Twitter reacts to Ottis Gibson's appointment

AB de Villiers and Twitter respond to Ottis Gibson’s appointment as Proteas head coach.

De Villiers welcomes his new coach:

Congrats Ottis on the appointment. Exciting season ahead! Looking forward to it all https://t.co/RMIg7MzAnA

— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) August 30, 2017

Gibson replied to De Villiers’ Tweet:

Thanks @ABdeVilliers17 can’t wait to get started

— Ottis Gibson (@OdgibsonOttis) August 30, 2017

Derek Alberts:

Otis Gibson becomes South Africa’s first foreign coach since the late Bob Woolmer

— Derek Alberts (@derekalberts1) August 30, 2017

Neil Manthorp

I hope Gibson & Faf will at least speak a bit before mid-Sept and get a feel for one another and get on the same page prior to Ban coming

— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) August 30, 2017

Oh don’t worry about that – they’ve chatted! They’ll know each other very well by the time (if) India arrive… https://t.co/xgJlFmOkyt

— Neil Manthorp (@NeilManthorp) August 30, 2017

Former Springbok Kobus Wiese:

West Indian Ottis Gibson the new Protea coach. I cant believe there is nobody good enough in SA to do this job!

— Kobus Wiese (@4KobusWiese) August 30, 2017

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