It seems the raucous media chorus calling for the installation of a homebred coach at the helm of the national football team has run its course and muffled a great deal.
There is no arguing that the War Elephants are in dire need of a new coach as Milovan Rajevac has for almost two years proven time and again to be a man out of place.
Under Rajevac, Thailand gave up their captivating short-passing game and settled for a defensive approach, resulting in shows that only the ageing coach himself could praise.
The Thais started off as favourites to extend their winning streak at the AFF Suzuki Cup, the Southeast Asian football championship, to three titles but their bid ended in a shock semi-final exit at the hands of Malaysia.
Rajevac was quick to defend himself, pointing out: "We didn't lose a single match in the tournament."
Absolutely correct he was, but the social media savvy Thai football fans were even quicker to specify that "we didn't win the matches we should have won" as well.
It wasn't exactly a treat for the sore eyes to see a gifted bunch of Thai players struggling to curb their natural instincts and make a mess of everything on the pitch.
Kiatisak Senamuang during his stint as Port coach. photo: credit
In the aftermath of the Suzuki Cup debacle, there were unavoidable calls through every possible form of communication to bring back either former coach Kiatisak 'Zico' Senamuang or appoint another Thai to take over from Rajevac.
There is nothing wrong with the demand as no foreign coach will ever be able to develop the same level of understanding with the national team players that a Thai coach will be able to achieve.
However, there is just one small problem: Unfortunately, there aren't any Thai coaches around who, at this point, are capable of helping this talented lot blossom into a top-notch side in Asia.
Kiatisak, a former pin-up boy of Thai football, quit the national team in the wake of humiliating losses to Asian powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Japan in the final Asia/Oceania zone qualifying stage for the 2018 World Cup.
Nicknamed Zico by his fans at the peak of his playing career, Kiatisak enjoys the status of being a football icon in the country.
He is Thailand's most successful person in football on the international stage. One of the Kingdom's best strikers of all-time, Kiatisak has won four SEA Games gold medals and three Southeast Asian (the Tiger Cup or Suzuki Cup) titles.
As coach, he claimed two Southeast Asian crowns and one SEA Games gold medal.
Thailand's best result in the Asian Games has been fourth place four times and Kiatisak had a role on three occasions -- as player in 1988 and 2002 and as coach in 2014.
But when the things got tough, he couldn't deliver.
He returned as the coach of Thai League 1 side Port last year only to resign again after another failed stint as a manager.
Under Kiatisak, Port had only one win, three draws and five defeats in the league and he was left with no option but to resign.
Totchtawan Sripan failed to deliver Police Tero. photo: credit
Totchtawan Sripan, a member of the "Dream Team" with Kiatisak, has also ventured into coaching and guided an SCG Muang Thong United team loaded with national team stars to the Thai League 1 title in 2017.
However, when some of the key players flew the Kirins' nest for greener pastures abroad, heavy defeats followed and Totchtawan eventually tendered his resignation.
Later, he was hired by Police Tero to resurrect their hopes of survival in Thai League 1.
A couple of months later, when the former Thailand player walked way from struggling Police Tero in an abrupt manner, they were one of the leading contenders for relegation.
Totchtawan had struggled at Police since his first day in their dugout and failed to produce the desired results.
This is what a leading Police Tero team official said after Totchtawan's departure: "Coach Ban [Totchtawan's nickname] was brought in because [previous manager] Rangsan Viwatchaichok lacked confidence and experience.
"He should have been sacked three matches ago but the club management let him continue.
"He wasn't able to make the players follow his tactics and in the 10 matches that the team played under him, we were only able to claim 10 points."
Former Thailand U23 coach Worrawoot Srimaka. photo: credit
Worrawoot Srimaka is another remnant of the Dream Team, who, like his other contemporaries, has had a nightmarish run as coach of the national U23 side.
While he did deliver the 2017 SEA Games gold medal after a much-criticised campaign, his credentials were smeared by a humiliating first round exit in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta which led to him being sacked.
It has consigned him to oblivion at least for the time being.
Dream Team member Dusit Chalermsaen has been fired oft times and Therdsak Chaiman, another former national team hero, has proven to be a coaching flop at Chonburi as well.
This in no way suggests that none of these coaches can improve -- they can and they will.
However, it would be in the best interest of Thai football that they first sharpen their coaching teeth at a different level. Otherwise, the same chorus would blare out in the future again and it might be even more deafening.