Hmm, according to what Rexy told the Msian press, it's not USD12,000, Russia offered that. Philipines, should be less. Dont think BAM paid that high either. But Rexy's passion for baddy, as player & coach is indeniable. From England OG silver medalist to Msia AG, AE champs & everything in between, he made it happen. Uncle OTB, 2 years hard lah. Did you watch the Axiata Cup? If those players are the current national players, 4 years is more realistic. 1st target, SEA Games medal
It seems, Razif Sidek believes BAM has "acted very naively" by allowing Rexy to leave before the OG, and before his contract runs its course. Razif persoal keputusan Rexy
There is a reason why Rexy didn't discuss with Razif as Razif did say that Malaysia does not need any foreign coach.....after KKK/TBH chose Pang over Rexy....honestly it is a bit arrogant...
There's no need for Rexy to discuss with Razif, Razif is outsider. But NSC's Datuk Z said normally Rexy will discuss with him if there are problems but this time Rexy didnt. Frankly I think all the while there has been 2 camps, one for and one against foreign coaches. Rexy can survive 7 years with all these politicians around already good. If high calibre local coach like Misbun couldnt stand their nonsense, others wouldnt either
they dont need to stand they are one of them ask rashid sidek hehe how to people think about the relationship between misbun+razif and rashid? anyone to have a guess?
Yes, BAM arrogance and the player themselves also of course..Maybe rexy leaving malaysia is a good choice for him and his family after all..
The Star Online > Sports Wednesday April 18, 2012 So what triggered Rexy’s sudden departure? In The Sport-Light By RAJES PAUL PETALING JAYA: The timing of Rexy Mainaky’s departure from the national team last week caught many by surprise. It had been expected immediately after Rexy was demoted and put in charge of the women’s doubles players last September when his blue-eyed boys Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong demanded a change of coaches. The 44-year-old former Olympic and world champion, however, swallowed his pride and took up the challenge and did quite well to guide Chin Eei Hui-Wong Pei Tty and Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei into the world top 20. Rexy, who holds Malaysian permanent residence (PR), declared that this country was his second home and even contemplated setting up his own badminton academy here when his job of guiding Pei Tty-Eei Hui was done. So the sudden change of heart and urgency came as a surprise when Rexy dropped the bombshell last Thursday, saying he was leaving Malaysia to coach the Philippines. He was not expected to go — at least not until after London and especially not in the midst of Eei Hui-Pei Tty’s fight for survival in their qualification for their third Olympics. So why the hurry? What triggered Rexy to even leave his wife and children behind in Malaysia to take up the challenge in the Philippines? Who, or what, pushed him so far that he took off faster than Usain Bolt? Why risk being branded as a coach willing to leave his players in the lurch? More interestingly, why didn’t the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) stop him or even delay his resignation for another two months? There was no emergency meeting nor any official pressing the panic button like when Misbun Sidek quit more than a year ago. In fact, the decision, nobody seems to know by whom, to accept Rexy’s resignation was conveyed to the council members via email. BAM’s decision to take Rexy’s resignation lightly must have crushed the man. Who would not after all the sacrifices that he had made, even though his coaching calibre was challenged following the decline of 2006 Asian Games and 2007 All-England champions Kien Keat-Boon Heong. Did Rexy fail to do his job or did the players not help themselves? It will not be wrong to say that Rexy’s uneasiness began with BAM accommodating Kien Keat-Boon Heong’s request to train under Pang Cheh Chang after the failure at the World Championships last August and with the promotion of Tan Kim Her as the men’s doubles chief coach. The sudden shift in the roles and responsibilities broke the harmonious relationship among the coaches. A jovial Rexy resorted to working on his own, without having much communication with the other coaches during training session — at least not like before. Are there cliques among the coaches? Is there back-biting and intrigue? How united are the coaches? Are they too preoccupied with personal agendas and politics? Are the players drawn into this game as well and forced to choose sides in order to survive and win selection for international tournaments? So many questions and so few answers. Whatever it is, they could go a long way towards answering why the national players are not faring well in international competition. Clearly, there are too many cooks in the BAM kitchen and it is anybody’s guess who is playing Gordon Ramsay(.) One thing is clear, Rexy’s resignation highlights the need for a supremo to handle all aspects of coaching. There are more than 20 coaches in the national set-up whose salaries add up to more than RM200,000 a month. They must be constantly monitored to see that they do their jobs well, sans the politics and manipulations rife in Malaysian sports. BAM will review and make plans for their next Olympic cycle after the London Games. Looking at how fragile the coaching system is right now, a major change is inevitable. http://thestar.com.my/services/printerfriendly.asp?file=/2012/4/18/sports/11127573.asp&sec=sports
It's a fact that not a single good coach can survive with BAM. From Fang Kai Xiang, Yang Yang, Han Jian, Chen Chang Jie, chen kang n chen hong yong, morten frost, indra gunawan, park joo bong, li mao,Misbun sidek .... now rexy is added to the list . What's the problem with BAM? I respect some of the coaches who were outspoken and criticized the problems within the structure of BAM, be it on the coaching side or management side. None of them were being heard. Ignorance because of arrogance . VIP Officials don't think the problem lies with the BAM. As an organization, if the employee cannot deliver they got to be axed..why? Because they are highly paid so they must deliver, if they can't , they have to go. These people who control BAM are not player, and they can never understand the responsibility and passion of a coach towards the game. They coach whole-heartedly but when there is no result, they are being treated like nobody. The last resort of these former world champions and olympic champions to save their pride and dignity is to quit. It is not worth it....except for the money. Although the offer of coaching salary is high but for these coaches it is not the joy and satisfaction that they are looking for.
