Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Domenech needs a chaperon

The pressure on Domenech continues to mount, this time the rumor is that the FFF will give Domenech some adult supervision for the World Cup...a chaperon to go to the ultimate football prom. A week after Guy Chambily called for Domenech to be ousted the spotlight continues to shine on the French manager. Of course the FFF continues to dance around the main issue - no one has faith that Domenech can do much with France in next year's tournament. Had France not been dealt a straight flush of getting a relatively manageable group, the pressure would be even greater to change the jockey. Clearly the rumors are abound around how the FFF will figure out the best way to give Les Bleus a fighting chance in South Africa, while still maintaining that Domenech is their man. Of course there is all kinds of backtracking and counter statements that there will be no management team, that Domenech is a big boy and can go at this alone. I cannot imagine another national team manager with such a high degree of distraction swirling around him, clearly many of the powers that be have lost their faith in Domenech. Once again the complete silence from the majority of his players also speaks volumes about where he stands. If this continues much longer I fear that the trip to South Africa will be as tourists. The FFF needs to understand that the preparation needs to be done with the leadership structure on firm ground and with the public support of the FFF executives. Rather than continue to release statements about how much faith they have in Domenech at the same time trying to find ways to provide Domenech with "support," sack the hapless manager and put in place a real manager that can get this team prepared for South Africa. The excuse that there is not enough time or that Domenech deserves to finish out his contract is hogwash...just look at the business world -- CEOs are let go and new ones brought on without this much debate and they are expected to produce results immediately...not 6 months from now.

Domenech must GO!!!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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