Everybody talking about fire the coach. We having this discussion for de last year but the fire Bertille and hire who. I agree that he is incompetent and clueless but who should be put in charge. Doh just say fire de coach. Name ah replacement.
Ah know ah go take heat fuh saying this but this is my firm belief. There is no coach in Trinidad or Tobago that can take this team to Germany, NONE. I am not one who suscribes to the "FOREIGN IS BETTER" mentality but at some point we have to be honest with our selves. We need outside help. not just a coach but our whole football administration.
What we need to do is look at countries that have improved their football through creating a strong competent, visionary, administration and building strong national programs from the youth level upward.
Two countries that come to mind immediately are Germany and U.S.A.
The U.S has moved from an underdog, lucky team in 1989 to the Quarter finals of the world cup in 2002.
Germany has been the most consistent team in the world, apart from Brazil, over the last 20 to 25 years.
We should hire someone with experience from one of these countries to be head of the TTFF and have them show us how to run a football federation and how to build a successful football federation and develop our football program from youth level up.
I would also hire an American for the marketing department of the TTFF because the U.S is hands down the best country in terms of marketing in the world. It's a shame that in 2006 the TTFF is still begging the government for money. The U.S.S.F doesn't get a dime from the U.S government how do they raise money?
After we have a successful youth system in place and a solid league where our players can develop then we can. Go back to football being run by locals.
The people in charge of education in T&T need to realize that sports and entertainment are just as viable and respectable means of earning a living as being a doctor or lawyer and should be given just as much emphasis in the curriculum as bookwork.
Everyday these big multinatioinal corporations are setting up shop in T&T. If we had smart forward thinking people in our government. They would have these companies make some type of mandatory contribution to sport in T&T. A $20,000 us dollars per year contribution is a small price for these campanies to pay for doing business in our country.
Imagine Coca Cola $20,000
Mcdonalds $20,000
KFC $20,000
Nestle $20,000
Pepsi $20,000
That's just five companies and we have already raised $100,000 us dollars per year.
There are many ways that we can go about raising funds for football and sport in general but we have to many mentally lazy people in leadership positions in T&T.
