Pakistan’s Search of a coach… the Long Journey into Night?

Fram Gommendy reports:

There is a very interesting/surprising article today in Pakistan, “The News.” It goes back to the beginning of the Millennium and is very detailed, with dates, names, and even financial deals asked/refused by the Pakistan Squash Federation.

I don’t know if that article is accurate and where they took their information from, but it’s detailed, for sure!

Extract:

“…..Meanwhile, the federation after getting no response to the advertisement for the foreign coach decided to contact a few foreign coaches.

First they approached Australian legend Geoff Hunt. Initially, Hunt demanded $30 thousand per month but later he changed his mind and recommended his countryman Dan Jenson, who coaches in the United States.

But Jenson suggested to the federation officials to send players to New York for training and for that Jenson demanded $12 thousand per month excluding accommodation and food.

The federation then contacted Egypt’s Ali Reda, who is a professional squash player and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 23 in October 2011, but Reda was busy so he said he would be available from November. He demanded $18 thousand per month….”

READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN THE NEWS