Dude, maybe you are living far, faraway that you are missing the reasons why those BAM chaps who are doing the hiring and firing, but they themselves stay on and on. These chaps control the money flow, they have the power and entitlement, and they are Datuks, that means connections and in MAS, connection is everything, far more important than qualifications. They hire their buddies even though their buddies are ex-lawyer who know little of badminton and in turn hire another buddy who is ex-Bata chap who was an ex-player who did not win anything or did not know-how-to-win anything when he was plaything except he is a Datuk now, so they feed into the system. If it is not for one scrawny chap who still can win to keep the system going, the whole darn thingie is a complete failure. If you say the coaches are highly paid, again I must say you are hibernating too far, faraway that if you find out how much these BAM chaps pay themselves, I guarantee you will move to a cave in Afganistan, throw away your computer and we will never hear from you again, then you are really far, faraway. So LYB is right that BAM is totally inept
Rexy had left Malaysia today....Mabuhay!!!Welcme to Phillippines!! The pers conference will be on April 24...
Binay makes rare Forum appearance 04/23/2012 http://www.tribuneonline.org/sports/20120423spo5.html In a rare, personal appearance, Vice President Jejomar Binay will be the special guest in tomorrow’s lively session of the weekly PSA Forum at Shakey’s UN Ave. Binay, also president of the Philippine Badminton Association (PBA), is coming along with new Philippine team coach Rexy Mainaky of Indonesia, players Malvinne Ann Alcala and Marky Alcala, and PBA secretary-general Albee Benitez.
I have a feeling that guys and gals with Chinese surnames will emerge to national level under Rexy's watch rather than indigenous Filipinos.
The Filipino-Chinese can afford the gears, equipments with (presumably) and access to local professional coaches to begin with. Most probably, not-so with local guys, which may find it a bit too much to fork out the basics just to enjoy the game much more to play it at national level. Lots of work indeed for the man, good luck Rexy. May you have much success.
The Star Online > Sports Tuesday April 24, 2012 I will always be thankful to coach Rexy, says Kien Keat By RAJES PAUL KUALA LUMPUR: Doubles shuttler Koo Kien Keat left for the India Open yesterday with a clear mind after finally finding closure over his contentious parting with former coach Rexy Mainaky. Kien Keat broke his silence saying that, despite the somewhat acrimonious parting, he appreciated Rexy for his guidance from 2006 that saw him reaching the pinnacle of the sport with Tan Boon Heong. His frank admission came at the right time as the former Olympic and world champion Rexy left for the Philippines yesterday to take up his appointment as the national coaching director. Thanks a lot: Koo Kien Keat still has a lot of respect for his former coach Rexy Mainaky Kien Keat said he would miss Rexy and would not forget all the coaching, input, advice, friendship and good times they had shared. “I will always be thankful and grateful to have been coached by him,” said Kien Keat. “There are many good memories as well as also some awkward ones when we had our misunderstandings. But it was all done in the spirit of the game and never personal. It’s quite disappointing to see him leave although Boon Heong and I haven’t been under him for more than seven months. “He loves to crack jokes and he lightens things up after a hard day’s training. One thing I will always remember about him is his perseverance. He keeps on battling no matter what. He never gave up up on us and I respect him for that. It was our decision to part ways with him last year,” he said. Kien Keat and Boon Heong, the former world No. 1, had requested for a new coach after their failure to make an impact at last year’s World Champ*ionships in London. They were placed under Pang Cheh Chang briefly before national doubles chief coach Tan Kim Her took over to restore their confidence and form ahead of the London Olympics. “It was a difficult decision to make. We weren’t playing well and the pressure was on all of us — the coaches, the management, Boon Heong and me. There were many factors that led us to finally decide that it would be best if we parted company,” said Kien Keat. “We needed something new and Rexy was trying to help but nothing was working. I felt sorry about it but the decision was taken after consulting the management. It seemed to be the best thing to do at that time. “This is, however, not the end of my relationship with Rexy. He has invited Lee Chong Wei and I to help out after the Olympics and we will go over to the Philippines once in a while,” he said. Under Rexy, Kien Keat-Boon Heong ended the country’s 36-year-wait for an Asian Games gold in 2006 Doha. They also won the 2007 All-England and did well to win 12 other Open titles. Their major disappointment was at the 2010 World Championships when they came within a whisker of becoming the country’s first world champions but lost to Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng of China in the final. They have not forgotten their failure to win any medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Now that Kien Keat’s conscience is clear about his relationship with Rexy, he is now all focused and determined to get a timely boost ahead of the London Games with a good showing at the India Open in New Delhi. “We have had a solid one month training as part of our preparation for the Open after our second round defeat at the All-England. Boon Heong and I want to get our game going and try to enjoy competing again,” said Kien Keat. “Physically, we are in better shape thanks to all the hard work in the gym. The fans are expecting some positive results from us ahead of the Olympics and we hope to give them something to cheer about in India,” he added. The world No. 8 Kien Keat-Boon Heong, who have not won any Super Series title since the 2010 Malaysia Open, are in the same half as top seeds Jung Jae-sung-Lee Yong-dae of South Korea and China’s Cai Biao-Guo Zhengdong. In the other half with second seeds Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong of South Korea are Indo*ne*sia’s Mohd Ahsan-Bona Septano, Alven Yulianto-Hendra Gunawan and Malaysia’s Lim Khim Wah-Goh V Shem. http://thestar.com.my/services/printerfriendly.asp?file=/2012/4/24/sports/11161649.asp&sec=sports Privately, KKK could be saying "Ah Boon, see, all your fault, now coach left already."
