Al Ahly, the Tshwane club appointed Mngqithi and Rhulani Mokwena, two former Mosimane assistants, as the two head coaches.
They then added another element to the mix with the appointment of Steve Komphela, a former head coach of the Bafana Bafana, as ‘senior coach’.
Mngqithi has traditionally been more discreet and hasn’t made headlines often, preferring to operate quietly but efficiently.
Mokwena and Komphela, on the other hand, are much more outspoken and have provided journalists with a succession of juicy and sometimes controversial quotes over the years.
There are certainly question marks about the compatibility of the three and time will tell if they can even come close to Mosimane’s legacy.
Their chemistry will be put to the test on Sunday when the Brazilians face Bloemfontein Celtic in an MTN8 quarter-final match.
However, according to Mngqithi, too much importance is being given to the situation.
“The one unfortunate part of our society that I think we all need to learn from is that we are too entrenched in thinking about positions,” IOL said.
“I always tell people that positions are the lowest part of leadership.
“The most important elements of leadership are beyond positions. If you are a father at home, you cannot tell your children that you are the father, because it is not a question of them knowing if you are a father or not, but of responsibilities ”.
Mngqithi won the MTN8 in 2009 while in charge of the Golden Arrows.
He insists the ‘three wise men’, as the trio of coaches have been dubbed, are already enjoying a productive relationship.
“In our society it is very important that people know who is the father, the mother, the coach, the assistant and this and that,” he explained.
“Those things are not important because when the three of us are seated, it is very easy to know who contributes what and what.”
