Heungkuk Life Insurance, a women’s professional volleyball team, has not been able to recover after firing manager Kwon Soon-chan.
The starting point of this situation is the ‘intervention of the upper line’ and the subsequent ‘retirement of director Kwon Soon-chan’. Heungkuk Life Insurance announced the resignation of director Kwon Soon-chan and former general manager Kim Yeo-il on the 2nd. It is a de facto hard. The volleyball world was in shock because it happened in a situation where it turned around the halfway point in second place in the regular season and pursued the leading Hyundai E&C to the bottom of the chin.
Lim Hyung-joon, CEO and owner of Heungkuk Life Insurance, said, “We inevitably decided to break up with coach Kwon Soon-chan because it did not match the direction the club wanted to go.” After Kim Yeo-il resigned, general manager Shin Yong-joon, who was in charge of the team, said, “There was a conflict between the coach and the general manager over the management of the game, not the appointment of players.” However, he explained, “I accepted the tactics pointed out by fans through YouTube and others.” Hearing the opinions of the fans, he confessed that he did not recognize the director’s inherent authority, which caused a great stir.
Heungkuk Life Insurance players are not on the club’s side either. Kim Hae-ran said, “I felt the intervention (appointment of players) from before. There are some players who were hurt by this.” Kim Yeon-kyung was upset, saying, “There was an intervention this season, and there were also games that were lost because of this.”
There are different positions on the scope of intervention, but one thing is certain: the subject of hardship is the ‘upper line’. Director Shin said, “I know that the former head coach and the manager had a conflict of opinions, so the owner Lim Hyeong-joon resigned both together.” ‘ There is almost no point of view that sees ‘intervention from the top’ as simply conveying the opinions of former general manager Kim Yeo-il. It is the gaze of the volleyball world that the ‘upper line (owner Lim Hyung-joon)’ intervened.
Fans on and off the court stood up. At the stadium, cheer with a clapper that reads, “Fans cheer and support the players.” In the streets, ‘protest truck protests’ are unfolding. On the vehicle, phrases such as ‘Volleyball is not a sports paper, a team’s play with dolls’, ‘Intervention in player selection is obvious,’ and ‘Heungkuk Life’s strange hardship, the breath of the parent company Taekwang’ are exposed.
Heungkuk Life Insurance tried to rectify the situation by announcing the appointment of Kim Ki-joong as head coach of Sunseon Girls’ High School on the 6th, four days after coach Kwon Soon-chan was fired. However, coach Kim couldn’t even make his debut and packed up. He declined the position of director because of the burden of weakening public opinion.
Recognizing the seriousness of the situation, owner Lim Hyeong-joon even met with the newly appointed coach and persuaded him. This is an exceptional case. It means that the parent group is also aware of the seriousness of the situation. However, coach Kim Ki-joong left after repeatedly saying “I’m sorry” despite the owner’s dissuade.
As a result, Heungkuk Life Insurance’s plan to end the situation by appointing a new manager was foiled. I tried to run the volleyball team by intervening from the ‘upper line’, but only raised controversy, and now I can’t do this or that and my feet are tied up.
The club’s response is also immature. An official from Heungkuk Life Insurance expressed regret, saying, “I had reached an agreement with director Kim Ki-joong on the contract and salary. I announced the appointment (to calm the controversy) in a situation where only the signature was left on the contract…” He hurriedly announced a contract that had not been formally signed, and then brought an arrow of criticism upon himself.
Heungkuk Life Insurance belatedly lowered its head. In the name of the owner, “I am sorry for causing concern due to controversy such as the controversy over intervention in the game operation and resignation of the manager.” announced. 온라인바카라
This incident clearly reveals Heungkuk Life Insurance’s lack of crisis response capabilities. The bigger problem is that it is not easy to regain lost trust. Kim Yeon-kyung pointed out, “I can’t trust whoever comes as the next manager. In the end, isn’t it that the club prefers a manager who speaks well?”