Monday, January 7, 2013

Dangerous Lee has no heart...

Dangerous Lee (left)..
DANGEROUS LEE, 20, Sarawak’s hope of becoming the  first from his state to play with the senior hockey side, threw  in the towel yesterday, citing fear of competing among his peers.
    And his SMS to coach K. Dharmaraj sent the latter’s blood  boiling, as the coach has great hopes on him to carry the  Malaysian flag in the December Junior World Cup in New  Delhi.
    “I am totally peeved as well as feel being let down by  Dangerous because he was among the front-runners in the  training squad, to make the grade for the Junior World  Cup.
   “This is the third time he has thrown in the towel since he  started studying in BJSS (Bukit Jalil Sports School).  So  enough is enough as I will not accommodate a player that  does not have a heart,” said Project 2013 coach Dharmaraj.
   Dangerous played in the Sultan of Johor Cup and then the  Obaidullah Gold Cup in Bhopal at the end of last year, and  that was when he chickened out after seeing how his skills  are nothing compared to India club players.
    “He was feeling down in Bhopal because he felt that the  India players were simply too far ahead of him and he could  not cope with their pace. He spoke to me about it then, but I  did not think he would quit the World Cup training just  because of that,” said Dharmaraj.
    Dangerous SMS to the coach read: “Coach I will not be  attending training tomorrow morning and I hope coach  accepts my decision to pull out of the (World Cup) training  squad.
   “I feel that I can’t make progress anymore as I can’t  compete with others. Sorry coach..tq.”
    Dharmaraj blames Dangerous’ lame attitude to the soft  upbringing he received after he joined BJSS in 2009.
   “When I first saw him in action he had the fire in his eyes  and wanted to become the first Sarawak player ever to play  for the national seniors.
   “However, he lost the edge and the fire was doused as BJSS  only allowed him to play in the lower divisions of the Malaysia  Hockey League.
   “If they had released him to play for other teams in Division  One back then, he would have become a hardened player now  and not quit after getting a few knocks in Bhopal.
    “The blame is in BJSS taking their so-called step-by-step  approach which makes their players become soft and have a  school mentality even after joining national juniors train ing.
   “I hope the school changes their approach and does not  make softies out of the Project 2017 players who are studying  there right now,” said Dharmaraj.