Is BAM going in the right direction?

pBmMalaysia said:
Aik Mong episode a lesson to be learnt

By K.M. BOOPATHY |*boopathy@nst.com.my*

THE writing was on the wall that Tan Aik Mong's marriage with the BA of Malaysia would end in divorce even before he was appointed the talent management group (TMG) director on Sept 7.

A newcomer to BAM, having stayed away from the sport's mainstream for three decades, Aik Mong's first task should have been to win the confidence of the coaches before he started implementing drastic changes to revitaliseMalaysian badminton.*Rashid Sidek's resignation last week was probably the first time Aik Mong realised his reform plans were not being accepted and it was a little too late when he decided to call for a meeting with the coaches two days after Rashid resigned, to explain his actual plan.Unfortunately, instead of clearing the air, the meeting had more repercussions as most of the coaches were uncomfortable with Aik Mong's approach and his insistence on them producing comprehensive weekly training plans.Aik Mong's efforts to document the training methods are laudable but it was too much to ask the coaches to prepare a 52-week annual plan within two weeks.He also wanted the coaches to produce daily records of their performances in training, and they were initially not allowed to be physically involved in training the players.Aik Mong's idea was that coaches should act more like advisors rather than physically being involved in training -- a system which was widely practised in his playing days in the 1970s.Aik Mong wanted complete fitness reports of the 63 players from the National Sports Institute (NSI) and also wanted the national ranking system to begin where players were supposed to have match plays almost daily to establish an internal ranking.He was to only approve the coaches' request to send players for championships after these tasks were completed, which meant the national shuttlers may not have played in tournaments for months.Aik Mong was fond of saying he had too much on his plate, which was true, but he made the mistake of not prioritising his tasks.The national coaching and team structure was the most important issue but Aik Mong was unable to finalise the coaches in the national senior and junior squads and the players who were supposed to be in these two teams.In fact, Aik Mong was changing coaches on a daily basis and this left the players in the dark about their future.He also made a judgemental error in appointing Razif Sidek as head of the A team, consisting of national seniors although the former international was supposed to be an independent assessor while Hendrawan was promoted to head Team B although the Indonesian had clearly expressed his desire to remain as a coach.Aik Mong appeared as confused as the coaches during his two-week tenure and his decision to resign was probably for the best as he refused to become the subject of ridicule.Although BAM president Tengku Mahaleel Tengku Ariff's decision to revert to the previous national programme prompted Aik Mong's departure, it was clear that the former international would have struggled to fit into the continuous evolution of the sport.The entire episode is also a lesson to be learnt and BAM must be careful in appointing the next TMG director.The candidate must be someone who is technically sound and is well versed with the latest developments of the sport.It would also be good if BAM appoints another individual to monitor the state development and talent identification as the TMG director should focus on his efforts to improve the quality of the national team set-up.

Read more:*Aik Mong episode a lesson to be learnt - Badminton - New Straits Times*
http://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/aik-mong-episode-a-lesson-to-be-learnt-1.363866#ixzz2g30NEvEP
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I disagree with this article. It is not a question of getting the current setup of coaches/players to welcome and accept TAM's plans in a more compromising give-and-take manner. Malaysia has to recognize and accept the fact that the whole system has to be completely overhauled. Working around an acceptable way, of all things, with the current batch of coaches/players, is not a sea-change but more of a smooth handover of management.
Well, if the latter is what BAM is now forced to accept, thanks to non-neutral and non-objective inputs from Rashid, coaches, players, NSC head and other powerful figures who don't feel comfortable with any drastic change, then so be it.
The future of Malaysian badminton will be at stake. When that time comes, those responsible for blocking this once in a life time tsunami change will be gone forever. By then where would all these people be?
 
