So, just what is at play at Chiefs with their new gig
● Kaizer Chiefs have either pulled a stand-up comedian out of a hat or Amakhosi have brought us a magician whose tricks are yet to capture the imagination. Or not.
No one is dismissing Dutchman Rob Hutting as a clown.
But when he was officially introduced at Naturena Village, he turned the day into a wacky Wednesday, the littleknown Dutchman indulging in horseplay that left members of the Boswell Wilkie circus dripping green with envy.
He seems a witty chappy, this 63-yearold whose glorious CV proffers a man who prefers swimming in the amateur ranks rather than battle it out in the dogeat-dog fast lane of elite football.
The gathered hacks were floored in rollicks of laughter as the new supervisor, oops technical director, nope, technical advisor, held court.
Google went into overdrive no sooner had Chiefs announced Hutting’s appointment on their various social media platforms.
Internet research revealed little. Nothing notable, or something suitable, to suggest that Amakhosi had caught a big fish. If Steve Komphela is the big fish, you expect them to get a great shark to advise the big fish to stem a two-and-ahalf season slide of no silverware. Or not.
We will find out soon enough whether Chiefs have been caught hook, line and sinker by a Dutch sardine. Or not.
Let us, to borrow from Paraffin Godamu, connect the dots. It’s difficult not to deduce what is at play here despite the vociferous protestations of Bobby