Addo For Kotoko Seat?

Former Hearts of Oak coach Herbert Addo has emerged as the frontrunner to take over struggling Asante Kotoko for the remainder of the season.Addo who has previously coached AshantiGold is reported to have agreed in principle to help turn the declining fortunes of the defending league champions.

The position became vacant after Isaac Opeele Boateng abdicated the role.

If Addo's appointment is confirmed, it could throw the future of the former Tema Youth coach into uncertainty.

Addo joined Kotoko's rivals Hearts of Oak in 2002 and led them to a sixth straight league title in his first campaign.

But the club failed to go beyond the Group stages of the Champions League the following year and subsequently relinquished the domestic title to arch-rivals Asante Kotoko.

The 51-year-old is reported to have resigned his position with second-tier side Pure Joy Football Club.

"Am also hearing he will be joining Kotoko and somebody told me he will leave us soon," Pure Joy Chief Executive Isaac Tetteh told Ghanasocernet.com

"I will not be disappointed if he leaves us to help Kotoko, we had an understanding and it will be ok with us.

"Kotoko is a much bigger club than mine and if he wants to coach them, that shouldn't be a problem."

Kotoko have struggled for form this season and currently lie at a parlous 9th position on the league table.

Herbert Addo could be on the bench when Kotoko travel to Essipong to play Eleven Wise on Sunday.


My Ultimate Comment:


Already the hurricane of change, characterized in John Evans Atta Mill's and Barrack Obama's electioneering campaign last year, sweeps through the top hierarchy of the technical team of Kotoko with a better name: ''over-hauling''.


Names are going to make head waves on the various radio stations in Kumasi and trust that most of the followers could converge at Bantama to vet out their opinion about these names. In a country where superstition enjoys the pride on football, several reasons can be given to the Kotoko's inability to hold down their own fort with regards to technical direction in the most alluring manner.

The choice of a coach to wither the storm with or devoid of Opeele must be master class. He should have a big heart to contend with the surly crowd in the midst of seeming difficulties and a cool head n order not to sink down the slippery slopes of self-centeredness and narcissism in the face of countless adulation. He should be able to bait in his rope players who are ready to go the superfluous mile in their quest to see Kotoko win laurels.

Herbert Addo is a fine gentleman who would be surely have an impact on any team he decided to coach in this country taking into consideration his expertise and experience. But I doubt if he has the bite to Kotoko's cherry. Wish him all the best if this news is anything to go by!