Assad and Aslam resigns

Jan 06, 2016 - 05:43:41 |
Imma, Assad and Aslam

Male’, MALDIVES – Maldives national team’s assistant coach Assad Abdul Ghani and goal keeper coach Aslam Abdul Raheem has resigned from their posts today.

Goal keeper Aslam said in his Facebook page that he has decided to resign from the post of goal keeper coach.

“Today I have taken the most difficult and painful decision in my football career, I don't see any importance of a Goalkeeper coach in the national team today so I have decided not to travel with the team... I wish all the best to players and a bright future to Maldives football...”

Speaking to Maldivesoccer.com assistant coach Assad Abdul Ghani said that he resigned due to various reasons.

“I don’t want to work as an assistant coach of the national team just for the name. It is a responsible post and for the past two or three months I have worked there without any responsibilities but just for the name. I don’t want to be like that anymore.” Assad, who was the captain of national team when Maldives won their maiden SAFF Championship back in 2008.

“Coach didn’t assign any work for us. Coach said that we were appointed by FAM and it was not him who appointed us so he (Coach) doesn’t have to assign any work for us. That’s what he said to me.” Assad added.

Assad also said that the coach tried to show his qualities and his potential with the help of the players as well.

“If anyone calls for an interview of a player coach will speak with that player and tell him to talk about coach. And he will sent someone to check what they were saying during the interview. This was what he did during the SAFF Championship and I don’t think that anyone can work like that if the coach is not trusting his assistants.”

Meanwhile national team assistant coach Ismail Mahfooz also didn’t attend to the practice session today. But we were unable to identify his reason as he didn’t answer the phone.

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Ahmed on Jan 06
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This shows how unprofessional some of these maldivian coaches are?.. If the team is winning they will tell a different story? Now everyone knows the team is in big trouble so they want escape frm this..
Fan on Jan 06
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So now we are getting the gist of all what was about. It may still be the tip of iceberg, the problems run deeper and involve the dissatisfactions of many more players. It is understandable why some of senior players are not able to perform to the potential.
T.O.S on Jan 06
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Coach need right Assistant Coaches,obviously this ones make excuses.Opprtunity for new Coches,hopfully this time we get right assistants and Coaching experience .
player on Jan 06
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Its wrong for FAM to appoint Asst Coaches first and then the Head Coach, it should be vice versa. Head Coach should have some say in who becomes his assistants, whether or not the assistants can contribute anything to achieve the Head Coach's long and short term objectives. Perhaps FAM should now, for a year or two, appoint a local coach to Maldives team. After all, there has never been a foreign coach good enough for either the players, management or the sports journalist. Someone like Maattey should be a good fit
Sadbuttrue on Jan 06
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Structure of FAM should be firm and government also support FAM. We cannot accept success unless these two bodies get stable. The root problem appears to be due to this and not the assistant coaches or Head coach either. I sincerely feel that there is lot of misunderstanding and serious administrative errors. People who resigned had spent their lives on Maldivian football and Head coach on the other side is a successful coach presumably heavily paid. So there should not be such a grave clash if managed strategically. Wish maldivian football a great success Always!
Boyko on Jan 07
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Is this a case of first world coach with a CV of world cup experience unable to get along with the coaching staff of 3rd world nation? Or is this coach really bad that even the people from a third world country could not stand his presence? I think its the former. I think Assad and Aslam took a wrong decision. Its disrespectful to take a swipe at a coach of his standing just after one tournament.
footballmad on Jan 07
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Well said, Boyko. This sounds like a painful learning curve - we need the local coaching staff to learn to be professional and be team players; not individual egoists. Since democracy was introduced to our nation, many people seem to have abandoned any effort to work for the community and nation - all about expressing your own stance; that's not really what being civilized and democratic means.
Imma on Jan 07
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There's this mentality within Maldivians that, just by appointing someone with pedigree at the helm, we are going to see instant success. I am personally sick and tired of ignorant fans moaning about not wanting to see youngsters, but calling out for the unreliable, older players to be reinstated back in the squad. When Ricki Herbert began his tenure as head coach of New Zealand, they struggled at first, but once the young players grew accustomed to his coaching methods and playing with each other, they went all the way and qualified for the World Cup. During his first press conference at Maldives, Herbert called for patience and at least 2 years at the helm. Unfortunately, the people who run our football, as well as those tasked with developing and coaching talent and worst of all, many of the players are still stuck in a time warp and have the "small island mentality", where they are afraid to give up their nice, comfortable life living within the confines of their own culture and terrified sick of progress. Assad and Aslam should ask themselves how many World Cups they have played or coached in, and compare themselves to Ricki Herbert. We can bring in Guardiola, Mourinho, Ferguson or Wenger, but the footballing family of Maldives will always have something to moan about them. They want to achieve so many things, but without doing any work. If I were Assad or Aslam, I would treat this as a golden opportunity to learn from someone with experience at the highest level of their profession. Instead, they are going to go and sit on the bench of some cash-strapped club with semi-professional footballers and pretend to do work for a living.

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