I ent know what to think of it...A man hadda eat a food, but it come like a conflict of interest, ent he is part of the women's team, ent he still does ttff coaching and a pro league coach. Then you will turn around and train another team to play against the same players you coaching.
It's a hard decision, but at least he being considered.
I woulda have no problem if Guyana was in another group, but as our direct opponents...I find is a disrespect.
Guyana want Shabazz again
By Ian Prescott ian.prescott@trinidadexpress.com
Trinidad ExpressStory Updated: Aug 26, 2011 at 1:44 AM ECT
Trinidadian Jamaal Shabazz may be in the opponents' corner when Trinidad and Tobago face Guyana in back-to-back Caribbean Zone Group B FIFA 2014 World Cup qualifiers on November 11 and 15.
The Caledonia AIA coach was invited to Guyana to observe and sit on the bench with the Guyana national team during their friendly international against India on Wednesday night. Guyana won the match 2-1.
Shabazz is considering an approach by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to have him take charge for their World Cup qualifying campaign.
Guyana are in Caribbean Group B along with Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Bermuda. The group winner will advance to the semi-final round of qualifying.
Shabazz, a former Trinidad and Tobago senior women's national coach, had previously coached Guyana against his native country, including at the Digicel Caribbean Cup.
The Caledonia AIA coach is considering the Guyanese offer, but is tentative because Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago are in the same group for the World Cup qualifiers which start on September 2.
"I am in Guyana for the India match. I have spoken to a couple people including the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF), but I have to sit down with my family and decide by the end of the week," said Shabazz. "Of course this is a huge task and I have a lifetime commitment to Caledonia AIA. It is a challenge and I know my name is Jamaal, not Jesus, but you know me, I love adventure.
"I feel deeply touched that the people and Federation of Guyana would want me to come and lead the team for the qualifiers. It is a ticklish situation though I love my country, Trinidad and Tobago, but I do not think I may ever be Trinidad and Tobago men's national coach."
Shabazz was technical director of Guyana's football from 2005 to 2008 and during that time he took them from obscurity to their highest-ever FIFA rankings.
Under Shabazz, Guyana received the FIFA award for the biggest upward mover in the world rankings in 2006.
The Guyanese re-established contact with Shabazz when GFF operations secretary Aubrey "Shanghai" Major travelled to Trinidad to meet him.
"The Guyana national team coach job is Shabazz's for the taking," said Major. "Guyana football needs Jamaal Shabazz. He is the only non-Guyanese coach who has a clear understanding of our culture and as a pulse for what is needed. The players love him, the Guyanese people love him, we are going to make every effort to get him here.
"I think he is very skeptical of how he is viewed by the T&T public because he loves his country," Major added. "He told us he has to speak to the Minister of Sport Anil Roberts and a couple other people first.
"Shabazz is more than a coach to Guyana's football, he is a brother and a friend...the country loves him and we see him as a Guyanese. You all have all kind of big-time foreign coach, so Trinidad and Tobago does not need Shabazz."