ADA ‘gegaran baru’ terus dirasai Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM) dan kali ini giliran Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) pula tampil menegur badan induk itu agar mengkaji semula peranan dan tugas sebenarnya.
Ketika Datuk Seri Mohd Nadzmi Salleh menegaskan badan diterajuinya masih relevan dalam membangunkan dan menguruskan badminton negara, Setiausaha Kehormat MOM, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi (kanan), berkata tindakan BAM yang memberi lebih tumpuan kepada latihan skuad kebangsaan menyaksikan badan induk itu mungkin lupa dan tidak mempunyai masa membangun struktur serta model pembangunan secara menyeluruh.
“Jika BAM merasakan melatih pemain itu adalah tugas utama mereka, sebenarnya ia satu kegagalan kerana mengapa hingga hari ini negara masih terus bergantung harap kepada hanya seorang pemain perseorangan (Lee Chong Wei) dan beregu (Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong).
“BAM sepatutnya mengkaji semula peranan dan tugas mereka dengan membina satu struktur dan model pembangunan lebih menyeluruh dengan memastikan semua peringkat sekolah, kelab dan negeri memainkan peranan masing-masing kerana apa yang saya nampak peranan yang dimainkan ketiga-tiga peringkat akar umbi itu kurang berkesan,” katanya semalam.
Kok Chi juga mahu supaya BAM mengamalkan sikap lebih terbuka terhadap kelab dan bukannya menjadikan mereka sebagai musuh.
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Tak habis habis si Kochi ini. Bersara la, untuk Sukan
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