Johannesburg – Swallows FC coach Brandon Truter is well aware of the pressure that comes with coaching in the Premiership, but concedes that he has enjoyed the thrills and spills that have come with competing with the big boys.
It rarely happens that a “supposedly inexperienced coach in topflight football” retain his seat in the dugout when he promotes a team from the GladAfrica Championship to the Premiership as the club usually settles for an “experienced campaigner”.
But fresh from inspiring the Birds from the second division to the top flight, Truter retained his position. The coach hasn’t put a foot wrong so far, instead he has proven his detractors wrong as he has maintained the team’s undefeated record.
The team is flying high as they are second on the league standings with 21 points, thanks to six wins and three draws.
Their winning streak also includes defeating beleaguered Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 in a Soweto derby last year, while they opened the New Year, on Tuesday, with a 3-2 victory over Cape Town City at Dobsonville Stadium.
“But coaching here, in top flight, it’s different. You can, however, say I am enjoying myself. But ja, it’s a job at the end of the day and you have to love what you do. And as the saying goes, ‘if you enjoy what you do, you won’t have to work a day in your life’. I enjoy what I am doing,” said Truter.
