http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2010/12/28/sports/7692738&sec=sports Communication breakdown puts back-up pairs out of home Open KUALA LUMPUR: A lack of proper communication has resulted in all four national back-up men’s pairs under the charge of Tan Kim Her not getting the chance to feature in the Malaysian Open next month. The entries for Mak Hee Chun-Tan Wee Kiong, Chan Peng Soon-Lim Khim Wah, Goh Wei Shem-Teo Kok Siang and Ow Yao Han-Chooi Kah Ming were not submitted for the men’s doubles competition of the home Open scheduled for Jan 18-23 at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil. Hee Chun-Wee Kiong, Peng Soon-Khim Wah and Wei Shem-Kok Siang would have been eligible to play in the main draw of the season-opening Super Series tournament even if the event attracted the world’s top ranked pairs as all of them are ranked inside the top 30. Instead, they will be resigned to playing only the mixed doubles. The Badminton Association of Malaysia’s (BAM) entries for the men’s doubles are world No. 2 Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Ong Soon Hock, Hoon Thien How-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif, Vountus Indra Mawan-Mohd Lufti Zaim Abdul Khalid and Nelson Heg Wei Kiat-Teo Ee Yi. Two independent Malaysian pairs – Gan Teik Chai-Tan Bin Shen and Chan Chong Ming-Lee Wan Wah – are also in the fray. World No. 1 Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen of Denmark, South Korea’s Lee Yong-dae-Jung Jae-sung and China’s Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun are not among the entries and it would have been a good chance for the back-up pairs to stamp their mark in their own backyard. The BAM general manager, Kenny Goh, said yesterday: “I find it strange that the mixed doubles entries were submitted but not the men’s doubles. “It only came to our attention after the deadline for entries. The coach admitted that he made a mistake in not submitting their names.” To be fair to Kim Her, who is now taking a break from coaching, he was with the players at the Hong Kong Open when entries closed on Dec 14. The incident has only highlighted the need for a better communication set-up between the coaching department and administrative side of the BAM now that different coaches are in charge of different groups.
weird... I thought they were sort of "grounded" for poor performances, no? Instead, it was miscommunication between the coaches and organizer... hmm... still BOLEH?
Something to do with BAM failing to submit their names... I would say it is very unfair but unfortunately this error has already been made so they have to learn from it.
OK... I hope BAM will learn from this mistake and will NOT repeat it... quite sad for these youngsters coz they are left out in their main fields... BOLEH...!!!???
Well, this sort of administrative errors are common in PBSI, with players not being registered, wrong players being registered, etc. BAM also made similar errors earlier (I think Roslin Hashim ended up not being sent to some tourneys).
me too, until today i still catch no ball maybe its talk over cocktail but here its just a figure of speech maybe just like kopi tiam talk or coffee shop talk ?
cock·tail 1 /ˈkɒkˌteɪl/ Show Spelled[kok-teyl] Show IPA –noun 1. any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened. 2. a portion of food, as seafood served with a sauce, a mixture of fruits, or juice, served as the appetizer course of a meal. 3. Pharmacology . a beverage or solution concocted of various drugs. 4. any eclectic mixture or miscellaneous collection.
Let us be frank about what we mean by cocktail talks here. Cocktail talks here spring from the ingenuous words used by Singapore's foreign minister to get or rather crawl out of a deep hole to excuse his diplomats' indiscreet opinions of neighbouring states. When one is at a cocktail party or gathering, alcohol has a strange power to loosen tongues. Just like when you have insulted a friend at a cocktail party the previous night you simply explain to your friend the nest day that what was said the previous night was said when you were a bit drunk (thinking and wishing that you will be forgiven). So in the context of the Malaysian Open everyone has a free license to say anything, whether there be a cocktail party or get-together or not.
Now that Misbun has resigned (though not sure if accepted by BAM) but LCW has been very supporting behind this man... The saga is NOT ever yet, and it'd be interesting who be sitting on the coach chair during LCW's matches... The last thing I want to see is LCW's concentration and preparation being affected by the absence of his long time coach Misbun. I don't know if BAM should hold him back, but it's indeed a small crisis for BAM to start a new year 2011... still BOLEH? Again, this is only my "cocktail talk"... haha...
