The news of Gu Zhizhong's resignation came too suddenly, and its impact on the national table tennis team was also seismic. Everyone in the national table tennis team heard the news without any preparation.
"What's going on? Coach Gu did a good job, why did he suddenly resign?"
"Coach Gu is gone, what will we do? Who will be the head coach in the future?"
"The notice stated that our national table tennis team will no longer have a head coach in the future, and will set up two coaching staffs for the men's and women's national teams, with one hand focusing on competitive training and the other hand on team management. This is called flat management."
"Isn't this back to the past? I remember that more than ten years ago, our national table tennis team also established a men's table tennis coaching team and a women's table tennis coaching team. With these changes, isn't it the same as more than ten years ago? Is it the same?"
"I don't know who will be the coach of the men's and women's teams next. Do you think there is still a chance for Coach Gu to come back?"
"Didn't Coach Gu become the vice president of the Table Tennis Association? This is considered a promotion!"
"Gao Sheng? Are you stupid? This is obviously an overt promotion and a secret relegation! There are more than a dozen vice-chairmen of the Table Tennis Association. They usually just drink tea and have meetings, and they don't do anything. They are typical of a retired job. Coach Gu is a talented person. I am in my early forties, when I am in the prime of life, but now I am being arranged to provide for old age. I don’t know what the higher-ups are thinking!”
Although Dai Li next to him did not speak, he could feel that everyone did not understand the decision, and everyone's words contained confusion about the future.
Li Dai also felt confused. Gu Zhizhong left. Then, the entire structure of the national table tennis team underwent huge changes. He didn't know where he would go in the future and whether his job would be available in the new national table tennis team. change.
The unknown is scary, but the release of a document from above made everyone in the national table tennis team feel uneasy and confused. No one knows what kind of arrangements they will encounter.
That night, many people, including Dai Li, had sleepless nights.
The next day, uneasiness still pervaded the national table tennis team, and the media had already learned the news, and various comments on the Internet also followed.
The entire national table tennis team was in panic, but Li Dai called Xue Li during dinner. Li Dai felt that Xue Li should know more about this kind of thing than he did.
After the call was connected, Li Dai explained his purpose, but Xue Li sighed.
"You don't know many things. In fact, the reason for this is because of the national system implemented by our sports. Our national system has been criticized by many people, both among the people and within the sports management units. There is a huge debate, and the focus of the debate is whether we should continue the national system or whether we should carry out market-oriented reforms in the entire sports industry."
"For now, the idea of promoting market-oriented reform in the sports industry has obviously gained the upper hand. Some senior leaders of our sports management agencies have also stated clearly that the problems in our country's sports are mainly institutional problems. This The institutional problem is the national system, which is the planning system of sports. Although the senior leaders have not completely publicly rejected the national system, the reform ideas they proposed are to promote the marketization of sports."
"Once the problem is attributed to the system, in the eyes of some people, the judgment standards and logic will become strange and simple: the planning system is wrong, even if it can achieve good results, it must be changed; the market is advanced Yes, even if there are many problems caused by marketization, they are also caused by the insufficient degree of marketization, so we still need to continue to implement it.”
"The national table tennis team has always been an outstanding representative of the national system. Therefore, in the eyes of those who hope to market the sports industry, the national table tennis team must be reformed. Only by including the national table tennis team into the reform will the logic of major reforms to the marketization of the sports industry be achieved." Only then can things come naturally. Even the national table tennis team is already good enough."
"When it comes to implementation, it mainly involves those four words: power and interest. In fact, power and interest can be regarded as the same thing. With power, you can fight for your own interests; and in order to obtain more Only if they have their own interests will they fight desperately for power.”
Dai Li frowned. He didn't like hearing these four words.
Xue Li continued: "The reform of the National Table Tennis Association looks more like the Sports Federation wants to take back power from various management centers. In fact, over the years, the Sports Federation has always wanted to take back power from the management center. As for this No one can tell how many people’s interests are behind it.”
"I heard that this time for Gu Zhizhong, it was a rise and a fall. Is that really the case?" Li Dai continued to ask.
"Gu Zhizhong is a good young man. He is only in his early forties. He is in the prime of life. What a pity!" Xue Li continued: "The teams within our system have always had a head coach responsibility system. This system has been established For decades, among a team, the top head coach has the most concentrated power. The head coach’s work is not only limited to management and training, but also has real power in personnel, finance, procurement, etc. For example, when you first entered the National Table Tennis Team Team, all we need is a word from Gu Zhizhong."
"You have also seen the notice from the Table Tennis Association. The table tennis team will no longer have a head coach. Instead, it will set up two coaching teams for men and women. The head coaches of the two coaching teams must take into account the training and management of the team at the same time. However, Without mentioning other aspects at all, do you think the new head coaches of the men's and women's teams will have the same power in personnel, finance and other aspects as the previous Gu Zhizhong?"
"Through this reform of flat management, the management center has taken back all these powers. In the future, you will use whoever is assigned to the table tennis team; what kind of equipment will be bought for you. You use whatever equipment you want. The administrative work is separated from the team, and all the team needs to do is to train hard and compete to get results."
Dai Li immediately asked: "You mean, the original head coach is similar to the general manager of a company, responsible for the operation and development of a company, and making the company bigger and stronger; but after this flat management , the coach becomes the workshop director, and he only needs to manage the production of his own workshop."
"You can understand it this way." Xue Li continued; "In fact, it was Gu Zhizhong who did a great job. As the saying goes, anything good in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. The achievements of the national table tennis team in the past few years are obvious to all. Gu Zhizhong, no matter in the national table tennis team, , and it has established prestige in the hearts of ordinary people. Some people don’t want to see this kind of achievement that shakes the master.”
"Furthermore, national table tennis is now at its peak. Not to mention other things, the advertising endorsement alone involves hundreds of millions of interests, and too many people want to get a piece of it. In the past, Gu Zhizhong was here, and others If you can’t intervene, it will be difficult to say anything now.”
"Coach, what should I do now?" Dai Li asked.
"Don't do anything, just wait and see what happens." Xue Li sighed: "This is a high-level game. Even Gu Zhizhong can only obey the arrangements, so what can you do? Just do your job in a down-to-earth manner. After a while, things will naturally calm down."
After ending the call with Xue Li, Dai Li still felt uneasy in his heart.
"Ding dong!" WeChat's voice suddenly rang.
Dai Li looked down and his expression suddenly changed.
"What? The National Table Tennis Team has collectively withdrawn from the competition!"