Kia, who was humiliated as the first ninth in professional baseball this season, replaced the manager, general manager, and even the president, and started a radical renovation.
The KIA club announced that they had fired manager Williams, who had one year left on his contract, to take responsibility for his poor performance, and that the club's head, Lee Hwa-won and general manager Jo Gye-hyeon also expressed their apologies.
Unusually, Vice President Choi Joon-young, who is the CEO of the parent company Kia, has also served as the president of the baseball team.
As the top-ranking person from the parent company takes over the management of the baseball team, it seems that KIA, which has failed to advance to the postseason for three years, will continue to make unconventional organizational reforms and investments.