It would be grossly unfair to judge new Kaizer Chiefs technical advisor Rob Hutting before he has really started in the job, but his appointment does throw up some interesting questions.
The little-known Dutch coach was announced this week as a new member of the technical team, tasked with advising both the senior team and the youth structures. His task is bring them closer together and have a uniform way of coaching at the club from the top down.
Curiously, he has only been contracted until the end of the season, which does not seem like long enough to fully implement plans.
"I am honoured to be here and will serve the club with pride," Hutting said at his unveiling. "This is a special day for me. I have been following Kaizer Chiefs and South African football for a while and looking forward to working with coach Steve and the rest of the coaches here at Kaizer Chiefs.
"I believe my competence, qualities and experience will contribute to the improvement of the club."
The most obvious question on everybody's lips is, why him?
He does hold a UEFA Pro Licence, the highest coaching badge in the game, and does have experience of coaching in the lower leagues in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
But what his philosophy is and why Chiefs feel he will add value is unclear. Hutting was quick to suggest this week that he should be judged on his work and he is 100 percent right.
"You can choose, do you want an internet coach or a qualified coach? For me, your question is okay, but I prefer that you come after three months and ask the same question," Hutting told reporters.
"I only want to help to realise the goals that we have. The only thing I want to ask you [media] is, 'Don't kill the baby before it's born'.
"The club needs experience and competences in a special way, that's what I'm bringing. I'm not a European who comes here to explain how we play in Europe, but I'm here to help the club."
In South African football there are countless instances of technical advisors being drafted into clubs, only to take over from the head coach in a matter of weeks or months. But Chiefs football manager Bobby Motaung says this will not be the case in this instance and hinted they were looking to Hutting to provide expertise outside of coaching.
"He has a six-month contract, with an option to renew because it's his first time in South Africa and he still needs to find his footing," Motaung said at Hutting's unveiling.
"For now, he'll be technical advisor and even in the future, when we finalise the journey ahead, we'll be looking at him from that aspect, not from a coaching aspect.
"He's not going to be taking over at any time from [coach Steve] Komphela, like the 'prophets of doom' have said, and I know, in South Africa, there's the perception that if someone is the technical director or advisor he's meant to remove somebody."
Chiefs failed to really quash the speculation around Komphela by giving him lukewarm backing when the issue of his contract, which expires at the end of the season, was brought up.
"There is a bright future for Steve. It all though depends on the progress of the team‚" Motaung said. "We are still giving Steve all the support systems and tools he needs in order to succeed.
"The only problem with such contracts‚ especially with the guys like Steve‚ is that people look at trophies. They look at the success story of winning trophies.
"But if you look at the plans we had with him when he started‚ they have been implemented in terms of development. He's bringing together what the club has been developing‚ the Chiefs philosophy and team's culture.
"But football as it is‚ people judge [coaches] by the results‚ which is a bit of a challenge for us at the moment. But for now we are still supporting Steve‚ giving all the tools that he requires in terms of achieving the goals. "The contract issue is a work in progress."