Colaco replaces Houghton as Indian Football Coach ? NO WAY JOSE!

According to reports, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) had said that it wanted the Indian team to follow the attractive style of play implemented by the likes of Dempo and FC Barcelona.

Coach me some Football

Following this, Dempo coach Armando Colaco has applied for the position of Coach of the Indian national side. Now, Im no mathematical genius but when i do know that when you put 2 and 2 together, you get 4. In this case, it means that the Dempo Coach has just become the hot favourite for the national job.

If only it were this simple. Here are a few problems if he were to become the Indian coach.

He has no international coaching experience. All he has done is coach in India where the overall game is very relaxed and slow pace.He has achieved success on amateur mode, but will he be able to step up to the world-class level? Isnt it better to get a pro than to try and make one?

He has never had the experience of coaching a team in a very fast paced, competitive environment. We all heard about what happened when his team did hope to compete against the above mentioned. a 9-0 drubbing at the hands of Nasaf. Hardly impressive i would say. In Fact, if any other coach lost a game by this margin, he would more often than not be in the firing line, rather than the hiring one.

And yes, I am referring to the reaction when legendary coach Bob Houghton’s less-than-full-strength Indian side lost to Kuwait 9-1

Now, considering he has not been very successful in the Asian Cups etc, he wont get the international support that Bob Houghton did, considering something similar happens to him and if he is truthful with regard to the federation (most probably related to infrastructure), he might get show caused on some random charges and sacked and “aint nobody gonna hear about him no more!“

In the best interest of Indian football and Mr. Armando Colaco, the federation should keep looking.