Rhulani Mokwena must avoid developing a sense of entitlement.
By all accounts, he is a talented young South African coach with a passion for and knowledge of football.
His former mentor Pitso Mosimane thinks the world of his ex-Mamelodi Sundowns protege.
There he gained a horde of fans plus a cult of online followers.
And during his apprenticeship under Micho at Orlando Pirates, his stocks rose as Bucs fought for the PSL title last season.
He was definitely flying. And then he got his chance to fly solo when Micho suddenly left the Sea Robbers with Rhulani given the reins
Now, we were told, was his time. That we were about to see our own Pep Guardiola turn the PSL establishment on its head.
But it never happened and Bucs first tried to hide Rhulani’s failure by demoting him under new coach Josef Zinnbauer.
Rhulani was even given the freedom to study further away from the club rather than hone his craft with the everyday work at Bucs.
This is Mokwena’s football experience - a wunderkind who has been indulged and made to believe he is special.
That’s why his move to Chippa United makes absolutely no sense. It's a dysfunctional club where the chairman hires and fires coaches on a whim.
Where players don’t get paid, where the sponsors and hosts of the club warn the chairman that being trigger-happy is bad for business.
Rather than being briefed to win the title, like at Pirates, Rhulani’s job now is to save the Chilli Boys from relegation.
And that relegation may prove costly for chairman Siviwe Mpengesi who has been warned by the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality that it could mean the end of their contract.
Chippa was a bad job to take for Rhulani.
One of two things will learn from this.
One is that Rhulani feels entitled to any head coaching job that comes along.
Or two, that the guy is totally committed to football and will suffer for his craft.
Let’s hope it’s the latter, because a coach with no humility will be humbled on the PSL coaching merry-go-round.