Vin Blaine to remain Reggae Girlz coach – JFF
Vin Blaine will remain head coach of the senior women’s national football team.
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), in a statement on Tuesday, said its board has accepted a recommendation of the JFF Technical and Development Committee to retain the technical staff of the Reggae Girlz including Head Coach Vin Blaine.
In its report, subsequent to an initial investigation into concerns expressed by team members, the committee cited there was insufficient evidence to warrant any such change in personnel at this time, the JFF stated.
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According to the local football governing body, the report further stated that “it’s in the best interest of the JFF to continue on its present course, with the current coaching staff, where the progress will be closely monitored and evaluated periodically.”
Further, based on the results so far and with less than two months before the Concacaf Women’s qualifying tournament gets underway in Mexico, it is felt that introducing changes at this time would not be prudent, the JFF said.
Towards this end, the JFF said it has the full confidence in the coaching staff and the team members but “recognises the need to share in and support the process with some critical Core Values of the organisation, including professionalism, teamwork and respect.”
The JFF said it pledges, as the body responsible for football in Jamaica, to put everything in place, within its powers, to ensure the team is comfortable and can perform at their optimum to achieve Jamaica’s second consecutive qualification to the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Jamaica are drawn in Group A alongside world champions United States, host nation Mexico and Caribbean neighbours Haiti in the final round of the Concacaf Women’s Championship in Mexico, which will be held in July.
The two-page letter, signed by 20 players, cited among other things a lack of confidence in the technical acumen and leadership style of Blaine and his assistants, which the players find to run counter to what is required to take them to the Fifa Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand next year.
