Kaizer Chiefs legend Brian Baloyi outlines biggest mistake Amakhosi made this season

Kaizer Chiefs legend Brian Baloyi is convinced the club made the biggest mistake of the season by not hiring a new coach to replace Nasreddine Nabi.

Nabi, who joined Chiefs in July 2024, left in the middle of his two-year contract when he parted ways with the Glamour Boys last September, and when it was hoped that the club would appoint another coach, they instead elevated his assistants.

That saw Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef installed as co-coaches until the end of the season and they have had mixed fortunes.

The coaching duo have seen Chiefs knocked out of all cup competitions while they are now 14 points behind Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns in the PSL, their title hopes all but over, after three straight league defeats, even if they have a game in hand.

Baloyi explains Chiefs’ biggest blunder

Baloyi feels his ex-club should have brought in a new coach immediately Nabi left as the co-coaching model has never proved to be successful in South Africa.

“The biggest mistake Chiefs made when Nabi left, was this thing of co-coaches,” said Baloyi on Sports Nights Amplified With Andile Ncube on Metro FM.

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“It has never worked, Chiefs tried it before with Doctor and Ace and looking back at that time, it was necessary because it was a short period.

“Sundowns tried it for a very long time but at the end, you can’t have two drivers driving the same car at the same time.”

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Baloyi feels the two coaches have struggled because they are not only inexperienced but it is also difficult to move in one direction when different people are calling the shots.

“Even if you have a 14-ton truck that goes, transporting [products], if there’s two drivers the other one will take a break, the other one will drive,” he added.

“At the end of the day, this is football and then you have co-coaches. At some point, there’s egos, at some point and players get confused with different messages.

“Players take instructions from the leader and it’s clear there’s leadership challenge at Chiefs at the moment.”