Mamelodi Sundowns coach Steve Komphela has slammed Hugo Broos after the Bafana Bafana Bafana coach claimed that South Africa doesn’t have “high-quality players” and the “PSL level is not high enough” to guarantee success on the international stage.
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Broos believes that South Africa doesn’t have high quality players like those in Ghana, France and Morocco while addressing the media last week after Bafana Bafana lost 2-1 against Morocco in their opening 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
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“Now is the time to face the real problem and the real problem of SA is that we don’t have high quality players. We don’t have players like those of our last three opponents in Ghana, France and Morocco…” Broos said.
Taking to social media, Komphela said Broos was out line and his comments were condescending.
“This coach has been insulting everyone as he wished and none of you members of the fourth estate saw this coming. Nothing wrong with voicing an opinion but please understand that this is a nation and not some cabal in a forest. Where’s the intelligence in such reckless statements.” tweeted Komphela.
“Our nation is addressed with so much carelessness and lack of tact. It is disrespectful. And to some, it sounds like the honest truth but for others, the tone is just as condescending. I have never heard of a national leader who lacks diplomacy like that one. If you want to be addressed like that, with no respect or regard, he’s your coach alone!
“I do not dispute standards, there’s a lot to that as well, but a national address needs to carry a particular tone. He’s not only talking to his nation, but he’s also reflecting his nation to other nations as well. He must address us as his nation and not some observer with no allegiance.
“Yes, be brutally honest, but with respect. It is possible. Not unless you lack intelligence. If so, we’ll understand your deficiencies and limitations. The tone is everything! My issue is the arrogant tone. Almost condescending!
Komphela, who is a former Bafana coach and captain added: “National coaches have a certain tone that penetrates deeper throughout the nation. I have never come across a national coach with this tone. I’ve worked with a lot of top international coaches. They are great diplomats. They never insult the intelligence of their people.”