Jose Riveiro's return to Orlando Pirates for his third season will propel the Spaniard to a rare seat amongst a select few to last that long at the club.
The volatility of the Pirates head coach job has always meant that counting three full years in charge is a feat that has only ever been achieved by Rudi Krol through the PSL era years.
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Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic surrendered at the start of his third season five years ago.
Krol won nothing in his first two years in charge, before delivering the treble in his third but was then not retained.
Riveiro has turned Pirates from doubters into believers with four trophies won in his first two years accompanied by consecutive runners-up finishes in the league.
In the 10 years prior to his arrival, the club had won only two trophies (2014 Nedbank Cup under Vladimir Vermezovic and 2020 MTN8 under Josef Zinnbauer), so the Spaniard has been heavenly sent for Bucs.
While the hard-to-please Ghost will be first to admit how grateful they are for the silverware additions in their cabinet, their coach knows he needs to cut the gap between them and Mamelodi Sundowns in the league through the process of still winning cup competitions.
Second place has value, but when it comes with a gap of 16 and 23 points from the champions, then it shows there is need for consistency in the bread-and-butter matters of his job.
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So, if Riveiro can still win knockout competitions and then be able to compete and genuinely push Sundowns in the league, then he will keep winning more hearts on the stand opposite his dugout at Orlando Stadium.
Calm in the way he conducts his business, the 46-year-old will also need to take his tactical intelligence into the continent with another CAF Champions League campaign awaiting him.