In the Republic of Korea, the vacancy left by Huh Jung-moo was filled by Hiddink, a former coach of Netherlands, Real Madrid and PSV, while Uzbekistan sacked Yuri Sarkisyan for Russia's Vladimir Salkov. Bosnian Dzemal Hadziabdic who had taken charge of the Qatar national side, halfway through the qualifying campaign for France '98, is now in charge from the start of the season itself. Singapore, after their slipshod display in the Tiger Cup, opted for Denmark's Jan Paulsen in place of Vincent Subramaniam. Malaysia followed suit by replacing Abdul Rahman with the Briton Allan Harris. The list seems never-ending.
Indications are that a lot more national bodies have lost interest in having the locals as managers.
Asian coaches are not given the right responsibilities.