BAM have three options on how to resolve crisis

Wednesday January 12, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR: Give in, compromise or make a strong stand.
One of this is likely to be the decision that the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) exco will take at their meeting at the Juara Stadium today on Misbun Sidek’s decision to quit as national singles coach.
It is a delicate matter because if the BAM decide to let Misbun go, a group of players, led by world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei, may also walk out of the national training centre.
The 29-year-old Chong Wei has openly declared that he will choose to be under the charge of Misbun at least until he completes his campaign in the London Olympics next year.
With such impact and consequences on the cards, attention will be on the BAM exco meeting and how they will weather yet another storm.
It is now clearer that Misbun’s grouses are linked directly to several structural changes and decisions made by the new coaching and training committee, headed by Ng Chin Chai, who is also the BAM secretary.
In a five-page letter to BAM president Datuk Nadzmi Mohd Salleh, Misbun wrote about his unhappiness with some of the committee members and some of their decisions.
And he repeated the grouses during an open discussion with Nadzmi in a meeting initiated by Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek.
Misbun lamented the lack of respect showed by some of them to him and his coaching programme. He was also slighted that his reasons for wanting to coach his son, Ramdan, fell on deaf ears.
On the other hand, the coaching and training committee, mostly new members, are determined to strengthen their programmes based on collective agreement.
The other members of the committee are Datuk Lim Teong Kiat, Datuk Maijol Mahap, Teoh Teng Chor, Tony Tan Gim Hin, Abdul Hadi Datuk Abdul Kadir, Datuk James Selvaraj, Rashid Sidek, Misbun, Rexy Mainaky, Tan Kim Her, Hendrawan, Johari Wahab, Kenny Goh and the National Sports Institute (NSI) representative.
The ideal decision for the BAM to take is to let Misbun and Chong Wei go if they strongly believe that their system will bear fruits in the long run.
After all, it is Misbun’s decision to resign and it will be Chong Wei’s own will to follow suit. The BAM can give Chong Wei the blessings to compete in all the major tournaments as long as he maintains his standard.
Some of the exco members also strongly feel that it is high time for the BAM to start afresh – leave Misbun and Chong Wei with their own plans – and continue with the tasks to strengthen the back-up group.
The changes in their recent coaching and training structure are aimed at having a big pool of quality players in the back-up squad with coaches Hendrawan and Kim Her working to lift the standard of the juniors in the singles and doubles departments respectively.
The public will surely take their hats off to the BAM if they stick by their decision.
But the situation is more complicated for the BAM with the involvement of other stakeholders – the Youth and Sports Ministry, National Sports Council, sponsors and even some top political figures.
And with the London Olympics just one year away, it is a big gamble to allow Chong Wei to walk out of the regimented training system.
If the statements made by Shabery are anything to go by, there will be a strong inclination towards getting Misbun to stay after all.
The minister had said: “I hope that there will be a win-win situation.
“Misbun has contributed much to Malaysian sport.”
Nadzmi is expected to give Misbun another shot. And some adjustments are expected to be made by the BAM to enable Misbun to stay on to coach Chong Wei for another shot to strike Olympic gold for Malaysia. He is also expected to coach several other players, including his son, in a bid to make them world beaters.
The BAM are expected to bend their ways for short-term glory. And they will be hoping that by swallowing their pride, the partnership of Misbun-Chong Wei will reward them with gold at the London Games.

article by Rajes Paul www.thestar.com.my

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