The 'Emergency Innovation Committee' organized for Incheon United 'Innovation' seems to be shaking as soon as it was launched.
Incheon remained at the bottom of this season and suffered the humiliation of relegation for the first time since its foundation.
He immediately stepped out of the city. Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok held a press conference at Incheon City Hall on the 25th and launched an emergency innovation committee headed by Choi Dae-hyuk, head of Sogang University's Future Innovation Research Institute, vice chairman of the Korea Football Association's ethics committee. Mayor Yoo said, `The Emergency Management Committee is the first step for Incheon United to return to a strong club,' adding, `In line with the name of the emergency management committee (above the 飛), we will take this opportunity to help Incheon move forward as a strong and stable club leading the league, not as a `remaining king.'
It is a different picture from the existing emergency committee. Incheon launched an emergency committee in every crisis. In 2018, which was on the verge of relegation, the emergency committee was operated as a special measure to remain. In the end, after achieving the goal dramatically, Chairman Jeon Moon-soo, then chairman of the emergency committee, changed his words to the CEO. Jeon has been in charge of the club for six years and has achieved Incheon's golden age by showing fantastic chemistry with general manager Lim Joong-yong and advancing to the Asian Champions League for the first time since its foundation.
Unlike the emergency committee, which was close to one-point relief in the past, this emergency innovation committee aims to develop a longer-term plan. The Emergency Innovation Committee will come up with measures to improve the club's constitution and innovate, including analysis of the team's power and precise diagnosis, composition of the team in preparation for the regular transfer market, and reorganization of the secretariat operation method. To this end, experts in each field of soccer, including Seol Dong-sik, president of the Korea Leadership Association, Seo Hyung-wook, president of soccer media 'Footballist', Bae Tae-han, a power analyst at the German Sports University, and Jeong Tae-joon, president of the Incheon Football Association, were named to the Emergency Innovation Committee.
The vision that Incheon should move forward and the emergency innovation committee, which should establish a mid- to long-term plan accordingly, are actually focusing on the wrong side. There are stories here and there that focus only on personnel matters. Rumors have already emerged that Lim Joong-yong and Choi Young-geun will be replaced. It's not just that. Even stories about new directors and even new CEO are coming from inside and outside the Emergency Innovation Committee.
It is a different picture from the original nature of the Emergency Innovation Committee.
The Emergency Innovation Committee has now gathered once. It is not enough time to analyze the cause of Incheon's failure this season. Even though there has not been sufficient discussion, it is certainly abnormal that there are already talks about replacement or appointment. This is why there are doubts about the Emergency Innovation Committee.
Of course, responsibility for failure is also important. However, representative Jeon Hae-soo has already stepped down to take responsibility for the relegation. The former representative said "Our members did their best. All responsibility for the demotion is my fault as the chief executive. I believe the remaining people will further develop Incheon,' he voluntarily resigned.
Of course, the beginning of innovation is 'Humanity'. He said, 'Everything is all right.' It may be controversial how far the emergency innovation committee is, but if a new person is the conclusion for innovation, it should also be respected. However, the core of personnel management is 'responsibility'. This is why Jeon stepped down. A soccer official familiar with the situation said "Who among the key members of the Emergency Innovation Committee will remain with the club until next season. "Who will be responsible then if they fail after wielding personnel rights without alternative?" he said, regretting that "If the Emergency Innovation Committee does not focus on its original function but only focuses on jabs, Incheon's comeback will be a long way off."
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