Lee Seung-joon, the 3-on-3 basketball coach, resigned without explanation or apology due to various controversies
The Korea Basketball Association and the 3-on-3 trend committee also pointed out that responsibility cannot be avoided
Lee Seung-joon, head coach of the national men's basketball team, stepped down from his position.
In early March, Lee Seung-joon took the helm of the national team by applying for an open recruitment for the coach of the 3-on-3 men's basketball team, but resigned after causing several controversies just two months later.
There are three main controversies he has created.
First, A was selected ahead of the FIBA Asia Cup in Singapore at the end of March.
A was selected by coach Lee Seung-joon strongly, but after the competition, it was revealed that he was working as a coach at the same basketball academy as coach Lee Seung-joon.
The basketball academy had three coaches, Lee Seung-joon, Lee's younger brother, Lee Dong-joon, and A.
Picking this player named A leads to the second question.
It is also a problem to select a person who has business relationship with him as the national team, but player A has become an excuse for losing consecutive games to Sri Lanka and Indonesia, which are far behind Korea in the world rankings due to their under-level performance at the Asia Cup.
In the end, the "Singapore disaster," which is eliminated from the group stage, is the second controversy created by coach Lee.
Finally, in the process of appointing a coach in early March, it was revealed that Lee Seung-joon's documents to the association did not meet the minimum conditions.
He needs at least a year of leadership experience, but only two months of coaching at Chosun University proved Lee's experience.
Director Lee wrote on his resume that he had worked for the Romanian association for two and a half years, but this period has not been confirmed by the Romanian association until now, two months after the completion of the open recruitment process.
It is sufficient to be suspected of falsely listing one's career on one's resume.
Coach Lee Seung-joon, who stepped down from his position after causing a lot of controversy in a short period of two months, is drawing even more criticism by leaving an explanation and apology on his social media on the 9th.
"Today, I am stepping down as the coach of the 3-on-3 men's national team," he said. "16 years ago, I had the opportunity to represent Korea when I gave up my U.S. citizenship. I sacrificed, worked hard, and shed blood for the national team."
Regarding the controversy over the selection of players for the Asia Cup and the sluggish performance, he said, "We didn't get the results we wanted this time," adding, "I think we have no choice but to do our best at that moment because sports like life can't see the results in advance."
Critics point out that the Korea Basketball Association and the 3-on-3 Performance Improvement Committee, which appointed coach Lee, should also be responsible.
The association has insisted that it will not take any action against coach Lee Seung-joon, who was not eligible for support due to submission of poor documents, even though it was found to be inappropriate for selecting players. 토토사이트
It is difficult to avoid responsibility just by suffering a "historical disaster" in the 3-on-3 Asia Cup, but there are concerns inside and outside the basketball world about whether it is appropriate to elect the next national team coach under the current 3-on-3 performance improvement committee system.