Give Jonassen Time To Produce Champions
She said the ministry believes that it has channelled all the necessary support to the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) to ensure the 51-year-old coach can help improve the singles department.
'The new coach has just arrived and has yet to warm his seat to assess their performance properly. So, I feel that he deserves to be given time to evaluate their performance, and produce champions… this is something that cannot be achieved in a month or two.
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