Boubacarr and Mafy, good to hear from you guys. I'll try to
mobilize the brothers in Chicago but if that did not
materialize, we will team up with Detroit and that should add
more spice to the competition. I look forward to seeing
you'll in July.
Later
Joe sambou
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Subject: Re: European Coaches in African Football
Author: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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Date: 01/12/2000 9:59 AM
Joe,
I share you sentiments also. Welcome on.
Like Mafy, I'm also expecting a team from Chicago for this July 4th.
Regards,
Baboucarr Sillah
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>Subject: Re: European Coaches in African Football
>Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 16:59:43 -0500
>
>Omar, I concur with your observation and I'm glad you brought this topic up
>for discussion. I have always been a proponent against non-Africans
>coaching African national teams and this type of slavery has to stop. This
>reminded me when, in 1984 The Gambia brought a no name in German soccer -
>Obbermann to coach our national team. To say the least, we lost to Senegal
>in the Zone II tournament final. I was suspended indefinitely from
>divisional soccer for refusing to play for the junior or senior squads,
>subsequently. We performed poorly during the tournament because of poor
>management and judgement. You cannot come to a country and within a month
>put up a winning squad. Besides, the team that was last in the first
>division at the time, Hawks had the most number of players in the squad.
>Just as our brothers dominate football in the NFL, Africans can dominate
>soccer in the world scene if we get our act together. This is the same
>mentality we carry in other fields, and we call them expatriates. Each
>African country has many Biri's, but for us it has to be white for it to be
>good. If we efficiently apply the limited resources we're wasting on these
>coaches, on the players, we will see positive results.
>
>Folks, we fought against colonialism because we wanted the right to self-
>determination. However, now that we are free to take a walk, we decided
>not to unless "masser " walks with us. We need to stop this madness. Our
>own Gambia recently got someone from the outside to run our show. Some may
>argue that our own has not produced for us. The fact is we never gave them
>a chance and moreover, failure of a few does not suffice to condemn an
>entire nation and seek solution from outside.
>
>Thanks for the opportunity.
>
>Joe Sambou
>
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