Jose Riveiro on co-coaching: ‘I don’t know what it means’

Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro is somewhat confused as to how co-coaches deal with their differences when making decisions.

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When Mamelodi Sundowns appointed Rhulani Mokwena and Manqoba Mngqithi as the club’s co-coaches in 2020, several football enthusiasts questioned the strategy.

However, that move has led to nothing but success.

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Clubs like Sekhukhune United and Royal AM have also taken Downs’ path, but we’re yet to see if it’ll work out.

Prior to the appointment of Riveiro, Orlando Pirates had interim co-coaches in Mandla Ncikazi and Fadlu Davids who left the club at the end of past season.

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It’s clear the Spaniard manager isn’t familiar with seeing two bulls in one kraal and he says he can’t have a “well-structured opinion” about something he doesn’t understand.

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RIVEIRO – ‘I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS’

“I don’t know exactly what it means ‘co-coaching’, I can’t have a well structured opinion about the coaching if I don’t know the term,” Riveiro said on Marawa Sports Worldwide.

“I don’t know inside, how they will deal with different situations especially with the decisions, I think in my case as a coach, as a head coach that’s probably the only difference with the people who [are] around me including the players is that [at] the end of the day I have to make decisions.

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“That’s probably the only difference, everything else is open to discuss but the final decision is mine. So I don’t know how they deal with that in a co-coaching.

“In the end if you manage to get results with two or three or four coaches, then the formula is working well, if you don’t, then we will say that is because of the co-coaching and not maybe other things.

“So [it’s] difficult for me to have an opinion about it.”

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