Li Mao returns and Lee Hyun-il leaves

Li Mao left.. no Misbun to coach Lcw.. pls..pls..pls.. his standard will drop.. they can ask ex national players to come back n coach them.. eg.. eddy chong.. lolz..

 

r u sure..? i think i

 

r u sure..? i think it is impossible lor..

 

Well, I said 'rumour' which means something not yet confirmed. Let see , although I personally question the realibility of the information too. If you read Chinese, you can read this:

http://chinese.cari.com.my/myforum/viewthread.php?tid=775974&extra=page%3D1

 

I also heard this news but i personally think that this is not a reliable news...Anyway,just wait and see and no matter what happened i just hope to see the old LCW come back since his performances is dropping recently..

 

I read from somewhere in this forum that LHI left to train in a club citing that it is too taxing to train with the national team.

Regarding LCW and KLRC thing, I don't mind, because he is still representing Malaysia. If he really plays for KLRC, he will be coached by Indra Gunawan, which is better than being coached by Misbun. Furthermore, BAM will really tighten up their act if LCW moves to KLRC.

P/S : Chong Wei Might get to spar with TH, which means that his standards will increase !! I thought that was what most of the Malaysians are hoping for. Why is it such a negative news ?

 

what a loss

Doesn't make sense for LCW to leave BAM as players are well compensated under BAM, further more, is coach Indra significantly better than Misbun/Rashid in tutoring LCW? There's no replacement for Li Mao unfortunately and I am sure it's a big loss to Team Malaysia, now is to do damage control ...
What was BAM thinking not to re-new Li Mao contract? There's article in Sina website interviewed with Li Mao and he stated on of the main reasons he left BAM was because BAM refused to provide him younger players around age 19-22 which makes sense as Li Mao style is about speed and power ...
Of course, Li Mao also compliant about the hot weather + mosquito + internet speed in Malaysia

 

Being a Chinese, Li Mao never speaks out the real reason directly. But it is obviously the the biggest reason are the salary and job security. I would like conclude all the factors here:

1) Job security: Malaysian BA didn't renew his contract, instead, they just want to use Li Mao as a temporary coach, when there are pressure from outside for not delivering good results, they can fire Li Mao immediately as a scapegoat.

2) Salary: Li Mao mentioned many times that he didn't care what he paid, but actually nobody doesn't care the salary. Li Mao was way underpaid in Malaysia, so at least coaching in Malaysia national team was not a dream job at all for him. When he said many times he didn't complain his low salary, it was his way of complaining.

3) Executive Power: in Malaysia, Li Mao was like a personal coach, he cannot pick up potential players himself. But in Korea, he has the power to form and lead the whole team.

4) Pressure at work: Malaysia is the country of badminton, so there is too much pressure and workloads.

5) Workplace and environment: he prefers Korea much better. Even on the weather side, Korea is more like his hometown, he even complained about a lot about the availability and speed of Internet in Malaysia.

Well, there are also some things he likes the Malaysia better:

1) Language barriers in Korea. He said working in Korea's better than Malaysia in every aspects except the language barrier.

2) Making friends. He said he's a good friends of Lee CW and Wong CH, because they are all Chinese. It is hard to make friends in Korea that close because of the language barrier plus the culture barriers.

I think almost everyone would make the same decision as Li Mao did as long as the person not that stupid. Even just the job security and salary are enough to take the Korea offer immediately. Malaysia BA's behavior was for their best interest also. They didn't renew the contract for keeping Li Mao's wages low and also kicking him out easily. Of course, they didn't know Li Mao has contacted Korea to protect himself. If they had known that, BAM could also let him go. The chance giving Li Mao a better contact should not be more than 50%, because there are already many local coaches in Malaysia complaining giving high salary to foreign coaches, even though it is Rexy got the high salary not Li Mao. But I don't think BAM would give Li Mao and Rexy the same salary.

 

I wish Li Mao all the best in Korea. If BAM was not able to fulfill his request, there is no other way but to leave for better opportunity. Hopefully in very near future, we will see Korea Mens singles more regularly at the podium to receive medals. As for LCW, feel sorry for him.....I think his career peak is over.

