FINDING THE NET
MNINAWA NTLOKO: Luckily for Hunt, Braamfontein isn’t like Orlando-land
Gavin Hunt would be in the unemployment line clutching dog-eared copies of his CV against his chest by now if his career prospects were up to the more rabid folks on social media. Hunt’s club, Bidvest Wits, remains rooted to the foot of the premiership table at the halfway mark and the beleaguered coach’s many critics believe he should have been fired a long time ago given the side’s poor run of results this season. The reigning premiership champions look nothing like the side that won the league title with a game to spare only eight months ago and they have stumbled from one poor result to the next with the skill of a goat on stilettos. The Clever Boys have lost eight out of 16 matches (they’ve only won three games all season) and Hunt’s many critics have wet themselves with excitement after each poor result, demanding to see his head on a spike. They have lashed out at the media in the process, insisting that the coach has been given a free pass by fanboy soccer journalists and sp...
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