Welcome to G-L Joe Sambou!!! Can you start putting together a Chicago team for July 4th 2000 in Hotlanta. I think the Atlanta team is running out of competition. Extend greetings to Moms, Emil, and the rest of the Chicago crew. Malafy "Mafy" Jarju Software Engineer Delta Air Lines Corporate Offices ( Atlanta ) ------- Start of forwarded message ------- Subject: Re: European Coaches in African Football To: [log in to unmask] From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- End of forwarded message ------- ___________________________________________________________________ Get smart - get your FREE email at http://email.looksmart.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------