Of all the views and theories being bandied about on the national football dilemma - and they were flowing thick and fast - the one that appealed most was from a citizen who called into a radio station and declared that Bafana Bafana were just not good enough.
A look at their results for the past few years and their declining positions on the Fifa world rankings would seem to bear him out. In fact, whoever they were to hire to replace Joel Santana as head coach - be it Carlos Alberto Parreira, Jos? Mourinho or even Alex Ferguson - they're not going to turn it around any time soon.
The blame lies with the SA Football Association and their lack of vision in building capacity. The new regime at Safa may be tempted to blame the old regime, but let's hope not because most of the new lot featured in the old Safa in some guise or another.
In other words, they should have brought their influence to bear much sooner.
The man on the radio said it best - sports like rugby and cricket were doing well internationally because there were proper youth programmes in place that advanced players through age-group competition with expert coaching and grooming for hand-picked players of all race groups at elite institutions.
Even if soccer claims to have developmental programmes and youth leagues, there is not nearly enough uniformity of purpose and planning to make a big enough impact higher up the pyramid.
So under Santana, the national team played 27 matches of which they won 10, lost 14 and drew three and are now ranked 85th in the world. The critics describe that record as "disgraceful", but you wonder if it's not actually par for the course.
Under Parreira, the previous coach who made a quick getaway after 16 months at the helm, the team played 21 games, of which they won nine, lost six and drew six and had slipped to 71st in the world. Their major claim to fame was beating Paraguay 3-0 in a friendly.
Still, things were far from rosy in those days. Remember how our dear, disillusioned sports minister proposed that the government contract the country's 50 top players and let them practice against the local clubs for two years. And how Parreira told the politicians to butt out with a "I don't interfere in politics because I know nothing about it".
Still, Butana Komphela MP jumped on the bandwagon, backing his sports minister's crazy plan with an insistence that it "should be implemented without delay to save our national soccer team from the quagmire of mediocrity".
And where were Safa in all of this? Mostly nowhere and hoping for miracles. Their most decisive action was appointing Santana on Parreira's recommendation without having a clue as to who he was or whether he was up to it.
I wonder if Parreira warned Santana of coaching a national team that essentially is not underpinned by any development programme.
And if it is true that our footballers are not up to standard, where is the research going on to address this? Foreign club coaches are in and out of this country at a dime a dozen, but is anyone asking them what they think constitutes a good Bafana player?
Or are we still hoping for a (Brazilian) miracle?