"I did nothing wrong..." Unusual innovation when it goes well? Every 'choice' comes with 'responsibility'
Jul 08, 2024
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It is a questionable view from the outside about the reorganization of the Samsung Lions coaching staff, which was unconventional.
Personal punishment is the principle of organizational management. You have to reward what you did well, and punish what you did wrong to be disciplined. What if you scold the organization that did the right thing? There is a risk of collapse.
On the 5th, when the Futures All-Star Game was held, the Samsung Lions issued an unusual press release in the evening.
It was a reorganization of the coaching staff for the first and second teams. Major coaches from the first and second teams exchanged positions.
For the first team, Chung Dae-hyun, head coach of the first team and pitching coach, Tachibana, the third-tier batting coach, and Futures pitching coach Kang Young-sik and Coporal Chae battery coach will be the first-tier bullpen coach and battery coach. Futures and the rehabilitation team explained that head coach Lee Byung-kyu will move to the Futures coach, pitcher coach Jung Min-tae will move to the Futures pitching coach, battery coach Lee Jung-sik will move to the Futures battery coach, and bullpen coach Kwon Oh-joon will move to the rehabilitation team. Lee Jin-young, the main batting coach, will take charge of the first-team assistant batting coach with coach Bae Young-seop without relegation from Futures.
Samsung's justification for the coaching staff reorganization was "For the team's reform in the second half of the year". 'Reinformation' means 'to shake off what is wrong and what is old and renew it' We cannot be satisfied with our performance in the first half of the year, and we have the will to make a bigger leap in the second half.
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This is the relegation of head coach Lee Byung-kyu and pitching coach Jung Min-tae, brought by Samsung manager Park Jin-man. Lee Jung-sik and Kwon Oh-joon are coaches who have been working together since coach Park's appointment. In other words, major coaches that the head coach can consult candidly have disappeared.
The personnel reshuffle was led by the high-ranking at the front of the club. Samsung manager Park Jin-man participated in the final decision process, but his intention was not reflected. Coach Park, who notified the coaching staff of the change of position at the request of the club, is extremely reticent, leaving only a word "In order to renew the atmosphere" when asked by reporters.
It is clear why this reorganization has emerged as a pressing concern not only for fans but also for other clubs.
This is because a reprimand has been replaced by a baseball team that is doing well.
Few experts chose Samsung as a candidate for the top five ahead of this season. At best, he was a dark horse that would threaten the fifth round. There were also quite a few people who rated it as the lowest. The bullpen, which is the biggest weakness, was reinforced with various routes such as recruiting FA in the winter, remaining FA, second draft, and release market, but it was not a top-ranked power considering the two-stroke balance. There was also a lot of uncertainty because all three foreign players, including Buchanan, who have been active in recent years, have been replaced.
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The crisis continued throughout the first half of the year, but it never collapsed.
Early in the season, the foreign duo's poor performance and Baek Jung-hyun's injury caused the starting lineup to fall to the bottom for a while, but it has remained at the top despite losing consecutive games and winning consecutive games since April 20. At the end of the first half, the bullpen's must-win group was shaken and ended with five consecutive losses, but it is still in fourth place, only 1.5 games apart from the second-place LG Twins.
In the midst of constant injury unfavorable factors, the reorganization was made that could feel like a reprimand, let alone awarding the team that did well in a bad fight. Players' agitation is also detected due to unexpected changes.
It is difficult to predict at this point how the unusual major change will affect Samsung, which dreams of taking the lead again in the second half of the year.
The baseball community's attention is focused on Samsung whether to recover the two-stroke balance as expected and break the losing streak or fall without a hitch in a chaotic dugout atmosphere.
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At the worst, coaching staff reorganization is commonplace. It's because it's 'the bottom of the line'. If there is nowhere else to fall, the word 'renewal' is appropriate. The expectation of the results is also simple. It's just to stay or go up.
However, Samsung is a top team with three teams up and six teams down. There is also a latitude, but there is also a lower one. This is why it is not willing to put a scalpel on an organization that has been operating better than expected.
Samsung is entering the second half of this year amid an unusual coaching staff reshuffle. Where is its final destination.
If the result is good, everything is good. But if the result is bad, it's all bad.
In the worst case, it became clear that the front office that led this decision could not escape responsibility.
hschung@sportschosun.com
