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Heungkuk Life Insurance, which had a good box office performance with the returning Kim Yeon-kyung at the forefront, suddenly fired manager Kwon Soon-chan during the season, and attention is focused on the background.
This is reporter Yoo Byung-min.
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Heungkuk Life Insurance team announced today (2nd), "It was inevitably decided to break up with coach Kwon Soon-chan because it did not match the direction the club wanted to go."
The club expressed it as resignation, but in fact it is hard.
Coach Kwon received a notice of dismissal from the club this morning, and immediately packed his things and left the team.
[Kwon Soon-chan/Former director of Heungkuk Life Insurance: This morning (notified).
They say it's just because the style doesn't match, but I don't know.]
Coach Kwon took over the baton as a successor to coach Park Mi-hee in April of last year, and Heungkuk Life Insurance, which finished 6th last season, ran second this season with Kim Yeon-kyung, who returned, and even crossed the lead. there is.
It is an overwhelming number one in spectator mobilization, leading the box office of women's volleyball.
In the midst of this, attention is focused on the background of the sudden resignation of the command tower. According to volleyball officials, coach Kwon is known to have been under pressure from high-ranking officials of the parent company recently over the issue of appointing players.
It is said that the influence of high-ranking officials who disapproved of Kwon's appointment of players worked.
The squad is also very upset.
It is said that coach Kwon dissuaded some veteran players, including Kim Yeon-kyung, from saying they would boycott the game.
Heungkuk Life Insurance started the second half with homework to deal with from the team atmosphere before chasing the lead.
(Video editing: Nam Il)