All this talk about Beenie and what Jamaica proposing for Sven, I mean has someone really sat down and mapped out what we want in a coach? Have we considered creating a profile of what our coach ought to bring to the table? Have we done a Needs Assessment to identify what are our specific goals and challenges we have for this coach? Which person best fits our context? who will be the selection committee and who will decided the agenda for this coach? How well could this coach work with our PFL?
Do we want a man to come in the last minute and take seasoned professionals and 'fine tune' what another coach was working on?
Do we want a coach who could train and develop potential talent?
Do we want a master tactician?
Do we want ah man who could build a solid cohesive system and have an organized team with a balance of scoring and defending?
Do we need a coach who could blend foreign talent with local?
Do we want a coach to just get us through to the WC?
I think those who are given that responsibility ought to make make public the criteria they are looking for in a person to coach our national team.
At this time, there appears to be a clamoring for a man with a reputation as oppose to examining the contextual needs of our situation. I mean if Sven had all the top EPL players at his disposal and could not achieve the level of success as expected , what predictable success would he get out of coaching Jamaica? Is qualifying for the WC we (TNT and Jamaica) are best hoping for?
On the other hand, is Mr.Beenhakker the complete package to meet the alleged ( not sure what these are)needs for our program?
Public debate and a public disclosure should focus on this if it's public taxpayers funds which would be used to subsidized the cost of coaches salaries.
Possible Porcesss
P.S. we starting with a blank slate: we will solicit responses from focus groups: THE PLF executive, the public, the player s local and foreign, the TTFF, ummm.. special advisor JW, umm.. former coaches, local coaches..... mouth men like A.Corneal....
Now we take all that information and we begin the process of finding common trends, common needs and gathering data on needs and the best fit.
We bring the group back together again to start looking at submitting names of possible candidates and examining which of these candidates best fits our profile.