Everyone has the right to display his/her displeasure but has to be done within the boundary. I have seen players throw their rackets up to the air and then pick it up when it comes down - make your protest in a smart way; some do the monkey face...swing his/her head. I guess new rule may come out soon: no racket smashing on the floor - yellow card and fine - just like tennis. No coach and players confess opposite coach or players - yellow card, fine or eject immediately. What do you think?
The umpire holding LD is from Indonesia, the brother of Tangkas club's onwer, Suhardinata....the head referee for HKO.....
Sorry I don't think I can explain better than what I have done. Maybe I should spend more time learn English.
Watch the following news clip. Click the video then can see LD throwing his racquet at 1:50. http://news.naver.com/tv/read.php?mo...ection_id2=5ae
Yeah..where is LYB? he showed up at MO ( I saw him), only first day, then he never showed up at all..even in Final MO, some people say that he was playing golf....but LYB is too powerful, noone can touch him unless he could not deliver the reult for Olympic 2008... As a team manager, he should show up, at least in the final to support his players.......
Thats exactly the reason why LD should clean up his act! His is the current world no1 & imagine that many kids r looking up to him as a role model.... Tennis is lucky to hv Federer and Nadal as the world no1 and no2, not roddick or safin.....
I don't think LD threw his racket AT LM, even Ants said in one of the previous pages that LD did not throw his racket at LM, and I believe Ants... Ppl can get frustrated in a game, they could get frustrated with their own play, or get frustrated by umpires or calls... And as to smashing rackets, I remembered Agassi in his younger days, he used to smash rackets left and right... Oh, and than there's this other guy name MacEnroe and Connors.... As to the LD bashing, I guess when you're the best, ppl get jealous, it's just like other sports... Yankees are hated by almost everyone(yes I'm a yankees fan), Patriots are hated, Manchester United, Lakers...
wasn't Li Mao the Chinese coach ages ago? I remember he was Sun Jun's coach because I saw him and Li Yongbo cheering Sun during the 1997 WC.
LD is Mike Tyson Too bad LYB was not around during the show, otherwise LD would make history being the nastiest player of all time. Now I put LD side by side with Mike Tyson !
Yes, thats exactly the point I was trying to make. A great player earns respect through good examples, not behaving like a street gangster. We all must recognize the fact that Badminton is a Olmypic event, not WWF !!
U can smash yr own racket at yr OWN court, but throwing the racket to the opponent's side is pure provoking, whether intentional or not. Judging from this clip: http://news.naver.com/tv/read.php?m..._id=0000183309§ion_id=129§ion_id2=5ae) It is clear that LD did threw the racket.
Lets sit back and see what BWF is going to say or do about this incident. LD would not behave this way naturally. I believe it is a learned behavior. LYB should be held responsible too for his players.
To becoming WWE or WWF, first BWF has to recruit G-string wearing, muscular and top heavy ladies as card bearers...therefore badminton is safe and is a long way from becoming one...whew!! hehehehe!!!
