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 >From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------