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JANGAN kaitkan lagi jurulatih dengan prestasi hambar yang dipamerkan setiap kali tewas, demikian amaran Ketua Pengarah Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) Datuk Zolkples Embong ketika diminta mengulas kekalahan beregu harapan emas Olimpik negara, Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong di Siri Super Terbuka Denmark awal pagi semalam.

Begitupun, ayat pertama yang terpacul dari mulut Zolkples sejurus ditanya mengenai kekalahan juara Sukan Asia Doha 2006 itu dan perubahan struktur kejurulatihan di Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM), ada nada kecewa terhadap sikap atlet negara.

“Nampaknya tukar jurulatih pun masih tidak dapat mengubah permainan mereka,” keluh Zolkples.
“Acap kali sebelum ini saya nyatakan jangan sesekali menyalahkan jurulatih jika gagal kerana punca kecemerlangan atau kegagalan seseorang atlet bermula dari dirinya,” katanya.

Beliau turut menasihatkan BAM supaya tidak terlalu mudah mengikut telunjuk atlet yang mahu menukar jurulatih.

“Nak tukar jurulatih memang boleh tapi perlu ada rasional dan persatuan mesti pastikan betul-betul.

“Dalam kes Kien Keat-Boon Heong sebelum ini mungkin kerana mereka sudah terlalu lama bersama Rexy Mainaky tetapi tiada perubahan berlaku lalu BAM bersetuju untuk menukar jurulatih, tapi sepatutnya dengan kekalahan ini pemain itu sendiri patut dinilai.” Pada aksi pusingan pertama awal pagi waktu tempatan semalam, Kien Keat-Boon Heong tewas kepada satu lagi gandingan Korea Cho Gun Woo-Kwon Yi Goo 15-21, 21-15, 21-12. Ini kekalahan pertama gandingan negara kepada pasangan Korea itu sekali gus menyaksikan pemain Korea menjadi badi kepada beregu lelaki negara.

Dalam pada itu, Zolkples menafikan pelantikan jurulatih baru dari Korea Yoo Yong-sung bermula bulan depan adalah perkara yang merugikan kerana baginya kehadiran jurulatih itu mampu menyerapkan budaya permainan ala Korea.

“Tidak timbul isu Pang Cheh Chang gagal menaikkan Kien Keat-Boon Heong lalu cuba beralih arah kepada Yong-sung.

“Kehadiran Yong-sung juga boleh memberi manfaat kepada pemain lain. Lagipun saya rasa bayaran gajinya tidaklah mahal kerana dia sendiri mahu berada di Kuala Lumpur menemani anaknya belajar,” kata Zolples lagi.

Begitupun Zolkples yang bimbang dengan prestasi Kien Keat-Boon Heong berharap gandingan itu menanam tekad untuk berjaya di Olimpik kerana masa semakin suntuk.

Gandingan itu kini berada di kedudukan kelima dunia sedangkan analisis jurulatih mengatakan yang pemain itu perlu berada di ranking keempat dunia jika sukar merampas semula mahkota nombor satu kerana laluan undian lebih mudah jika berada di ranking pertama dan keempat dunia.

Dalam pada itu, gandingan yang baru diuji di pentas antarabangsa Hoon Thien How-Tan Wee Kiong meneruskan kecemerlangan apabila melangkah ke suku akhir.

Mereka mengatasi gandingan Indonesia Alvent Yulianto Chandra-Hendra Aprida Gunawan 21-18, 21-17. Di suku akhir hari ini mereka bakal berdepan beregu nombor satu dunia dari China, Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun.


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Oleh Mohd Hilmie Hussin
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