The plague that has often bedevilled coaches of the South African national team who have left under clouded circumstances, is something that new Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will not tolerate.
With 13 coaches in as many years having spent time at the helm of Bafana, Parreira made it clear that he could be the 14th coach to depart if he felt any unhappiness or discomfort after commencing his duties at the beginning of 2007.
"13 coaches in 13 years is not a good record. The moment I am not happy or not feeling comfortable, then it is bye-bye. The security of the coach is results, a coach relies on results. The results of this team will be in 2010," said Parreira at his first press briefing in Johannesburg on Monday since signing his contract with the South African Football Association (Safa).
According to Safa CEO Raymond Hack, Parreira's mandate is to ensure that the country had a world class team come the World Cup 2010 and there were no conditions to his contract stipulating that Bafana had to win any specific competitions before then.
"I do not have any conditions in my contract," Parreira said.
Safa vice president Mwelo Nonkonyana said that the national body had altered its approach towards coaches and that Parreira's working environment would be favourable for the Brazilian to succeed.
"We at Safa will make everything conducive for him to deliver. We are prepared to make a turnaround at Safa to also be a world class organisation," said Nonkonyana.
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