Club administrators blamed for dwindling team performance

Tusker FC coach Sam Timbe during their KPL match against Nzoia Sugar at Ruaraka ground, Nairobi on Saturday 24/02/18[Boniface Okendo,Standard]

Are Tusker slowly perfecting what AFC Leopards have been doing in the recent past; firing and hiring coaches at will?

Looking at the recent happenings at Ruaraka where Robert Matano has rejoined the 11 time Kenyan Premier League champions after they sacked Sam Timbe, their woes seem to be beyond firing coaches and overhauling the playing unit.

In the last four years, the brewers have hired four coaches. They have fired six since 2011 when Sammy Omollo ended the three-year title drought.

Just before hiring the experienced Ugandan tactician, who left Tusker last weekend only 11 matches into the season, the club had fired his compatriot George Nsimbe as well as released 14 key players.

Nsimbe was suspended in October last year before he was later dismissed for poor results. He joined Tusker in January after his fellow countryman Paul Nkata had won a double with the club, before parting ways with the club at the end of the 2016 campaign.

Compared to the period between 1999 and 2007 when celebrated Jacob ‘Ghost’ Mulee was the head coach, the club had better successes due to the longevity of the coach.

But going by recent happenings, Tusker’s struggles seem to be more managerial than the technical bench and playing unit.

“The problem with Tusker is the management; they don’t understand what football is. The first mistake they made is bringing a new coach and signing players for him. Now, how do you blame a coach for the results?,” former player Boniface Ambani said.