An insider claims that this hire-fire drill is likely to continue at Chiefs unless the different units within the club can find a coach they all mutually agree on and like.
Kaizer Chiefs have, in the past few seasons, followed in Chippa United's footsteps by firing and hiring coaches at a whim. Since 2015, no coach has seen their contract through at Amakhosi, and this has been a costly exercise for the team. ALSO READ: Chiefs plead guilty, slapped with fine Steve Komphela lasted the longest and was only fired with just a month left on his contract on 22 April 2018.
Ernst Middendorp came in for his second stint at Naturena, also with a three-year contract. Like his predecessors Middendorp was also fired after complaints from the supporters about the kind of football the team was playing. He was at the helm for a year-and-a-half, even though he took the side to within an inch of the DStv Premiership title, losing out to Sundowns on the final day of the campaign.
“I am not entirely sure about the others, but Hunt’s contract was watertight and he has to be bought out. That means the club had to pay him for the remaining months on his deal when they terminated,” said the insider who asked that he not be named for fear of reprisals. “There is the marketing unit who have the club’s image to protect and they are very specific about the kind of coach the club can work with. They have input on who gets the job of guiding the team,” he says
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