Taufik Hidayat in TO Dec. 27

**jchan04** · 12-06-2008, 11:51 AM

who's showing up from the Canadian squad

**quik_silver** · 12-06-2008, 01:32 PM

can't refund it back to OBA?

**cooler** · 12-06-2008, 03:03 PM

LOL, why so surprised of a no show from TH???? Not his first time nor his last time.
To me, the excuse of staying home for more training is a cop out.
Amazing that all of the sudden he cares about his ranking position??
Does skipping training for a weekend makes that much difference.

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...charity&page=4

**jchan04** · 12-06-2008, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by cooler

LOL, why so surprised of a no show from TH???? Not his first time nor his last time.
To me, the excuse of staying home for more training is a cop out.
Amazing that all of the sudden he cares about his ranking position??
Does skipping training for a weekend makes that much difference.

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...charity&page=4

a trip to Canada will probably cost him a week or two of practice. Taufik wouldn't take a plane all the way and fly back immediately when he's done. maybe he's under a contract and because of recent results from tournaments, the team thinks he can regain number 1. it sucks, i know.

**cooler** · 12-06-2008, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by jchan04

a trip to Canada will probably cost him a week or two of practice. Taufik wouldn't take a plane all the way and fly back immediately when he's done. maybe he's under a contract and because of recent results from tournaments, the team thinks he can regain number 1. it sucks, i know.

more excuses from the free marketing dept. If the organizer of this event announced that TH will be star guest, I'm sure this organizer had very high confident (+95%) that a deal with TH have been struck. R u telling me that TH is that inept that he doesn't know his schedule and other commitment only a couple months ago? I believe the MAS open is not a last minute event that threw off TH, is it?

plane trip to and back 3 days, appearance 1 day. Total 4 days, not 1-2 weeks.

**huangkwokhau** · 12-06-2008, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by cooler

LOL, why so surprised of a no show from TH???? Not his first time nor his last time.
To me, the excuse of staying home for more training is a cop out.
Amazing that all of the sudden he cares about his ranking position??
Does skipping training for a weekend makes that much difference.

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...charity&page=4

Shup UP if you do not know anything...He thought SS Finale wont be on this year....thats why he okayed it tentatively...no agreement is signed yet
That referal of the link is only one side story...
Do you want me to talk your CBA and China team???LOL...
How about other china players in the past...committing to attend and did not show up also......

**cooler** · 12-06-2008, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by huangkwokhau

Shup UP if you do not know anything...He thought SS Finale wont be on this year....thats why he okayed it tentatively...no agreement is signed yet
That referal of the link is only one side story...
Do you want me to talk your CBA and China team???LOL...
How about other china players in the past...committing to attend and did not show up also......

yes, u should pm to CBA and china team too.LOL

**aZn_Popcorn** · 12-06-2008, 11:09 PM

Taufik is also very tired from the many tournaments he has recently played and that is also one of the main reasons for him not coming. He will definately be back though in Toronto's Exhibition games in the future as the organizer is a good friend of Hariawan Hariawan.

**ctjcad** · 12-07-2008, 03:28 AM

sorry to hear the news of Taufik not coming to Toronto, as he had planned earlier...

Originally Posted by cooler

LOL, why so surprised of a no show from TH???? Not his first time nor his last time.
To me, the excuse of staying home for more training is a cop out.
Amazing that all of the sudden he cares about his ranking position??
Does skipping training for a weekend makes that much difference.

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...charity&page=4

..TH might be afraid of meeting our cooler....oh wait, you're in Calgary, aren't you??...wrong area

Wow, even our Hau-ge can sniff cooler all the way to this Canada East sub-forum...

**ph_leung** · 12-07-2008, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by cooler

more excuses from the free marketing dept. If the organizer of this event announced that TH will be star guest, I'm sure this organizer had very high confident (+95%) that a deal with TH have been struck. R u telling me that TH is that inept that he doesn't know his schedule and other commitment only a couple months ago? I believe the MAS open is not a last minute event that threw off TH, is it?

plane trip to and back 3 days, appearance 1 day. Total 4 days, not 1-2 weeks.

