[속보]Badminton Association raises suspicions about unfair evaluation of national team managers and coaches… association…

Part of the objection response letter sent by the Badminton Association to director and coaches Gam Hak-gyun

[스포츠조선 최만식 기자] While the Korea Badminton Association was causing controversy due to ‘a backlash from national team managers and coaches over the impossibility of reappointment’, suspicions of unfairness in the reappointment evaluation process were revealed to be true. According to the ‘Objection Response’ obtained by Sports Chosun on the 19th, the association delegated the selection of external evaluators to Chairman Kim Taek-gyu and confirmed circumstances in which it actually admitted to unfair evaluation, such as distorting the recommendations of the Korea Sports Council’s leader evaluation method. The application response is the association’s reply to the objection raised by national team coach Hak-gyun Kim and two coaches. Director Kim and others recently took a frontal response, protesting against the association’s decision to not allow reappointment through a performance evaluation, citing violations of guidelines and unfairness.“);}
In its response, the association stated that among the five evaluators, three external members, excluding two internal members of the Performance Improvement Committee, were appointed by Chairman Kim. The three outsiders appointed by the chairman either competed with Coach Kim in the past in the public recruitment of national team leaders, or were people who were usually at odds with Coach Kim and his close associates.

Leadership competency coaching behavior items from the example of the leader reappointment evaluation table issued by the Korea Sports Council in 2020

Leader qualitative evaluation items created by the Badminton Association by modifying the guidelines of the Sports Council

Chairman Kim has shown a tendency to shift responsibility to the national team’s coaching staff following the ‘Ahn Se-young’s unintentional speech incident’. In particular, the office of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports has received a request for dismissal after being pointed out for various poor administration, breach of trust, and embezzlement, and is also being investigated by the police. Rather, the fact that the chairman, who is supposed to be evaluated, exercised full authority in selecting the members who evaluate others is enough to raise suspicions of unfairness.

The association also said, “Last September and November, we passed the official document of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism-Korea Sports Council’s guidelines for reappointment of leaders, which said, ‘Ensure fair hiring by considering performance in major international competitions,’ and based on the example of the reappointment evaluation table notified by the Sports Council in 2020. There was no response to Coach Kim’s objection that “it is unfair to include an unscheduled qualitative evaluation,” and he said, “Based on the example of the sports council’s evaluation table, it is judged that evaluation is necessary for the management of the national team.” The evaluation guidelines were released, saying, “The items have been confirmed.”

The association’s self-edited evaluation guidelines were also full of suspicion. The example of the evaluation table recommended by the Sports Council assigns ’30 points for game performance + 20 points for performance improvement + 30 points for leadership ability + 20 points for coaching behavior.’ ‘Coaching behavior’, which evaluates ethics and communication with players, is a qualitative evaluation element, and the remaining quantitative evaluation is 80 points.

Official letter of cooperation regarding reappointment of national team leader sent by the Korea Sports Council to the Badminton Association last September

Guide to the leader reappointment evaluation form sent by the Korea Sports Council in 2020

On the other hand, in this evaluation, the association made a guideline of ’25 points for game performance + 25 points for performance improvement + 15 points for leadership ability + 10 points for communication + 10 points for international competition participation + 15 points for interview evaluation’, making ‘leading ability’ subjective. It was transformed into an evaluation item and made into a 50-point quantitative evaluation + 50-point qualitative evaluation system. In particular, a new face-to-face evaluation, which was not included in the Athletic Association guidelines, was created and 15 points were assigned. Considering that the cutoff point for reappointment is 80 points, this is a decisive score. The interview evaluation was conducted by evaluation committee members appointed by Chairman Kim. The association responded in a written response, saying, “This is the first time conducting a leader performance evaluation, so there are no related regulations. However, the evaluation committee and the president consulted and decided on the evaluation committee, referring to the procedure used when appointing a leader. “He effectively admitted that this re-appointment evaluation was carried out hastily.

Coach Kim said, “In all amateur sports, there are strategic sports for each detailed part. However, the association put the coach at a disadvantage by applying the average of the scores received by all coaches even in the quantitative evaluation.” He added, “How can the unfair evaluation situation be revealed everywhere?” “Can you accept it?” he said indignantly.
Reporter Choi Man-sik cms@sportschosun.com

2024-12-19 21:13:00