Kenya national team head coach Benni McCarthy says he will leap to the defense of those around him especially his players when a need arises because he understands people aren’t built the same way.
McCarthy is known for wearing his heart on his sleeve even during his playing days and is one not scared of confrontation even on the touchline. Most his outbursts weren’t even about him but his players and his support staff.
He told iDiski Times editor Rob Delport in edition 211 of the newspaper that he is fair game and doesn’t mind if people come at him however his loyalty and protective nature doesn’t allow him to keep quiet when his players and staff are being picked on.
“I know what I can do, so I know whatever I’m going through in life, I have my way of dealing with that, and I’m okay with that,” McCarthy told iDiski Times.
“But someone else might not be as fortunate as me. Somebody else might probably deal with emotions, or deal with stress, or deal with heartbreak completely differently. So, when someone picks on them, that’s when I have a problem, because I know not everybody in life handles problems the same way as each other. And a certain criteria can shoot someone down and can finish somebody that doesn’t have the stomach to deal with that.
“So that’s why, when it comes to it – if you mess with my players, my people, then you mess with the lion, and yeah, and then I really go in. But if it’s me, then I’m okay.
“I’ve got a bulletproof vest on, so you can shoot as much as you want. It’s going to hurt, but it won’t get through.”
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