That article's got a point. Mr. TAM is (or rather, was) dealing with humans, not computers. Unlike computers or programs, humans won't always obey you, and worse: they can strike you back. Just like rogue SkyNet in Terminator films ;)
 
Jagdpanther said:
That article's got a point. Mr. TAM is (or rather, was) dealing with humans, not computers. Unlike computers or programs, humans won't always obey you, and worse: they can strike you back. Just like rogue SkyNet in Terminator films ;)
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The article has a point that will not solve Malaysia's decline, only make everyone happy like the good old days.
In fact, TAM's proposal was fundamentally excellent as it would have the effect of coaches and players who are unhappy leaving. That is good, shedding those blocking drastic changes away in one sweep. Of course there will be coaches and players-these are the good ones who produce results-who will then take over the new reign. This is a sea-change, not a sugar-coated one with the old guards still in control.
Malaysia badminton cannot be saved with slow transitions, only a drastic change-over. Since humans are responsible for such stewardship, the old school must be "slaughtered", with no remains for replanting only to come back.
 
taneepak said:
I disagree with this article. It is not a question of getting the current setup of coaches/players to welcome and accept TAM's plans in a more compromising give-and-take manner. Malaysia has to recognize and accept the fact that the whole system has to be completely overhauled. Working around an acceptable way, of all things, with the current batch of coaches/players, is not a sea-change but more of a smooth handover of management.
Well, if the latter is what BAM is now forced to accept, thanks to non-neutral and non-objective inputs from Rashid, coaches, players, NSC head and other powerful figures who don't feel comfortable with any drastic change, then so be it.
The future of Malaysian badminton will be at stake. When that time comes, those responsible for blocking this once in a life time tsunami change will be gone forever. By then where would all these people be?
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taneepak said:
The article has a point that will not solve Malaysia's decline, only make everyone happy like the good old days.
In fact, TAM's proposal was fundamentally excellent as it would have the effect of coaches and players who are unhappy leaving. That is good, shedding those blocking drastic changes away in one sweep. Of course there will be coaches and players-these are the good ones who produce results-who will then take over the new reign. This is a sea-change, not a sugar-coated one with the old guards still in control.
Malaysia badminton cannot be saved with slow transitions, only a drastic change-over. Since humans are responsible for such stewardship, the old school must be "slaughtered", with no remains for replanting only to come back.
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The patient refused the surgeon's treatment. Therefore, the progressive decline in condition is likely. It takes brave people to accept the diagnosis and accept the drastic treatment.
 
Cheung said:
The patient refused the surgeon's treatment. Therefore, the progressive decline in condition is likely. It takes brave people to accept the diagnosis and accept the drastic treatment.
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how to accept treatment when the patient is seeing unusual tools

used in surgery during frankenstein's era??

oversize spanner, rusty saw, broken chain ... :D
 
[h=1]BAM's austerity drive[/h]
By K.M. BOOPATHY | boopathy@nst.com.my




[h=2]THE BA of Malaysia's (BAM) spending on overseas competitions will be reduced considerably and the coaches have been asked to come up with a prudent tournament plan for next year.[/h]BAM president Tengku Mahaleel Tengku Ariff revealed that the national senior and junior shuttlers competed in a total of 61 tournaments last year, of which 44 were international events.

"We have been spending heavily on tournaments and national players competed in a total 61 tournaments last year. If they are competing in so many tournaments, when are they going to train?" asked Tengku Mahaleel.
"The coaches should evaluate their players and set targets for them. The objective of competing abroad must be clear.
"Our players have played in events like the Welsh, Scottish and Irish Internationals. They can compete at the same level of tournaments in our region to get exposure.
"Exposure must also be spelt out specifically. If a player gets knocked out in the first or second round, it is better for him to focus on training before he is given the chance. By doing so, he will deliver quality results and his world ranking can improve faster."

Tengku Mahaleel has roped in Penang BA president Dr. Koay Ban Hing to help the national coaches draw up the tournament plan for 2014.
BAM's new stringent process started with last week's Japan Open where only eventual champion Lee Chong Wei and mixed doubles Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying competed.
For the Denmark and French Opens next month, Chong Wei and Liew Daren will play in the singles while Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong and Tan Wee Kiong-Hoon Thien How are the only doubles entered.



