Rexy mulls quitting players' board<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Undisciplined behavior of national squad
\nbadminton players has led the shuttlers' board chairman, Rexy
\nMainaky, and deputy Hendrawan to consider resigning from their
\npositions.<\/p>\n
Rexy told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday that he and Hendrawan
\ndiscussed the possibility of quitting.<\/p>\n
\"We told the shuttlers in Monday's meeting that we would quit
\nthe positions and let them pick others. Some players are really
\ndifficult to cooperate with and never have time to get together
\nto discuss our problems,\" said Rexy, a men's doubles specialist
\nwho partners Ricky Subagja.<\/p>\n
\"Some people have complained about our authority to make rules
\nfor them and about asking them to follow the rules. They didn't
\nwant to be controlled by us.<\/p>\n
\"Frankly, Hendrawan and I were insulted by their comments. We
\nasked those who made the comments to take over from us.\"<\/p>\n
Rexy said many shuttlers did not realize the responsibility
\nand demands of professionalism as world-class athletes,
\nespecially in preparing for the quadrennial Olympic Games in
\nSydney in September.<\/p>\n
\"I guess the players only want the board to fight for their
\nrights. But they are not prepared to meet their obligations to
\nthe Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI), the country and
\nthemselves.<\/p>\n
\"I told younger shuttlers to take Ricky and me as examples. We
\nhave focused on competing in the Olympics for a year,\" said Rexy,
\nwho won the 1996 Olympics gold medal with Ricky.<\/p>\n
\"I have urged my juniors to improve their discipline and to
\nincrease their training, physical condition and motivation.\"<\/p>\n
Many officials have complained about the players' lack of
\ndiscipline, including motivator Andrie Wongso, who has been
\nrecruited prior to the finals of the Thomas and Uber Cups in
\nKuala Lumpur in May and the Olympics.<\/p>\n
Some shuttlers reportedly return to the training center late
\nat night, fail to take care of their physical conditioning and
\nare more concerned with material comforts, such as installing
\nphones in their rooms.<\/p>\n
Rexy, Ricky and Hendrawan were invited by Andrie for lunch and
\nwere told to unite and commit to PBSI's training programs. The
\nassociation was also urged to listen to the shuttlers' needs.<\/p>\n
Rexy expressed hope that Monday's meeting would bring
\nimprovement. He spoke about the need to increase training
\ndiscipline to each of the respective event coordinators --
\nCindana Hartono and Dwi Retnowati in the women's singles, Elysa
\nand Carmelita in the women's doubles, Bambang Suprianto and
\nMinarti Timur in the mixed doubles, Taufik Hidayat and Hendrawan
\nin the men's singles and Candra Wijaya in the men's doubles.<\/p>\n
\"I think they can accept that.\"<\/p>\n
Badminton is Indonesia's best hope to win an Olympics medal
\nfrom the 70 athletes from different sports being groomed for the
\nevent. (yan)<\/p>",
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