Comment: Coach Štefan Tarkovič is finished, but the fish stinks from the head – ŠPORT.SK

today 09:45 | Štefan Tarkovič was the best candidate for the post of national team coach. This was true after the departure of Pavel Hapal before the finals of the European Championship 2020 and it was valid until the end of that suddenly in November 2020. At that time, there was no time to speculate, Tarkovič was the only one who knew the team. However, the one-eyed victory over Northern Ireland meant only a qualification for the championship, not a qualification for Tarkovich as the long-term bench leader. The president of the association, Ján Kováčik, shed a tear at the briefing after returning from Belfast, and without any professional debate, with whom he would also have a professional debate among the newcomers to the executive committee, he de facto chose Tarkovič as his coach. Unanimously agreed. Without a candidate. Shock. As a reminder, Vladimir Weiss Sr. was free, whom the union wanted a year later, when it was no longer available. Pavel Vrba was free, and his union may contact him now that he is no longer available. Weiss was free even after the catastrophic entry into the World Cup 2022. But the fight for Qatar had to be conquered altogether and diversified with a lecture on archaic football on the Euro so that the president of the union could step out of his bubble of snipers and pass the word “failure” between his teeth. As a result of his long-term “concept”, Weiss was contracted at the time. An anti-candidate? Nik. When Weiss did not come out, the choice fell on Tarkovich again. An anti-candidate? Nik. An alternative from abroad? Don’t even scare. The same situation is now. If Weiss decides to stay in Slovana Bratislava or prefers Dunajská Streda or another club, we cannot rule out a worse alternative than Tarkovič. And believe me, it is. Who would stay in the game? When setting up the union or its ruling husband, let’s forget about football Craig Ramsay. Adrián Guľa, Martin Ševela or Michal Gašparík? Maybe once, not today. Let’s not chase Tarkovich for accepting the most respected job in the coaching craft. Let’s criticize those who offered it to the assistant without real preconditions to become the boss. Twice! And let’s not criticize the next victim of a non-existent concept, when, after another botched qualification, the same people without self-reflection again prefer a simple choice to the right one. Read also Šesták: Tarkovič? Players, SFZ and politicians are also a problem, it’s time for change! But … Read also Borbély: The best solution is Weiss, but … The selection process is not set …