This is the first time, I guess, that someone will be handling the coach's job both for a club as well as for the NT
Wonder whether this will affect his performance!
Considering the number of games we play annually excluding Asia cup and other qualifiers it's been less.. Stomach exited after playing all qualifiers. I don't think AIFF will get a lot of friendlies to play. Maybe a few games to show we have a new coach.
Club and country, in India: Sukhvinder Singh, PK Banerjee, Syed Nayeemuddin, Armando Colaco...
Abroad: Rinus Michels (Barca, Netherlands), Sir Alex Ferguson (Aberdeen, Scotland), Guus Hiddink (PSV Eindhoven, Australia; Russia and Chelsea), Dick Advocaat (AZ Alkmaar, Belgium)..
Bhaichung Bhutia resigns from AIFF technical committee over coach appointment process
Bhutia, who is a co-opted member of the executive committee as a former player and attended Saturday's meeting here, claimed that under normal practice, the technical committee recommends the head coach of the national team. The current technical panel is headed by legendary IM Vijayan.
"I have been chairman of AIFF technical committee in the past (2013 to 2017) and involved in coach appointments like in case of Stephen Constantine. It is the job of the technical committee to shortlist the candidates who have applied and recommend the suitable person to become coach. But this time, there was not even a single technical committee meeting to appoint successor of Stimac," Bhutia told PTI.
"There was not a single meeting of technical committee to discuss how many candidates have applied, who were to be shortlisted, nothing of this sort happened this time. The process was followed in the past but not this time. "If you are going to bypass the technical committee in the head coach appointment, why are we for. I said in the executive committee meeting that since the technical committee was not involved, there was no value of technical committee, then why are we for. So, I said I am resigning from technical committee membership." Bhutia said a special committee under AIFF vice president NA Haris was dealing with the matter of finding a successor to Stimac, and he was completely against it.
"I completely opposed the constitution of the special committee. There is a technical committee already in place and how come you formed a special committee to discuss the appointment of the coach.
"The process itself is wrong. The coaches are hired, fired and given extension by executive committee without having any discussion with the technical committee. The president proposes one or two names and the executive committee agrees to one." The other members of the AIFF technical committee include Shabir Ali, Climax Lawrence, Victor Amalraj and Santosh Singh, among others.
The AIFF said Vijayan attended the meeting via video conference.
When contacted, AIFF acting Secretary General M Satyanarayan also said Vijayan was consulted in the coach appointment process.
"There should not be any controversy here. I think technical committee chairman was consulted," Satyanarayan said.
Bhaichung Bhutia resigns from AIFF technical committee over coach appointment process
Bhutia, who is a co-opted member of the executive committee as a former player and attended Saturday's meeting here, claimed that under normal practice, the technical committee recommends the head coach of the national team. The current technical panel is headed by legendary IM Vijayan.
"I have been chairman of AIFF technical committee in the past (2013 to 2017) and involved in coach appointments like in case of Stephen Constantine. It is the job of the technical committee to shortlist the candidates who have applied and recommend the suitable person to become coach. But this time, there was not even a single technical committee meeting to appoint successor of Stimac," Bhutia told PTI.
"There was not a single meeting of technical committee to discuss how many candidates have applied, who were to be shortlisted, nothing of this sort happened this time. The process was followed in the past but not this time. "If you are going to bypass the technical committee in the head coach appointment, why are we for. I said in the executive committee meeting that since the technical committee was not involved, there was no value of technical committee, then why are we for. So, I said I am resigning from technical committee membership." Bhutia said a special committee under AIFF vice president NA Haris was dealing with the matter of finding a successor to Stimac, and he was completely against it.
"I completely opposed the constitution of the special committee. There is a technical committee already in place and how come you formed a special committee to discuss the appointment of the coach.
"The process itself is wrong. The coaches are hired, fired and given extension by executive committee without having any discussion with the technical committee. The president proposes one or two names and the executive committee agrees to one." The other members of the AIFF technical committee include Shabir Ali, Climax Lawrence, Victor Amalraj and Santosh Singh, among others.
The AIFF said Vijayan attended the meeting via video conference.
When contacted, AIFF acting Secretary General M Satyanarayan also said Vijayan was consulted in the coach appointment process.
"There should not be any controversy here. I think technical committee chairman was consulted," Satyanarayan said.
Thanks for exposing the stupid process. We all know the real intent of him quiting. This guy's needs power and none was given but look at the process we follow to hire coaches. No wonder stimac aced these interviews. The problem is not including bhutia or Vijayan. We do not have one good coach/technical director to select a coach. In interviews when they are talking about playing style and other technicalities. How are these guys qualified? A former player cannot sit and judge a coach neither can an executive committee. We are ruined guys! AIFF is being run like a age old house.
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Stomach exited after playing all qualifiers. I don't think AIFF will get a lot of friendlies to play. Maybe a few games to show we have a new coach.
September, nothing lined-up, but I'm expecting we will be playing 1 or 2 friendlies at Home with SAFF nations.
Managing club & N.T together will be tough, but he is capable enough & crazy to hear this.
https://x.com/kilviish/status/1814660683512095217
So this has happened before, though only once in India--Syed Abdul Rahim and NT and Hyderabad FT
Abroad: Rinus Michels (Barca, Netherlands), Sir Alex Ferguson (Aberdeen, Scotland), Guus Hiddink (PSV Eindhoven, Australia; Russia and Chelsea), Dick Advocaat (AZ Alkmaar, Belgium)..
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Bhaichung Bhutia resigns from AIFF technical committee over coach appointment process
Bhutia, who is a co-opted member of the executive committee as a former player and attended Saturday's meeting here, claimed that under normal practice, the technical committee recommends the head coach of the national team. The current technical panel is headed by legendary IM Vijayan.
"I have been chairman of AIFF technical committee in the past (2013 to 2017) and involved in coach appointments like in case of Stephen Constantine. It is the job of the technical committee to shortlist the candidates who have applied and recommend the suitable person to become coach. But this time, there was not even a single technical committee meeting to appoint successor of Stimac," Bhutia told PTI.
"There was not a single meeting of technical committee to discuss how many candidates have applied, who were to be shortlisted, nothing of this sort happened this time. The process was followed in the past but not this time. "If you are going to bypass the technical committee in the head coach appointment, why are we for. I said in the executive committee meeting that since the technical committee was not involved, there was no value of technical committee, then why are we for. So, I said I am resigning from technical committee membership." Bhutia said a special committee under AIFF vice president NA Haris was dealing with the matter of finding a successor to Stimac, and he was completely against it.
"I completely opposed the constitution of the special committee. There is a technical committee already in place and how come you formed a special committee to discuss the appointment of the coach.
"The process itself is wrong. The coaches are hired, fired and given extension by executive committee without having any discussion with the technical committee. The president proposes one or two names and the executive committee agrees to one." The other members of the AIFF technical committee include Shabir Ali, Climax Lawrence, Victor Amalraj and Santosh Singh, among others.
The AIFF said Vijayan attended the meeting via video conference.
When contacted, AIFF acting Secretary General M Satyanarayan also said Vijayan was consulted in the coach appointment process.
"There should not be any controversy here. I think technical committee chairman was consulted," Satyanarayan said.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/football/bhaichung-bhutia-says-he-is-resigning-from-technical-committee-as-aiff-bypassed-the-panel/cid/2035094