http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2013/5/21/sports/13137372&sec=sports "there were discipline issues like late nights, gambling activities and absence from training"
(吉隆坡27日讯)大马双打名宿谢勋寁(前名为谢顺吉)直言,纪律出问题的「钻石组合」古健杰与陈文宏,能留在国家队直到今天,是很幸运的事情。 谢勋寁认为,大马早在几年前,就应安排有潜质的后备队双打接班,而不是等到「钻石」走下坡后才来亡羊补牢。 前国手拉昔夫在苏迪曼杯期间曝料,暗示古陈等资深球员沉迷于泡夜吧丶赌博,并故意缺席训练,导致丧失竞争力。 谢勋寁与叶锦福在1996年摘下奥运男双银牌。前者认为,若古陈无法自律,且一再「吃老本」,羽总必须雪藏或乾脆将他们逐出国家队,立下军威,以示警戒。 他同时指出没有总教练的国羽就如群龙无首,无法以问责制度监督球员们的进展。「羽总这几年过于依赖古陈,却忽略栽培2号和3号男双,来挑战古陈的地位,保持队内良性竞争,并制造足够的危机感。」 「非要等到古陈跌至谷底了,才惊觉过去过于纵容他们。90年代的大马国羽,至少有两对实力相近的男双互相鞭策,纪律也相对良好。」 「不管球员再怎麽资深,有过什麽功绩,如果纪律失控超过1年,下场就该是逐出国家队。若无手握生杀大权的总教练,普通教练就只能对这种趋势,敢怒不敢言。」 「我不认为,羽总还有任何理想的海外名帅人选,来出任总教练一职;他们对前国手没有信心,对本土姜的能力有所质疑。」 谢勋寁去年曾毛遂自荐,与关义明和拉昔夫等名宿,角逐出任国羽总教练;但羽总在心仪的韩国名宿朴柱奉续约日本4年后,搁下此事,最终不了了之。
Cheah Soon Kit says that Tan Boon Heong/ Koo Kien Keat are lucky enough as they are still in the National team despite their problematic attitude towards the sport. BAM should arrange for other potential pairs to rise up. During Sudirman Cup Campaign, former shuttler Razif Sidek revealed that so of the senior shuttlers in the team involved themselves in Gambling, Clubbing, and did not show up on daily training purposely. Cheah told the press that BAM should restricting Koo/Tan in participating in tourney, or even sacked them from National Team for their bad attitude. This will serves a stern warning to other national players. BAM are too depending on Koo/Tan these years. BAM also did not put enough effort on rising up 2nd / 3rd pairs to challenge on Koo/Tan's No.1 pair's in BAM. No matter how senior the shuttler are, or how many glory and how great their achievements in pass, once their attitude uncontrollable, they should be sacked. BAM needs a chief coach to control and manage on these. Unfortunately, after Park Joo Bong rejected the offer from BAM, the vacancy remain unfilled despite some local coaches shows their interest to carry out the duty, such as Cheah Soon Kit, Razif Sidek and Kuan Yee Meng.
We need UBAH in Malaysia Men's Doubles department! Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong should be sacked ! No more tolerance! No more excuse!
i bet BAM will keep them until the pair are old enough, until cannot play. Reason is simple, those jokers are with no balls.
Courtesy of The Star : Warning : Don't be misled by the title : BAM decide to separate Koo and Tan By RAJES PAUL KUALA LUMPUR: It looks like Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) are not going to delve immediately on the struggle faced by their top men’s doubles pair Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong. Why else will they approve a plan to separate Kien Keat and Boon Heong for a week when both are racing against time to get back their footing ahead of the World Championships in August in Guangzhou? Kien Keat has been named only for the mixed doubles event with Vivian Hoo in the Kedah Open starting today in Alor Star while Boon Heong has gone to Japan to fulfil his obligation to Yonex. Why did BAM approve a trip for a national player abroad when they had made it compulsory for all national players to play in the local tournaments? Last week, Kien Keat-Boon Heong came under fire in the Sudirman Cup after losing to Lee Sheng-mu-Tsai Chia-hsin in a group tie against Taiwan. No thanks to their defeat, Malaysia went down 2-3 as their relatively weaker women shuttlers – Sonia Cheah and Woon Khe Wei-Vivian Hoo could not save the tie. One would have expected the BAM to address these players’ problems immediately so that they would be motivated and prepared for the Indonesian Open from June 10-16, which is Kien Keat-Boon Heong’s last tournament before the world meet. Without one week of training together, how are these players expected to peak and win honours at the Indonesian Open? And how are they expected to meet the final target set by the BAM at the world meet if they do not even get chances to train together and work on their weaknesses? While the players should take the blame for their lacklustre performances, it looks like the national body is not concerned with the welfare of their players, given the ill-planning and lack of urgency in solving their woes. Meanwhile, in the absence of Kien Keat-Boon Heong, the focus will be on two other World Championship-bound pairs – Hoon Thien How-Tan Wee Kiong and Lim Khim Wah-Goh V Shem at the Kedah Open.
Straight forward news article. If we assume KKK-TBH are now not going to the world championships, then the issues are resolved...
watched them play, bunch of clowns really. KKK is playing club level badminton, yu yang could probably smash harder than him. Tan's playing decent but you could tell as the match progresses, hes really not giving a fk anymore since KKK would hit simple kill shots out or into the net. They used to be one of the most exciting and electrifying mens doubles pair around...man did they go downhill. They are not even that old, i mean old man frontman cai yun is making KKK look like a fat moving slob.