2023 Suwon Samsung and 2024 Jeonbuk Hyundai-like Fall, Personnel Disaster Ignoring 'Experience' of Head Coach...raise alarm bells for clubs and footballers
2023 Suwon Samsung and 2024 Jeonbuk Hyundai-like Fall, Personnel Disaster Ignoring 'Experience' of Head Coach...raise alarm bells for clubs and footballers
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It's a 'personnel disaster' without a doubt.
Jeonbuk Hyundai, the most prestigious team in the K-League, is on the verge of being demoted this season. With only three games to go, Jeonbuk is ranking 11th. It is only two points behind Incheon United, the lowest ranking team that will be directly demoted. Coincidentally, the two teams will face off each other in this round. If the team loses here, Jeonbuk will fall to the lowest rank. The reality of demotion is just around the corner.
Following the shock from Suwon Samsung to be demoted last year, this time it is Jeonbuk. Jeonbuk, which spends about 20 billion won a year on its annual salary alone, is not accustomed to the word "demotion." This incident could have a huge impact on the entire K-League. Even if the team remains in a difficult position, it has no choice but to conclude that Jeonbuk's 2024 will be a complete failure. It is hard to avoid criticism that it is a failure as it suffered a fear of being demoted by the team's first team to the Final B, let alone a championship competition.
Suwon in 2023 and Jeonbuk in 2024 are similar to each other. It is the fact that the team remained complacent during the managerial election process. Suwon appointed Yeom Ki-hoon, a former coach who had not even retired as a player, and got on the relegation train. Yeom also retired after only a short period of time in the K League 2 this year.
Jeonbuk manager Kim Doo-hyun is no different. He has experience as a coach and acting coach at Jeonbuk, but the period is not that long. He has never worked as an official coach. If Kim had taken charge of another club smaller than Jeonbuk, it might not have been a problem. Kim is evaluated as possessing good qualities as a leader. Some in the soccer community said that the former player who experienced the English Premier League has his own philosophy in soccer and has training sessions, which gives him ample potential.
Jeonbuk, however, is the best mega club in the K-League. It is true that the scale is too large for Kim, who has short coaching experience, to lead the team. Moreover, Jeonbuk was in crisis even when Kim assumed the coach position. Players recruited by a former foreign coach did not contribute much to their performance, and the squad was scattered like grains of sand. It was too much for Kim, who lacked experience, to handle the situation. In other words, the results have led to his current performance. Although Kim may have room to grow into a good leader in the future, Jeonbuk is not a team idle enough to wait for Kim's development by abandoning a season.
Jeonbuk's fall following Suwon leaves a strong message for the K-League club. It shows how complacent greetings can cause the worst ending.
There are also many cases of opposition. Gwangju FC manager Lee Jung-hyo has worked as a coach for seven years in the professional league. FC manager Anyang Yoo Byung-hoon, who is highly likely to win the K League 2, has also experienced hardships in the past 10 years as a coach and gained his own know-how. This demonstrates that a talented leader who has steadily gained experience while playing as a player can compete in the professional league even though his name is weak.
A high-ranking professional soccer official said, "Jeonbuk seems to have ignored its experience too much in the process of appointing a coach. The bigger the team, especially in a crisis situation, the more careful it is, but Jeonbuk overlooked that point too much. It must have been difficult for a novice coach to deal with since it was difficult for a veteran to go."
It is also a wake-up call for the soccer community, which is stubbornly holding onto its position as a coach at a young age. In recent years, coaches face difficulties in forming a division due to the lack of young coaches in the K-League. Notably, former star players are suffering from manpower shortages due to the practice of shortening coaches and expressing strong commitment to speed up coaching. It is a kind of desire to move up to higher ranks without suffering, but one should know that it may have a negative impact on the life of a leader given the examples of Suwon and Jeonbuk.
A incumbent K-League leader said, "I think one to two years as a coach can do everything on his own, but the 메이저사이트 K-League stage is not that easy. It is a place where experienced leaders come together and fight tremendously. It is really dangerous to start a coach without having enough experience. A leader grows through trial and error. I hope young coaches know the importance of experience."