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| Waisale Serevi in his prime |
The Fiji sevens team went through the 2010/2011 International rugby board (IRB) world sevens series without winning a single tournament.
The Fiji rugby union (FRU) is now looking for a suitable candidate to guide the national team for the next season and has various new policies. They are looking for a dedicated coach as well as players who will have to give up playing 15s-a side rugby through out the sevens series.
The best possible news Fiji rugby fans can hope for is that Fiji sevens legend Waisale Serevi, known around the world as the king of sevens, has declared his availability for the coaching job.This is very good news indeed considering the FRU sacked him previously without giving any good reason despite the fact that he won us tournaments.
It was baffling as to why The FRU would sack Serevi who remains the only coach in Fiji's history to win the overall IRB Sevens world series.Serevi would some times take a totally new team into tournaments and still manage to attain victory. New Zealand, who are the most successful sevens team in history do not change coaches even when they lose all year and their coach Gordon Tietjens breeds players for the All Blacks 15s team and always wins tittles in the sevens frame.
The people of Fiji were up in arms against the FRU when Serevi was removed to the point that the police needed to step in to guard the FRU headquarters. Fans even took their frustration out on his replacement Joe Savou by stoning his residence.
Serevi has spent the last few years running sevens coaching camps around the world while Fiji slumped to bad defeats often winning one tournament a season and sometimes going home empty handed like the previous season. This is what Serevi had to say after declaring his interest for the coaching job:
I tried to walk away from Fiji rugby but it's part of my life and I cannot do that. Fiji is always in my heart. I have done a lot of things for Fiji and I don't regret my time doing that.
This is why the people of Fiji will always love Serevi, win or lose his heart is always for Fiji, a contrast to the previous coach, Iliesa Tanivula, who is an ex-New Zealand player. We can only hope that the FRU maks the right decision and permanently gives Serevi the sevens coaching job so that we can see Fiji win again. It is time for the king to return to his throne.
3 comments:
Good Blog. I agree with you that a FRU should employ a god coach to lead the 7s boys to the 2011-2012 World Series. Many Rugby fans want Sevens wizard back but the fact is that the application for the sevens coach closes at 5pm today and so far Waisale Serevi has not send any application to FRU. Top coaches who have shown their interest are Redrock’s Lote Rasiga, Waimanu club coach Sailosi Naiteqe, Rewa’s coach Watisoni Ratulevu, Iliesa Tanivula and current coach Josateki Savou. Fiji sevens has always faced the problem of losing top players to France because they offer good money.
i blame sahu khan
I agree with your view. Serevi has always been a role model to young rugby players and is a well known names in households. There has mostly been a lot of politics with rugby and we all know that this does not mix well.
The fact remains that if Serevi is the only coach in Fiji’s history to win the overall IRB Sevens series and if he is available for the coach position AND if Fiji wants to improve in Rugby Sevens then make the right choice.
The problem is when we lose; we want to change our coach. Overseas teams don’t do that. Don’t change the coach, change the approach.
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