YNS feel their coach victimised

YAYASAN Negri Sembilan (YNS) feel their coach K. Rajan is being victimised when he was told to choose either the club or the 1Mas Programme.
YNS team manager M. Gobinathan, who is also the Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) and Negri Sembilan HA vice-president, is perplexed as to why his coach has been placed in a limbo.
“We have signed up Rajan to coach YNS, but have now been placed in a spot as 1Mas Project Director Lim Chiow Chua has told Kuala Lumpur HA secretary that Rajan cant coach both sides, but must make a choice,” said Gobinathan.
Rajan, a former Tenaga Nasional coach, is coaching the Kuala Lumpur 1Mas players.
“I strongly object to the ultimatum, as it is not only unfair, but also a double standard. Chiow Chuan should lead by example as he has been coaching the national Under-16 team since April, also also was the coach when the boys went to Germany in June.
“Rules must be enforced on all, not not select few who have been doing a great job in coaching clubs and also children,” said Gobinathan.
Datuk R. Yogeswaran, Independent Member of the MHF, had also voiced out his reservations on Chiow Chuan coach ing the National Under-16 team as well as managing the 1Mas programme in minutes of the steering committee meeting in July.
In the minutes, Yogeswaran was noted as saying: “Datuk Yogeswaran reiterated that the Project Director’s main re sponsibility should be with the 1Mas Programme. He is concerned that his role as the coach for the Project 2017 team will effect his main job and wants better planning in the future to avoid any clash of programme.”
“I am also perplexed as to how when the Chairman of the MHF Development Committee (Ken Pereira) had only nice things to say about the 1Mas Programme Camp held in Negri but the report to the MHF Council had some nasty things to say about it.
“However, since we have not received any written request from 1Mas for coach Rajan to choose his field, but only a verbal message to KLHA from 1Mas, our coach should be allowed to wear two hats as both his responsibilities to don’t clash,” said Gobinathan.