PHF secretary under fire for usurping hockey coach`s role
Former Olympian and secretary of
the Pakistan Hockey Federation Asif Bajwa finds himself under
fire after allegedly usurping the chief coach`s role during
the Champions Challenge tournament in Argentina.
|Last Updated: Dec 14, 2009, 09:38 PM IST|Source: Bureau
Karachi: Former Olympian and secretary of
the Pakistan Hockey Federation Asif Bajwa finds himself under
fire after allegedly usurping the chief coach`s role during
the Champions Challenge tournament in Argentina where they
lost to New Zealand in the final.
Bajwa was seen wearing the earpiece normally reserved for
the team coach and shouting instructions to the players from
the sidelines during Pakistan`s semifinal clash against India
and final against New Zealand.
Bajwa went to Argentina with the team as its
administrative manager and his sudden promotion as the de
facto coach has raised number of eyebrows in the Pakistan
hockey community.
"What was the appointed chief coach of the team Shahid
Ali Khan doing? What business did Bajwa have to wear the
earpiece and shout instructions from the sidelines to the
players throughout the match?" a former Olympian questioned.
"Shahid Ali Khan was so frustrated that he spent most of
the time up in the video analyst`s room although he should
have been the one on the sidelines with the earpiece guiding
his players," one team source said.
Former Olympian, Waseem Feroze said that every person in
the national team should just do his job and only then good
results could be obtained.
"Things like this can land the team into trouble with the
FIH and the players will also be confused about whose
instructions to follow, Bajwa or Shahid," he said.
PTI
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