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| Kinnah’s outbursts draw fire |
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Leonard Sharra, 18 August 2004
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Barely a day after MTL Wanderers’ general secretary Aubrey Monjeza challenged Bakili Bullets coach Kinnah Phiri to produce his CV, renowned soccer experts and coaches have joined the blitz, advising the Bullets’ mentor to shut up his mouth and respect his fellow local coaches.
Kinnah, said when reacting to his removal from the national football team’s coaching panel, that Fam might have realised that he could not be under the Flames’ head coach John Kaputa.
The Swaziland trained coach went further to say coaches Eddington Ng’onamo and Davie Mpesi could operate under Kaputa because they were at the same level with the Flames’ head coach.
About four months ago Kinnah made similar remarks when Fam included him on the Flames’ three man coaching panel. He said he could not work under Kaputa because the later was a junior to him.
Football experts have strongly condemned the attitude by Kinnah whom they say is not as qualified or experienced as the coaches he has been looking down upon.
“Actually Kinnah was a good player in Malawi during his time but he can’t claim to be a good coach because he has never been exposed to modern coaching. He went to Swaziland as a player and after noticing be was passing his prime, his club Mbabane Highlands put him on the coaching panel.
“What he has at the moment is just a C-Licence coaching certificate and the coaches he is referring to are highly experienced and qualified coaches,” said former Fam treasurer David Dube, who is a qualified coach and owns a women football club, DD Sunshine.
Former national coach Henry Moyo said being a player and coach were two different things.
“One can be a Maradona but fail to make a good coach. I am the only Malawian coach who has taken the national team to Africa Cup of Nations’ finals but I have never belittled any local coach.
“If I am made an assistant to a local coach, I will take that as an honour,” said Moyo, one of the highly respected local coaches.
Fifa/Caf Instructor and Director of Sports in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture Bester Kalombo and Fam’s spokesman McCollins Chivunde also condemned the Bullets’ coach.
“If I were Phiri, I would have considered my future and accepted to work along these other local coaches. Phiri does not have international papers and he could have learnt a lot from coaches like Kaputa who are more qualified and experienced than him,” said Kalombo.
Chibvunde concurred with Kalombo and reveled that the Bullets’ mentor has not handed his coaching certificates to Fam since attending interviews for the national coach.
“Kinnah asked us (Fam) to consider sending him for international coaching courses and he could have kept quite on issues of his experience and qualification. He should even consider himself lucky to coach a team like Bullets, which has all the resources,” said Chibvunde.
But Kinnah was still adamant in a telephone interview saying he has achieved a lot both as a player and coach.
“I can’t coach a team when I don’t have the papers. Kaputa will tell you we met at an international coaching course in Swaziland. The reason why I am saying I cannot work under Kaputa is that he has not played football at international level.
“I have both the playing and coaching experience which most of these coaches don’t have. I have done a great service to the Malawi nation but there is nothing that the government of Malawi has done for me. People can have diplomas or degrees but fail to perform. Whatever people can say, I will not bulge,” said Kinnah.
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