"WC 18 consecutive scoreless innings, the field should be responsible." The 'national batter teacher' → Doosan coaches are expected to reorganize their young blood after a year?
"WC 18 consecutive scoreless innings, the field should be responsible." The 'national batter teacher' → Doosan coaches are expected to reorganize their young blood after a year?
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The Doosan Bears has revealed the coaches whose contracts failed to renew ahead of the 2025 season coaching staff reshuffle. The most noticeable part is that Park Heung-shik, who assisted Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop right next to him, and Kim Han-soo, who has worked with Doosan since the first year of his inauguration, have left the team. Some coaches, who had been focusing on fostering in the Futures team, have also left the team, signaling that they will mostly support the coaches.
Doosan officially announced on the 18th that it has decided not to renew the contract with six coaches, including head coach Park Heung-sik.
According to the club, the team recently held talks with coaches Park Heung-sik and Kim Han-su, and made the decision based on mutual agreement. It also announced that it has decided not to renew contracts with coaches Lee Kwang-woo, Kang Seok-cheon, Kim Sang-jin, and Jeong Jin-ho of the Futures team. The club said it will finalize its coaching plan for the 2025 season as soon as possible.
Ahead of the 2024 season, Park Heung-sik, a senior coach, wore the Doosan uniform for the first time in his leadership career. Park Heung-sik, a veteran coach who has led the Samsung Lions, KIA Tigers, Lotte Giants, and Nexen Heroes for nearly 30 years, was also a batting teacher when he was active.
When Doosan took the helm, Park said, "I want to help Lee in a responsible manner, regardless of past relationships. I have experience as a head coach, but when I was with the KIA Tigers, I also had experience as an acting coach. Based on such experience, I want to become a staff member who can give advice to the coach immediately and make suggestions first. I will do my best to help Lee succeed."
However, in the 2024 season, Doosan became an upset victim for the first time in the wild card game that it played after ranking fourth in the regular season. Doosan ended the season in vain with 18 consecutive scoreless innings for two games.
Coach Park Heung-sik and coach Kim Han-soo failed to renew their contracts under mutual agreement with the club to take responsibility for the disgraceful record of 18 consecutive scoreless innings in the wild card game.
Coach Park Heung-sik said after the announcement that his team failed to renew the contract with the team, "The field must take responsibility for the scoreless record and loss of 18 consecutive innings in the final round of the Wild Card game. Me and coach Kim Han-su also need to take responsibility for the loss. I just feel sorry that I left without supporting coach Lee Seung-yeop until the very end," adding, "There were many difficulties in the field of foreign players and backup fielders this season, but if there are no such problems next year, I will be able to achieve better results than this year." 스포츠토토
Doosan has already announced that it will mostly focus on coaching staff during the 2025 season. Battery coach Yuji Serizawa, who was known to have decided to leave the team at the end of the season, has announced his move to SSG Landers early on. Three positions of the top-tier coaches are also vacant, while positions of the Futures team have also opened quite a few holes. Coaches Lee Kwang-woo and Kang Seok-cheon, who had been with Doosan for nearly a decade, have left the team. Doosan also parted ways with coach Kim Sang-jin, who showed good performance in fostering pitchers after two years. Coach Jeong Jin-ho, who is a relatively young player in the team, also announced the failure to renew his contract.
Most of the coaches who failed to renew the contract are veteran leaders. Doosan is known to have a plan to revitalize the team's mood by transfusing younger coaches. We wonder how Doosan will conclude its reorganization of its coaching staff in the 2025 season.