That's a lowdown statement, mean-spirited and uncalled-for. Why is LYB demonized and treated as the fall guy for anything or everything that goes wrong in Team CHN as if all his past glories and unmatched accomplishments ? First for helming CHN to win too much culminating in the London Olympic clean sweep, and then nowadays for her repeated flops that finally allowed other countries to grab some honours ?
Actually, I also don't fully agree with Forestal either. LYB as far as I gathered is a changed man after the London OG clean sweep, he's mellowed quite a bit, less harsh and demanding of his players and coaches, more willing to tolerate and give chances to those who failed to live up to his expectastions (remember WSX during her doldrums, WZM indifferent results, Chen long's fiasco in AG'14 Team event and two successive Thomas Cups, etc).
Let me tell you, if Cai Yun takes over him one day, and I do support it, not only will new broom sweeps clean, expect the outspoken,candid, forthright and sometimes blunt person that he is to ruffle quite a few feathers in CBA. And I'd expect him not to be above openly criticizing others in the badminton world.
Meanwhile, let's be fair to LYB and give the man his due, he even bent the rules for Lin Dan on his private sponsorship request,an unprecedented move, perhaps indirectly offending Li-Ning in the process (though I also read that Li-Ning was somewhat amenable to Lin Dan's special entreaty). He's come a long way from his initial appointment as Head Coach in 1993, yes 23 years ago, when Chinese badminton was at its nadir and state-funding was not easy to come by for not having credible results to show back then.