It is like Ferhat being head coach with Guidetti and santarelli as assistant coaches🤣
It's not and here's why. As I said before he asked for a guy that already worked with him but has much more experience with women's team and a guy currently coaching one of the top teams in the league, fielding some of the key players of the NT too. Pity that Milano didn't allow Gaspari to join the staff, but considering Bernardi's impact with Novara wasn't bad at all, it could be interesting to see Mister Secolo working together with his former coach as well.
Most importantly, Velasco is a well-respected and eminent figure, which is probably what the women's team needs right now, pinned down by crossfire from both the federation and the former staff. That doesn't mean Italy will come off a sweep in 2024, but hopefully we wouldn't see the embarrassment of 2023. Hoping for a long overdue change at the top and the erase of that idiotic double role rule.
On a side note, it's a bit ungenerous comparing Velasco to Akbaş, with the greatest respect to the latter.