And The statement from Lius, not all correct.. FYI: The All coaches (Thomas/Hery IP - Double Coach, Hendrawan/Marleve Mainaiky - Man Singles Coaches, Mulyo - Taufik and Aditiawarman coaches, Richard Manaiky - Mix Double coach) don't like Kido and Sigit... I told to Hery IP: Why Sigit Pamungkas just take over you players and you do nothing, He said: don't worry... I try make the yunior players to become the best players.. i think he very dissapointed... Thomas said: We are (Thomas and Hery IP) very dissapointed to Kido.... Also the problem: almost the coaches in Indonesian National Training Centre from Tangkas Club... Only Mulyo from Djarum and Pau Pau from SGS.. so Jaya Raya club also give support to kido to recommend Sigit Pamungkas... It is politic.... Jaya Raya Said: Why we got best double players (candra Wijaya, Tony Gunawan, Kido, Hendra, Joko Riyadi) but all of them coach by Tangkas... It is not fair... All of them should be coach by jaya raya coach, so Jaya Raya coach should have in National Training Centre.... That you know: Rudy Hartono from Jaya Raya... He still got power to control Lius and Cristian... It is not good.... because He (Rudy Hartono) leaf from Pelatnas, so he can't control right...
Perhaps... ...(continuing on this very "hot at-the-moment" topic) , perhaps, just perhaps the best person to talk to Mr. Hidayat is............Mr. Agum Gumelar himself......Let's see if he can talk some sense into his son-in-law...Perhaps, tell Taufik that everything will be alright and focus at his task at hand, which is the AE, and everything will work itself out in the future.... But then again, in the end, it's Taufik's decision.. If that incident, 2-3 yrs ago(between Taufik and Icuk) wasn't an embarrassment to PBSI & Taufik, didn't teach the same folks anything, then this incident proves that nothing has changed much..I'm afraid pretty soon Lius Pongoh will decide to resign from his post..Afer this everyone will think twice and run out of PBSI, so at then end, the only one left at Pelatnas will be..............Taufik...and he will run that entity by himself.. *Btw, thanks, saugusli, for expounding more on the sequence of events behind the story(if i understand fully what you've written)....
A bit off topic-Hmm, if that were to come to fruition.. ..i can almost guarantee he "will taste his own medicine"...hehe Like they say, "what goes around, comes around"..
Taufik is in a bad mood. I suspect Taufik didn't get his dose of conjugal obligation, since his wife is pregnant.
BTW, according to Badzine.com the Indo team has not cancelled any flighttickets... Some time tomorrow taufik'll say "fooled you, didn't I?" "I was just making my point, I'll win this AE now" and get smited by LD 21-12 21-13.. argh, what can I say...we all have our dreams
I admire TH for his talent but his behaviour leaves much to be desired. To be the media's darling for the wrong reasons is not honorable. It's a question of having respect rather than sticking to principles which may not beneficial to all including himself. TH is considered fortunate to come this far despite his disrespect & outburst of unwarranted statements towards others. For many other badminton players or athletes, their fate could have been sealed by now. To TH I would say - grow up & good luck.
Disappointing for spectators not being able to see Taufik in action. Hafiz will benefit from the withdrawl, but will he be able to capitalise on it and beat Simon Santoso in the 2nd round?
Although the spectators feel let down...I think it is good that Taufik has the character stand up for his fellow teamates (Flandy Limpele as well as Kido, Setiawan, and Alven Yulianto) who competed in Papua in spite of PBSI's disapproval.
On the other hand, if TH did go to papua for the tournament and then receive the same punishment from PBSI, he will still be critised.
Hang on, you misunderstood the dispute. Taufik is not standing up for his team mates he wants his team mates to be banned from competing in All England and not the Swiss Open. That's what the article says. What does that say about his character?
I think it's a bit extreme to say that Taufik can just win whenever he wants (he didn't win the WC06 - I'm sure he wanted that). But you can see the difference in his play when he really does have the motivation to win. Of course everyone wants to win, but sometimes it takes special circumstances to bring out the best in someone. On a side note Taufik has frequently admitted being outplayed. I remember last year on at least two occasions he had mentioned that he believed Lin Dan to be the best player in the world.
