Barker, who is the only Bafana coach to have won the Africa Cup of Nations, says SAFA should have done more to try and bring in a local coach.
"But you know I've always been a local manager and I will always stay like that. They've proved to be more successful; they've developed players, they've got a South African connection. So I would have gone for a local man, but I have nothing else to but to give him half a chance.
"What SAFA has done...I think they rushed themselves into getting somebody, I know there was a couple of weeks that they might have lost but I can't believe they wouldn't look at Pitso Mosimane/Benni. I really think that those two they have credentials to re - ignite people as players."
Barker also touched on Broos' plans of building a youthful Bafana for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
"The World Cup is not for young man, old man...it's for performing players. Definitely I would have gone the Benni route, Pitso on the other side has done everything, he has gone to Africa and conquer. But that's my view on it. "