No foreign coach has ever won a World Cup.

Except you are living under a rock, you would know that, with the exception of Algeria, all the other African teams at this World Cup are coached by a foreign coach--aka the "white man." These foreign coaches, in my own opinion, do not have a sense of patriotism and allegiance, in terms of nationality or natural connection for one's homeland, to the countries that which they coach.

Many of these coaches care more about money and, maybe, professional success, but that sense of nationality, one which inherently makes a coach go the extra mile to achieve success at the World Cup, is missing; and, as such, these coaches don't feel that sense of passion while sitting on the bench. There is also a possibility that these foreign coaches would not connect with the players as much as a local coach would, particularly when you account for potential language barriers.

The World Cup is more than a sporting event; it is an event to showcase natural pride. Against that background, how can a foreign coach truly showcase his national pride when he is not a national of that country that which he is coaching?

During the World Cup, when camera shots show a white man as the coach of an African country, it sublimely sends a message to the rest of the world that, among other things, white is superior over black, that blacks are incompetent to lead blacks, and that Eurocentrisim is superior to Afrocentricism. Worse still, in the first World Cup ever hosted on African soil, it cannot be more gloom when this image pervades the world media, and I wholeheartedly say a big shame on African football administrators, including those of Nigeria, for disgracing the integrity of black people.

Once football administrators in African countries realize this, maybe they will think twice about hiring a foreign coach to take their respective African teams to the next World Cup.

My fellow Nairalanders, what do you guys think?

Nice lamentation, bros.
But this is football. Apart from the giants of the game, most countries hire a coach that they feel can deliver, not a coach who is black, white, red , or yellow. After all, the Three Lions, a World Cup winner, have currently utilized two foreign coaches, and are likely to fire Capello and get another one after this tourney, depending on how well they do.
Football is too much of a high-stakes game to use sentiments. You want to win, because there is a lot to lose. So you need the best man all the time.
The only thing African countries can learn from all this, is that they have to somehow grow the game. Since most of the countries are not even economically or politically stable, or are just getting close, that's a bit far off right now.

AjanleKoko:

Nice lamentation, bros.
But this is football. Apart from the giants of the game, most countries hire a coach that they feel can deliver, not a coach who is black, white, red , or yellow. After all, the Three Lions, a World Cup winner, have currently utilized two foreign coaches, and are likely to fire Capello and get another one after this tourney, depending on how well they do.
Football is too much of a high-stakes game to use sentiments. You want to win, because there is a lot to lose. So you need the best man all the time.
The only thing African countries can learn from all this, is that they have to somehow grow the game. Since most of the countries are not even economically or politically stable, or are just getting close, that's a bit far off right now.

You are right, but a white coach has yet to deliver for African countries.

You are right, but a white coach has yet to deliver for African countries.

Apart from the Egyptian coach

Name another African born coach that won the Nations Cup

omar22:


Apart from the Egyptian coach

Name another African born coach that won the Nations Cup

I said World Cup, not Nations Cup

I hope you guys saw what the white man coach did to us today

I think you have a point because all past World Cup winners to date have had coaches from their own countries. No foreign coach has ever won it.

Great thread, It really should not matter the color of the player or coach, since after all, France won the World Cup in 1998 with African players, and reached the 2006 final with African players.

But then again, why do we have more Asian coaches in this World Cup than African? And why do we at the last hour hire and overpay these European managers. Why do we even employ European coaches who have mediocre records to coach us, and believe they have our best interest at heart. There's no European nation that has hired a Black African to coach them at the European Championships, or U21 Cup. That's just by the way.

A good Non-Citizen can coach another country and even lead them far, but there has to be a great institution for that to happen. If you have a corrupt-free FA, dedicated players, and a long term (3-5 year) development goal, then that coach could do well. In Nigeria, we have good local coaches-SIASIA, Eguoveon, Oliseh, even Keshi and Chukwu, and there's absolutely no way you can say that Berti Vogts or Lagerback are much better than them. We should also use some players from our domestic leagues, look at Germany, after they were up 4-0, they introduced a kid to play upfront, meaning that they allocated one spot to a youth/domestic player who probably is not in a senior club squad.

We saw how Biology teacher Onigbinde performed in Japan/Korea

WHAT DOES SKIN COLOR HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?? YOU GET THE BEST GUY FOR THE JOB AND THE GUY WHO GIVES YOU THE BETTER CHANCE TO WIN IRRESPECTIVE OF HIS SKIN COLOR. LET'S NOT FORGET THAT YOU WRITE YOUR OWN HISTORY, BECAUSE SOMETHING HASN'T BEEN DONE DOES NOT MEAN THAT ONE DAY IT WOULDN'T BE DONE.

mensdept,
DO YOU WANT TO COMPARE NIGERIAN LEAGUE TO THE GERMAN BUNDESLIGA?? GOSH, NIGERIANS DON'T KNOW FOOTBALL AT ALL, YOU LET YOUR BIASES CLOUD YOUR JUDGEMENT.

davidif:

[b]WHAT DOES SKIN COLOR HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?? YOU GET THE BEST GUY FOR THE JOB AND THE GUY WHO GIVES YOU THE BETTER CHANCE TO WIN IRRESPECTIVE OF HIS SKIN COLOR. LET'S NOT FORGET THAT YOU WRITE YOUR OWN HISTORY, BECAUSE SOMETHING HASN'T BEEN DONE DOES NOT MEAN THAT ONE DAY IT WOULDN'T BE DONE. [/b]

mensdept,
DO YOU WANT TO COMPARE NIGERIAN LEAGUE TO THE GERMAN BUNDESLIGA?? GOSH, NIGERIANS DON'T KNOW FOOTBALL AT ALL, YOU LET YOUR BIASES CLOUD YOUR JUDGEMENT.

Why does skin color matter when European teams refuse to hire black coaches to lead their teams to the World Cup. Nobody said skin color matters? But to our leaders, it matters, for they think any coach with white skin can perform better than a black coach. I am not really fixated on skin color, but I a want a local coach to lead their teams. The Algerian coach is not black but a native of Algeria. So if, for example, there was a native white Nigerian, then he should be hired as coach if he is qualified. At least he will be familiar with the local customs and will be able to identify more local talent than these foreign coaches who don't know much about our players.