If time lost for training is his reason, it may be explained by jet lag. The total days is 4 but some people get messed up longer than others by traveling. When I go to Asia, it takes me about two days to become close to my normal feeling. Some people I know take over a week.

I'm not making up excuses for him but it's a possibility. If it is, he should have planned thought of it earlier and planned for it.

**cooler** · 12-07-2008, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by ph_leung

If time lost for training is his reason, it may be explained by jet lag. The total days is 4 but some people get messed up longer than others by traveling. When I go to Asia, it takes me about two days to become close to my normal feeling. Some people I know take over a week.

I'm not making up excuses for him but it's a possibility. If it is, he should have planned thought of it earlier and planned for it.

if u believe the OBA media release as words from TH's mouth, sure, u have a point but we don't know the source. Was it from TH's spokeman? PBSI? his coach? I bet u if the price is right, I'm sure he wouldn't mind delaying his quest for #1 ranking (according to the media release) for a few days

Media Release

December 4, 2008, from the Ontario Badminton Association

We regret to inform our Badminton enthusiasts that Taufik Hidayat will be unable to attend the 2008 BITE events due to a conflict in his schedule.

Taufik has added a few international tournaments to his schedule, since he is back on target to becoming the world #1 mens singles player. His commitment to the Indonesian National team requires him to stay with the team to train for the Malaysian Open during this time. He has indicated that he will visit Canada once his international tournament schedule subsides. We wish him the best in all his international tournaments and hope to see him play in Ontario some time soon.

We have selected Engga Setiawan from Indonesia to replace Taufik Hidayat for the 2008 BITE events. Engga has been the #1 junior national team player and now been selected to the national team. He has several national and international Badminton Open wins to his name. Engga will join Hariawan from Indonesia for all the BITE events.

**quik_silver** · 12-07-2008, 11:41 PM

blah boring bs. i want my money back

**xXazn_romeoXx** · 12-08-2008, 05:19 AM

why don't they just spring the money for Gade or some other big name instead..>_>...i wouldn't mind having another well known, marketable player instead of an unknown jr...

**jchan04** · 12-08-2008, 08:05 AM

well with such a short notice, it's hard to arrange well-known players. it probably takes 4 or 6 months before any player can be arranged. and the big name players all probably have tournaments to play. but kenneth jonassen is retired! i know he could of came =P but it also counts if u have connections, the organizer of this event probably knew someone from the indo team.

**xXazn_romeoXx** · 12-08-2008, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by jchan04

well with such a short notice, it's hard to arrange well-known players. it probably takes 4 or 6 months before any player can be arranged. and the big name players all probably have tournaments to play. but kenneth jonassen is retired! i know he could of came =P but it also counts if u have connections, the organizer of this event probably knew someone from the indo team.

well why not tony gunawan...he's done stuff with the canadian team...or really any of the retired players like chen yu...anders boeson/carl baxter was awesome at the olympic exhibition over here in ottawa a little while ago!

**bmc2005** · 12-09-2008, 02:24 AM

As a consumer I feel extremely ripped off by badminton birds and marketers of this event. They boasted about Taufik coming in every single one of their newsposts, blogs, advertisements, sellers, and theres even a picture of him on the ticket. He was the prime reason everyone bought the tickets- to see Taufik (once in a lifetime). It's one of the reasons I bought 10 tickets myself and for friends because it was friggin Taufik coming to Canada! Every single place everyone was blabbering about how Taufik would come and the tickets were so worth it, now the person I bought the tickets from won't contact me back and I'm at a loss of money, with these worthless tickets that should be 1/4 of the price if its hendrawan and the canadian national team coming. If you're going to boast about something, sign a contract, get concrete arrangements before bsing yourself to a bunch of sales for an event that would've got 1/5th the turnout without taufik.

**Wong8Egg** · 12-09-2008, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by cooler

if u believe the OBA media release as words from TH's mouth, sure, u have a point but we don't know the source. Was it from TH's spokeman? PBSI? his coach? I bet u if the price is right, I'm sure he wouldn't mind delaying his quest for #1 ranking (according to the media release) for a few days

Let me tell you the truth, Taufik changed his mind as soon as he finds out we have snow and -20degree in Canada, he is completely turned off by the cold.