Hearts of Oak captain Gladson Awako has blamed the clubs torrid 2022/23 campaign on change in coaches.
Samuel Boadu started the season before he was replaced by Serbian trainer Slavko Matic in October 2022.
However, disgruntled fans of the club instigated the departure of the Serbian in March, 2023, where David Ocloo took charge until the end of the season.
Hearts of Oak ended the season in 12th position with 46 points. They also failed to win in their last five matches, losing four and drawing against Berekum.
According to Awako, too many changes in the coaching staff affected the club negatively last season.
“Too many changes in coaching impacted negatively on our performance last season. We started with Samuel Boadu, then later Matic who didn't last long, followed by David Ocloo. All these coaches had different philosophies which warranted time for players to adapt and this affected our performance” he told Akoma FM.
“We were improving under Matic, it was just unfortunate that he left, David Ocloo tried his best but because the pressure was too much it couldn't work”
“Coaches needs time, you can't appoint them and expect magic or instant results, so I feel the changes at the technical side and injuries affected our performance”
“Yes, the departure of Slavko Matic really affected us and it didn't help at all. Before Matic we were at the 12th position but we moved to the 3rd position with him in charge and now see where we ended the season”