TS Galaxy DStv Diski Challenge coach Bernard Parker has revealed the former Amakhosi coach who told him he’d make a good a coach.
The 38-year-old called it a day in football at the end of the previous season, marking the end of a professional journey that commenced in 2004 with Benoni Premier United.
Following his retirement, the Rockets offered him a position to lead the reserve team along with former teammate Vuyo Mere.
Initially, Initially, Parker did not envision a future in coaching; however, the idea was in him by his former Chiefs coach, Stuart Baxter.
The Scottish coach was confident that Parker would thrive in a coaching role, citing his quick understanding of tactics during his playing days.
WHY STUART BAXTER THOUGHT PARKER WOULD BECOME A GOOD COACH
“He [Stuart Baxter] is the first one who planted the idea in my mind that I would become a good coach because tactically I respond very well, tactically I always know what to do,” Parker told FARPost.
“He would always use me as an example, and he said to me, ‘You know Bernard, you should think about becoming a coach’.
“So, that seed was planted by coach Stuart Baxter. That’s where it started for me.
“I asked him [why], he said, ‘I know you’ve been at Chiefs for a long time, and we won trophies and went through the drought, but you managed to play under all coaches’.
“He said, ‘Imagine how many coaches they changed, but you played under all of them; that just shows that you will become a good coach because you understand the game. You are one of the guys that understand the game better’.”
