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PERUBAHAN besar barisan kejurulatihan skuad badminton negara mungkin akan dilakukan selepas kempen Piala Thomas, Mei depan.

Menurut Presiden Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM), Datuk Nadzmi Salleh, kontrak setiap jurulatih akan dikaji semula andai skuad negara gagal mencapai sasaran yang ditetapkan pada kejohanan berpasukan lelaki dunia itu pada 9 hingga 16 Mei.

Tambah Nadzmi, pihaknya memberi kebebasan kepada jurulatih untuk menjalankan program persediaan Piala Thomas kerana tidak ingin dipersalahkan jika berlaku sebarang insiden yang tidak diingini.
Begitupun, andai masih gagal mencatat keputusan yang memuaskan, BAM akan bertindak dan tidak mustahil ada antara jurulatih yang akan dipecat.

"Disebabkan masa sudah suntuk, kami memutuskan untuk tidak akan melakukan sebarang perubahan dari segi kejurulatihan sehinggalah Piala Thomas, Mei depan," kata Nadzmi selepas mesyuarat Exco BAM di Shah Alam semalam.


"Kami memberi kebebasan kepada jurulatih untuk menjalankan program persediaan kerana kami tidak mahu dipersalahkan jika timbul masalah kerana membuat perubahan drastik ketika hanya tinggal beberapa bulan sahaja lagi sebelum Piala Thomas.

"Begitupun, jika tiada hasil yang memuaskan pada Piala Thomas, kami pasti akan menilai dan mengkaji semula kontrak jurulatih."

Sementara itu, Nadzmi menjelaskan, meskipun jurulatih baru, Tan Kim Her tidak terlibat dalam persiapan Piala Thomas negara, namun bekas pemain negara itu masih boleh menyumbang idea dan pendapat demi kebaikan pasukan.

Terdahulu, ketua jurulatih beregu negara, Rexy Mainaky meminta Kim Her untuk melatih tiga beregu yang berada pada ranking terendah, Goh Wei Shem-Teo Kok Siang, Vountus Indra Mawan-Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid dan Pang Zheng Lin-Chooi Kah Ming meskipun Kim Her mempunyai pengalaman luas melatih pemain di Korea Selatan dan England.

"Jurulatih kita harus bersikap profesional dan jika mereka bijak, mereka akan berbincang dan bertukar pandangan untuk kebaikan skuad negara," kata Nadzmi.

Oleh RADIAH SAORI
radiah@kosmo.com.my

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