Chiefs have taken a risk by keeping Nabi's former assistants despite recent struggles

YOU would have expected the head honchos at Kaizer Chiefs to have learnt their lesson by now. But such is the questionable nature of management that they seem not to care anymore.

- MIHLALI BALEKA.

AFTER parting ways with Nabi, Kaizer Chiefs have retained Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef as co-coaches — a move that raises doubts over the club's decision-making and long-term strategy. | ITUMELENG ENGLISH Independent Media

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Chiefs announced this week that they had officially parted ways with head coach Nasreddine Nabi after suspending him due to licensing and mistrust issues. That was a smart move.

The relationship between the two parties seemed disconnected — almost as if Chiefs needed Nabi more than he needed them. But while that decision to end the relationship showed that Chiefs’ big shots have nerves of steel, they went on to undo all their good work by retaining Nabi’s former trusted lieutenants, Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef, as co-coaches for the rest of the season.

You see, the issue isn’t that Kaze and Ben Youssef are bad coaches. They’re actually decent—given that when they held the fort for Nabi at the start of the season, they enjoyed a five-game unbeaten run, including four wins and a draw.