"A Letter To My Beloved Dynamos Family"

Dynamos suspend Murape, Mutuma - The Southern Eye

Murape Murape

In life some have it easy, some learn the hard way and in my case, I was born to always learn the hard way and I love it so.

When I was one of the assistant coaches at Dynamos in 2018 alongside Mablanyo first we saved the team from relegation, people seem to forget that fact and we should get credit for that job well done. Secondly the team had no money, no sponsorship for the 2019 season and for us to assemble a team we had to hold trials, beg for players from Academies, division one and two clubs which is not normal and very taboo for a big team like Dynamos.

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However, in spite of the big challenge of assembling a team through holding trials, we were courageous enough to do it, to be prepared to be ridiculed, to sacrifice our careers all for the love of Dynamos and the game.

All I can say is I am very proud of the job we did because no coach wanted the Dynamos job at that particular time because there were no funds to buy quality players and to pay a decent salary to the coaches simply because the team had no money and no sponsorship then.

We were coaching the Dynamos juniors then, we never applied for the job to coach Dynamos but it's the Dynamos executive that assigned us to the senior team because many good coaches who were approached refused to take the job. I don't know whether Mablanyo and me were the coaches the team really needed, because in reality we were just the ones who were available and willing to die for the Dynamos cause.

I see people making fun and mockery of Mablanyo, but to me I see a real man among men because the task was just too much without adequate resources, but at the same time a team to represent Dynamos in the league was needed.

We failed as coaches but I salute the players who were willing to play for the team even though there was no gaurantee of money. Now the club is well-funded, let's appreciate that by doing the right things and work together for the benefit and good of the team.

Murape Murape is the longest-serving Dynamos player in history, having begun his career at the team as a 14-year old. He later became the team captain in 2008, a position he held until his retirement in 2015. In 2007 he was crowned the Soccer Star of the Year. Murape has led DeMbare to the CAF Champions League semi-finals and won four back-to-back titles with Dynamos as a player under the tutelage o Callisto Pasuwa. He is now the head coach of Real Betis Football Academy.