 

Li Mao’s exit is the result of feet-dragging by BAM and NSC
KUALA LUMPUR: Procrastination is the deferment or avoidance of an action or task.
The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and National Sports Council (NSC) are certainly guilty of this, which led to the premature departure of Chinese coach Li Mao.
The two parties were slow to act and Li Mao, whose contract ended last December, was hired by the Korean BA.
Last week, the Chinese decided to join South Korea, leaving the men singles team – especially Lee Chong Wei – in a lurch ahead of the World Championships, which will be held at Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil from Aug 13-19.
Happier days: Filepic shows BAM president Datuk Nadzmi Mohd Salleh (left) welcoming Li Mao, who was hired as the national coach in 2005. Li Mao has joined the Korean BA and Misbun Sidek (centre) is among the candidates to take over his post.
Now, the BAM are scrambling to find an able replacement among the local coaches – Wong Tat Meng, Misbun Sidek and Rashid Sidek.
Tat Meng, who is the women’s singles coach, has agreed to take care of the men for the time being.
Last month, Li Mao and the other coaches asked BAM why their contract renewal had been delayed and the badminton body pointed their finger at the NSC.
Like all the other National Sports Associations, BAM chose to wait for NSC to announce their plans for the year.
And subsequently BAM sent memos to the coaches telling them to wait until March.
The BAM were, after all, following orders as the NSC are the paymasters for the coaches.
Following the end of the Doha programme last year, NSC are currently in the midst of re-organising their programme and looking into the contracts of the athletes and coaches.
Even the project managers under the Doha programme headed by Damien Kelly don't know what's in store for them.
And one wonders why is it taking such a long time to finalise matters?
China, Australia and other European countries are already in their second phrase of preparing their teams for the 2010 London Olympics.
The “brainstorming” sessions to decide the training programmes for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (which is only a year away) should have been done before last December's Doha Asiad.
In fact, the coaches should have been appointed immediately after the Asiad, which ended on Dec 15.
Does it really take more than a month to decide whether to hire or fire a coach?
Now, the NSC are waiting for the cabinet committee for sport to approve their major plans.
And it is not easy getting the committee together which, of course, will lead to more delay. Unfortunately that is the sad tale of Malaysian sport – as far as management is concerned.
As for national chief coach Yap Kim Hock, he can only mull about the Li Mao episode.
“If only I was in South Korea, probably Li Mao would not have left,” said Kim Hock, who stayed home due to the poor health of his grandmother.
“I would have persuaded him to stay on. He (Li Mao) has done well with the men’s singles and it is a great loss to our team. But the show will have to go on. “
And there may be more cases of coaches jumping ship if the BAM and NSC and other sport associations continue to procrastinate.

 

Hi Administrator,
Why is my new thread posted is being remove?? There is no duplicate, the thread title is "LCW then Li Mao, or Li Mao then LCW". As i believe this is an interesting topic to disucss with.. pls reply..tq

 

Well, im so disappointed with our BAM and sports ministry! This is clearly shedding their responsibilities! Now they wanna push the fault to LCW?? Give me a break! Poor LCW, now im really not surprise if he play for KLRC instead.

 

Does NSC still looking at Olympic Games 2008? Lets face the reality, Malaysia is not even coming close to winning any medals in sports other than badminton. If what the article says is true, how much time does NSC need to plan for OG2008? Another 6 months to come up with a perfect plan on paper ? Well, there is noone left in the team to make the dream come true anymore. At the end, I think NSC should be awarded Olympic gold medal !!!

 

There goes our MS category in hoping for any gold ... lol oh thank god we have Rexy ! he is the only hope for Malaysia in Gold from MD !!! MS ????? Misbun ??? He doesn't know how to use talent ..... i personally think Hafiz is as good as Taufik and if he is under the right coach u can see very very exciting games when Hafiz vs TH !!!!!! like maybe Foo kok keong vs Ardy Wiranata (if ure old enuff to remember that game !) any seconder ???? hehehe just imo nothing to flame about