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The Maxwell/Seba split... no surprise
Yet another Geoffrey Maxwell coaching stint ended just over a week ago when Seba United severed connections with the veteran coach.
That he did not end the season with the former two-time National Premier League (NPL) champions did not come as a big surprise to many.
The surprise was that he lasted as long as he did, and that the notoriously quick-to-fire Seba management had put up with the side’s struggle in the NPL for so long.
Maxwell was a surprise choice to fill the rotating coach’s chair at Seba United, given his history of not finishing jobs for one reason or the other.
One cannot, however, blame Maxwell for the fact that the clubs which have hired him since he left Waterhouse have not had the requisite financial resources to attract the kind of players he can mould into a solid unit.
Maxwell has struggled to recreate the magic he did at Waterhouse, although one has to wonder what he thought he could do at Arlington or Rivoli, for example, and whether he was just taking those jobs for the income they would generate.
He has said that he does not coach for fun and that he is a professional and expects to be treated as such. He has not been shy in his desire to get back into the national coaching ranks, but one wonders whether any Jamaica Football Federation executive would take a gamble on him right now.
What lies in store for Maxwell is anyone’s guess and one might want to argue that maybe he should turn his attention to the Confederation or Major League level and help build a unit that could challenge for the Premier League in a few years.
Given his vast knowledge of the game and superior teaching skills, he could find several ‘diamonds in the rough’ and who knows, maybe move the team through the various levels of football to the NPL.
Meanwhile, there must be some cause for concern with the Seba United club, as they seem to chew up and spit out coaches at an alarming rate.
In the past three or four seasons, with the exception of when they contested the Western Confederation Super League, Seba has had no fewer than two or three coaches per season, and one must contemplate the club’s failure to perform at a consistently high level given the turnover of coaches.
In the past few seasons, the coaches that have led the team are: Weston King who has had several stints, Dr Dean Weatherly, Everton Tomlinson, Danilo Bariga, an Englishman whose name escapes me, Edwin Alcock, Paul ‘Tegat’ Davis, Peter Hurge, Heron Grey, Hector Wright, Steve Bucknor and William ‘Bill’ Moravek.
That’s a starting 11 plus one reserve player.
Yet another Geoffrey Maxwell coaching stint ended just over a week ago when Seba United severed connections with the veteran coach.
That he did not end the season with the former two-time National Premier League (NPL) champions did not come as a big surprise to many.
The surprise was that he lasted as long as he did, and that the notoriously quick-to-fire Seba management had put up with the side’s struggle in the NPL for so long.
Maxwell was a surprise choice to fill the rotating coach’s chair at Seba United, given his history of not finishing jobs for one reason or the other.
One cannot, however, blame Maxwell for the fact that the clubs which have hired him since he left Waterhouse have not had the requisite financial resources to attract the kind of players he can mould into a solid unit.
Maxwell has struggled to recreate the magic he did at Waterhouse, although one has to wonder what he thought he could do at Arlington or Rivoli, for example, and whether he was just taking those jobs for the income they would generate.
He has said that he does not coach for fun and that he is a professional and expects to be treated as such. He has not been shy in his desire to get back into the national coaching ranks, but one wonders whether any Jamaica Football Federation executive would take a gamble on him right now.
What lies in store for Maxwell is anyone’s guess and one might want to argue that maybe he should turn his attention to the Confederation or Major League level and help build a unit that could challenge for the Premier League in a few years.
Given his vast knowledge of the game and superior teaching skills, he could find several ‘diamonds in the rough’ and who knows, maybe move the team through the various levels of football to the NPL.
Meanwhile, there must be some cause for concern with the Seba United club, as they seem to chew up and spit out coaches at an alarming rate.
In the past three or four seasons, with the exception of when they contested the Western Confederation Super League, Seba has had no fewer than two or three coaches per season, and one must contemplate the club’s failure to perform at a consistently high level given the turnover of coaches.
In the past few seasons, the coaches that have led the team are: Weston King who has had several stints, Dr Dean Weatherly, Everton Tomlinson, Danilo Bariga, an Englishman whose name escapes me, Edwin Alcock, Paul ‘Tegat’ Davis, Peter Hurge, Heron Grey, Hector Wright, Steve Bucknor and William ‘Bill’ Moravek.
That’s a starting 11 plus one reserve player.
Any way how is seba u21, u17 and u15 doing?
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