After one game? Do you think that it is THAT important to restructure everything that was worked on in a preseason over the result of one game? Apparently for Veracruz brass this is vital. Let’s not just point out Veracruz, but Mexican football as they are a simple microcosm of what is going on right now.
Antonio Mohamed’s tasteless sacking is what is going on with many teams in the Aztec league. Various clubs decided in the past few years while the league is growing to find in coaches scapegoats to their futility both on and off the pitch. Lose a game, get rid of the coach. That is the solution that they think will make them turn around 180 degrees. Oh there are others that are guilty of this nonsense- Tigres, Monterrey, and América are the first teams that come to mind. In a way this system is also a way of shifting the blame from the primary cause of this shambolic policy- the administrators themselves. They are the ones who implement their policies, their purchases, and sales to the club. For the most part the players that they bring in are
"It was sad to see that I found out I was out (sacked) by watching TV," said Mohamed in an interview with Mexican television. According to the former Argentine player, he was never notified of the move. If this is true, then cowardice accentuates their incompetence. Not a single soul that has an ounce of professionalism would have done something like this… unless there was some personal type of vendetta against the coach.
Mohamed replaced Nery Pumpido halfway through the season and the club were able to obtain half of the available points and things looked bright in their path to avoid relegation. Their new reinforcements were most likely going to "gel" come the "fifth or sixth week of the season." So why not wait until then?
Well there are other pressures that surround these teams fighting to stay afloat. The way they should have done it could have done it differently. This is a reality check that Mexican ball has truly made the big time as no one cares about establishing a solid base the right way. The bottom line of winning at all costs- and failing miserably in the process- has overtaken Mexico like most big leagues in the world.