Segun Odegbami To Amaju Pinnick: Next Super Eagles Coach – This Mumu Must Stop, Now!

On this matter, every Nigerian is an expert and has an opinion. So, this is mine.

…. Most Nigerians are in an unwritten agreement that Gernot Rohr must go.

Our collective mumu (stupidity) must stop…having been fooled and held down for too long by the colonial mentality that ‘anything White is better’.

For God’s sake…engaging a coach is not going to the moon!

Lately, we even went to the shameful depth of engaging a White coach who….did not physically do anything of substance to impact the game in the country, did not develop a single player, did not help a single club or academy, did not win any laurels, did not even stay in the country long enough to pretend to be working…. How did that happen in this 21st Century?

….and to imagine that that foolery went on for 6 years in a country that boasts some of the most intelligent and most educated homo sapiens, is simply unbelievable.

The rumour is that the dministrators are preparing to hire another one.

Nigerians have to wake up from that nightmarish dream and not… head back to their immediate ‘vomit’.
Why are we falling for this mumu again?

There can be no gain without pain.
The Black person must make the needed sacrifices…as this is the final frontier. The evidence is all around that in virtually all fields of human endeavour, you find Nigerians.. working hard, and becoming world leaders.

Even the late Nelson Mandela, reminded us before his death:

“The world will not respect Africa until Nigeria earns that respect. The Black people of the world need Nigeria to be great, as a source of pride and confidence”

Are we so blinded by selfish interests and personal gains that we cannot see the damage being done to the psyche of all our young Nigerian players when we say they are good enough as players but not good enough to be managers in football..thats what this is all about.

Once again, football is not rocket science.
Thats why every Nigerian is an ‘expert’.

Nigeria must prepare Nigerian ex-players to become models of good coaching… locking up their superstardom as players in the closet of their rooms, working diligently,..and embracing the power of humility to lead young Nigerian football players in clubs and the national teams down the familiar path they walked to succeed.

Finally, the revolution might as well start now, on the eve of AFCON 2022.

The decision…. is one that requires the courage of a the long-distance runner..determined….. to get to the finish line.

By Segun Odegbami, former Super Eagles Player.