Read more: BAM's austerity drive - Badminton - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/bam-s-austerity-drive-1.363868#ixzz2g5Ru4jaj
 
taneepak said:
The article has a point that will not solve Malaysia's decline, only make everyone happy like the good old days.
In fact, TAM's proposal was fundamentally excellent as it would have the effect of coaches and players who are unhappy leaving. That is good, shedding those blocking drastic changes away in one sweep. Of course there will be coaches and players-these are the good ones who produce results-who will then take over the new reign. This is a sea-change, not a sugar-coated one with the old guards still in control.
Malaysia badminton cannot be saved with slow transitions, only a drastic change-over. Since humans are responsible for such stewardship, the old school must be "slaughtered", with no remains for replanting only to come back.
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pBmMalaysia said:
how to accept treatment when the patient is seeing unusual tools
used in surgery during frankenstein's era??
oversize spanner, rusty saw, broken chain ...
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MTA / TAM had noble intentions to clean up BAM's house. They are already in their grey years set to retire and have earned enough in their corporate careers to not have to worry about money. They do not seem to have vested interests (political or financial) so they should be applauded for taking on this dirty job. TAM plan/proposal was sound. You can say MTA put together an Expendables team (comprising old timers like TAM, Dr Koay) but unlike Stallone's Expendables this team was sound on paper but they screwed up on the execution/implementation and the PR part. One big mistake was the handling of Village Champ (VC) resignation case. At the press conference MTA let his temper get to him and was almost screaming that VC was indispensable and that they may take action against VC for signing contract with IBL etc. That demonstrated poor PR and also poor intel facts from his admin people about the VC IBL contact (i.e. the contract was 2 weeks and not 1 year and it was advisory and not coaching role). Obviously KG and NCC should be caned for giving incorrect facts to MTA. It is akin to wrong intel give to Dubya Bush by his team which resulted in him starting the Iraq War. So BAM demonise VC for signing IBL contract and all these went up to the KJ and the higher ups. In the public eye, VC was crybaby and looked like the victim while BAM came across as a bully. Despite VC poor coaching record he was still something of a national hero in the old days winning Olympic medal etc.
Later when TSB and VC provided the details to MTA about IBL contract, MTA had to back down and when higher up talked with MTA his wings were clipped to allow return of VC. All that was a PR disaster for BAM and they were down one goal even before TAM's plan could start.
They also did not get well known coaches (like Razif) as spokesmen to show support for TAM's plan in public. All we saw at press conference was a bunch of old Expendables MTA/ TAM announcing changes and no coaches were seen to be supporting them. The image was stern, almost autocratic with no compromises. :D
 
pBmMalaysia said:
Aik Mong episode a lesson to be learnt

By K.M. BOOPATHY |*boopathy@nst.com.my*

THE writing was on the wall that Tan Aik Mong's marriage with the BA of Malaysia would end in divorce even before he was appointed the talent management group (TMG) director on Sept 7.

A newcomer to BAM, having stayed away from the sport's mainstream for three decades, Aik Mong's first task should have been to win the confidence of the coaches before he started implementing drastic changes to revitaliseMalaysian badminton.*Rashid Sidek's resignation last week was probably the first time Aik Mong realised his reform plans were not being accepted and it was a little too late when he decided to call for a meeting with the coaches two days after Rashid resigned, to explain his actual plan.Unfortunately, instead of clearing the air, the meeting had more repercussions as most of the coaches were uncomfortable with Aik Mong's approach and his insistence on them producing comprehensive weekly training plans.Aik Mong's efforts to document the training methods are laudable but it was too much to ask the coaches to prepare a 52-week annual plan within two weeks.He also wanted the coaches to produce daily records of their performances in training, and they were initially not allowed to be physically involved in training the players.Aik Mong's idea was that coaches should act more like advisors rather than physically being involved in training -- a system which was widely practised in his playing days in the 1970s.Aik Mong wanted complete fitness reports of the 63 players from the National Sports Institute (NSI) and also wanted the national ranking system to begin where players were supposed to have match plays almost daily to establish an internal ranking.He was to only approve the coaches' request to send players for championships after these tasks were completed, which meant the national shuttlers may not have played in tournaments for months.Aik Mong was fond of saying he had too much on his plate, which was true, but he made the mistake of not prioritising his tasks.The national coaching and team structure was the most important issue but Aik Mong was unable to finalise the coaches in the national senior and junior squads and the players who were supposed to be in these two teams.In fact, Aik Mong was changing coaches on a daily basis and this left the players in the dark about their future.He also made a judgemental error in appointing Razif Sidek as head of the A team, consisting of national seniors although the former international was supposed to be an independent assessor while Hendrawan was promoted to head Team B although the Indonesian had clearly expressed his desire to remain as a coach.Aik Mong appeared as confused as the coaches during his two-week tenure and his decision to resign was probably for the best as he refused to become the subject of ridicule.Although BAM president Tengku Mahaleel Tengku Ariff's decision to revert to the previous national programme prompted Aik Mong's departure, it was clear that the former international would have struggled to fit into the continuous evolution of the sport.The entire episode is also a lesson to be learnt and BAM must be careful in appointing the next TMG director.The candidate must be someone who is technically sound and is well versed with the latest developments of the sport.It would also be good if BAM appoints another individual to monitor the state development and talent identification as the TMG director should focus on his efforts to improve the quality of the national team set-up.

