(From Kofi Addae, GNA Special Correspondent, Khartoum, Sudan)
Khartoum, Sudan, Feb. 20, GNA - Ghanaian-born coach of Rwanda national team, the 91Amavubis', Sellas Tetteh has predicted a takeover of the Black Stars by indigenous coaches in the not too distant future.
Coach Tetteh told GNA Sports in Khartoum that the days of foreign coaches to handle the national teams and local clubs are numbered, in the wake of the disastrous outing by the local Black Stars at the 2011 African Nations Championship (CHAN) under the guidance of compatriot Herbert Addo. Revered globally for his performance with the Black Satellites at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt in 2009, the former Liberty Professionals coac= h affirmed his believe in local coaches after bowing out of the CHAN tournament with three losses just as coach Addo.
The coach popularly known as 91Bobor' admitted that the output of the local Black Stars under Addo gives room to doubt the abilities of local coaches but insisted that they are competent.
"The result has slightly affected the chances of local coaches, but the time of a local coach is coming. Do not rule out local coaches and with new coaches coming into the system, things would change soon. "Everything is subject to change and when the time is ripe, we must support local coaches to deliver."
Coach Tetteh corroborated his stance with the fact that his current status as coach of the Rwanda national team is enough testimony that local coaches have the ability to rise to the top.
The soft-spoken trainer opted for silence on the problem of the local Black Stars, whilst largely blaming the Amavubis poor showing at the CHAN t= o inadequate preparations.
"Inexperience and inadequate preparations cost us. There were a lot of difficulties in the build-up to the tournament and it affected our performance," coach Tetteh told GNA Sports, with a side that was dominate= d by 80 percent of players in the main Rwanda national team. Tetteh joins the likes of Ben Kouffie and his mentor Jones Attuaquayefio as Ghanaian coaches to handle national teams in Africa.
