Chiefs boss explains why keeping Kaze and Ben Youssef was important

Kaizer Chiefs football manager Bobby Motaung maintains that the need for continuity was behind the club’s decision to hand Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef the coaching job.

Kaze and Ben Youssef were the assistants to coach Nasreddine Nabi but when he left under unclear circumstances last September, Chiefs opted to elevate the two in a co-coaching capacity rather than bringing in a new man in the dugout.

Motaung insists it was a well thought after decision as the club’s hierarchy put the needs of the team first with a feeling among the management being that the two were well versed with what the club was trying to do and it did not make sense to hire a new coach who would rip up everything and start afresh.

Glody Lilepo and Khalil Ben Youssef Kaizer Chiefs — Glody Lilepo (left) and coach Khalil Ben Youssef. Photo: Kaizer Chiefs

Bobby Motaung on need for consistency

“The planning and the consistency that we kept with the technical staff and the planning last season and this season in terms of player acquisitions and looking at what type of quality players we’ve got now,” Motaung said as per GOAL.

“It’s not easy for some of them because some started this season, some started last season, and it’s not easy for them, too.”

“We’re not yet where we want to be in terms of scoring those goals that we need and achieving what we’re looking for,” he further stated.

Why were Cedric Kaze and Ben Youssef retained?

Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef Kaizer Chiefs — Kaizer Chiefs co-coaches Cedric Kaze (left) and Khalil Ben Youssef. Photo: Kaizer Chiefs

“But if you look at the consistency of us keeping the technical staff and obviously managing the squad, it’s helped us a lot. It’s helping us a lot, even for the future. Look at the generation that we’ve got now.

“It’s a young generation, and they need, they really need to be given time and competition. But keeping the technical staff was more important,” added the Chiefs boss.

Ben Youssef and Kaze were handed the reins until the end of the season and it remains to be seen if their contracts will be extended beyond the current campaign.

Since taking over, the coaching duo have taken charge of 20 games, winning nine, drawing seven and losing four.