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On the ball: Indecision the root of BAM's problems

ZAKRY Latif and Fairuzizuan Tazari have explained their decision to quit the BA of Malaysia as one made in the interest of the national back-up pairs.

The duo deserve praise for their selfless attitude but BAM, one has to say rightfully so, is again attracting criticism.

After all, BAM had gone against the rankings when it decided that Zakry and Hoon Thien How would be sent to the World Championships instead of professional pair Gan Teik Chai-Tan Bin Shen.

BAM's rationale had been that national interest came first but the fact that Zakry quit the national set-up almost immediately after his return from London shows that this was a move he had decided on some time ago.
It is one that leaves BAM, not for the first time, with egg on its face for this is a decision that the national body should have made.

Even worse, Zakry-Fairuz said they felt they had reached the maximum they could under BAM and needed a new challenge.

Conspiracy theorists even believe there could be more who opt to turn professional in the near future as they are not happy with BAM.

While that may be the case, indecision on BAM's part is the main reason why players are the ones making the decision to quit the national team.

Hafiz Hashim was one player whose performances were begging for the player to be dropped but BAM waited and waited and when the player could no longer live with it, he decided to quit.

The same applies to numerous others and as long as BAM refuses to play a pro-active role when it comes to being decisive with players, this is a scene that is going to be replayed many times over.

It is the same with just about everything else, be it coaches, training programmes or the high performance director.

Saturday's AGM and council meeting referred the grouses of certain members back to the coaching and training committee because BAM does not want to make any hasty decisions.

While that is laudable, what guarantee is there that the committee will come up with the right solutions considering that it was the one which recommended the initial programmes?

The World Championships may have opened the eyes of some council members but the truth is that many already knew how dire the situation is.

So did BAM and with Lee Chong Wei set to depart the scene sooner rather than later, it is time to stop others from making decisions for that is not going to help Malaysian badminton.

Read more: NST

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