Read more:*Aik Mong episode a lesson to be learnt - Badminton - New Straits Times*
http://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/aik-mong-episode-a-lesson-to-be-learnt-1.363866#ixzz2g30NEvEP
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This article offers concrete facts on what happened, and makes it very understandable to me why the reform was aborted. This type of management is not 'surgery', it is chain-saw massacre,blatant display of amateurism, and total lack of consideration for the coherence any organization needs.
The best of projects, ideas and intentions are useless without correct scheduling. The best of plans is worth pennies if one does not involve the people needed inside the plan.
 
Jagdpanther said:
That article's got a point. Mr. TAM is (or rather, was) dealing with humans, not computers. Unlike computers or programs, humans won't always obey you, and worse: they can strike you back. Just like rogue SkyNet in Terminator films ;)
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especially when they $$$ get affected:D

honeong said:
can't believe KKK and TBH are still together as a pair...Bam's soap opera continues. round applause
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sure,even PCC came back to bam

pBmMalaysia said:

THE BA of Malaysia's (BAM) spending on overseas competitions will be reduced considerably and the coaches have been asked to come up with a prudent tournament plan for next year.
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as if bam sparring/training quality is so high:rolleyes:
 
renbo said:
The best of plans is worth pennies if one does not involve the people needed inside the plan.
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Well except you forget that there is bunch of cancerous freeloaders non performing coaches like Village Champ, TKH which require surgery to remove. So in this instance involving freeloaders inside the plan will only make it worse. That is what few of us mean by surgery. Removing the rubbish overpaid freeloaders who resist change and want to remain chief coaches. In a corporation, Village Champ and TKH would have been fired long time ago. :)
 
terranova said:
It is time someone start revolution "Occupy BAM" or "Bersih BAM" "Ubah BAM" ;)
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well,this country currently dont have any attention to bam. we have bigger problem.
u can see after 505,the sudirman cup dont even attract 1000 poeple(per day)
if we was starved/stressed/feared，who care about bam?
it's about macro environment,the corrupt start from the root,u can do nothing about the leafs.
 
terranova said:
Well except you forget that there is bunch of cancerous freeloaders non performing coaches like Village Champ, TKH which require surgery to remove. So in this instance involving freeloaders inside the plan will only make it worse. That is what few of us mean by surgery. Removing the rubbish overpaid freeloaders who resist change and want to remain chief coaches. In a corporation, Village Champ and TKH would have been fired long time ago. :)
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I understand that, but besides removing negative elements, the persons in charge must take care to give a positive perspective for the others, otherwise everyone freak out and believe they are the next one to be ejected! That said, I know nothing about BAM, it is just outside opinion based on the comments here
 
pBmMalaysia said:
how to accept treatment when the patient is seeing unusual tools

used in surgery during frankenstein's era??

oversize spanner, rusty saw, broken chain ... :D
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Cheung said:
The patient refused the surgeon's treatment. Therefore, the progressive decline in condition is likely. It takes brave people to accept the diagnosis and accept the drastic treatment.
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Tools may not be the most advanced, but the surgeon has a horrible bedside manner.

Doesn't matter how skillful his hands and techniques are, this patient flatly outright refuses to let this surgeon remove the cancerous growth.
 
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visor said:
Tools may not be the most advanced, but the surgeon has a horrible bedside manner.

Doesn't matter how skillful his hands and techniques are, this patient flatly outright refuses to let this surgeon remove the cancerous growth.
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in the end,the patient will say goodbye(read and pronounce as dead:D)
so who care,not ur's or mine life,if the patient refuses,then just bear with the outcome;)
 
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