Former Kaizer Chiefs coach Gavin Hunt has revealed what Bobby Motaung promised him before he agreed to join Amakhosi.
The four-time DStv Premiership is currently without a job after leaving Chippa United in the first half of the campaign. While his Chippa stint came as a surprise, many thought he’d do well at the Glamour Boys.
However, Hunt – one of the most successful coaches in SA history – didn’t see out his season at Naturena and now gave some insights why he feels his time at the club was cut short.
Hunt started off by discussing his thoughts when he first got called by Bobby Motaung after Ernst Middendorp got sacked.
“When I got a call from Bobby Motaung, my first thought was ‘why are you getting rid of the coach who came second in the league?’,” he said on Diski Talk With Luyolo.
“Ernst Middendorp lost the league in the last 20 minutes. He did a good job. He lost in the Nedbank Cup Final. But I think they were tired of Ernst or whatever.
“My worry that if I come in third the next season, they would fire me. But then the things that Bobby told me, that I would be in charge of the team, now I got convinced.
“They said give us a list of players that you need, it was a whole professional plan. The list of players I needed got out somehow in the media, so there was a little bit of dishonesty from where ever.”
Hunt further explained that he wanted to revamp the squad because several players had stayed at the club for too long.
“I was watching Chiefs from the outside in the past six years and they needed change, not in coaching but in personnel,” he added.
“The players I found there are still there from when they won the league seven years ago. That can’t be.
“I am not saying they are not good players, but the energy and the desire is not the same. It can’t be right, so you need to change.
“Geoff Butler got to Chiefs and got rid of Ace Ntsolengoe and Teenage [Dladla], the greatest players in the history of the club. The supporters wanted to kill him.
“The next season, he won five trophies….every team needs revival.”
