New Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has explained why he didn’t bring his own technical staff to Mayfair, saying he doesn’t believe in dismantling existing structure and that he believes in African talent.
Ouaddou was announced before Pirates’ departure for their preseason camp in Europe with the club announcing that he will work with the same technical team that supported former mentor Jose Riveiro that includes Mandala Ncikazi, Rayaan Jacobs, Tyron Damons and Helmy Gueldich.
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The former AS Vita and Marumo Gallants mentor told PiratesTV that he firmly believes in the people who have laid a foundation including former coaches and he is not about presenting a wrong image about Africans to the world.
“Usually when a coach comes into a club, he wants to destroy everything,” said Ouaddou.
“We just have to be clever and to analyse what was good and maybe to come and to bring some something, and to build on this foundation that have been well done by the previous coach and the previous coaches as well. I think it’s very important to build on that.
“And the same way, a lot of people may ask again why he came alone? Of course I have staff. I’m working with the staff maybe five, six persons but I came to Marumo alone. I came alone here, and I will explain to you why. Because I believe deeply in Africans’ competencies and in South Africa, we have competencies, big universities, sport universities, people who have badges here. So, if I bring somebody and I can bring because I have people who are working with me. If I bring them, which sign will I give as an African, which signal would I give, I give to the people to say, hey we are not competent. Africans are not competent.
“And I can promise you that if we take time to profile the right competencies in our continent you can see that we have competence we have to believe on the competencies. It’s very important. Some coaches who won the AFCON, can tell you I believe on competencies, it’s very important, not because he comes from outside. We believe, on competencies. So, I’m happy to work with the people who are already in the club, and I think they have a legacy and maybe we can go quicker to help the club.”
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