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The requirements for the head coach include (1) the coach has to be a world champion or OG champion himself (2) the coach has trained at least 1 world champion or OG champion (doubles and team champions included) (3) the coach has attended WTTC or OG as a coach (4) below 50 years old and so on.
For this round of application, Xiao Zhan is not qualified for the head coach because of (1); Ma Lin and Wang Hao are not qualified because of (2)/(3). If the requirements remain the same in 2019 when next round of application starts, Xiao Zhan will not be qualified for the head coach of women's team because he is still not a world champion or OG champion himself and he will be 51 years old in 2019. Honestly, the rules are not friendly to him. But the rules are written like that. You can call it politics if you wish.
For this round of application, Xiao Zhan is not qualified for the head coach because of (1); Ma Lin and Wang Hao are not qualified because of (2)/(3). If the requirements remain the same in 2019 when next round of application starts, Xiao Zhan will not be qualified for the head coach of women's team because he is still not a world champion or OG champion himself and he will be 51 years old in 2019. Honestly, the rules are not friendly to him. But the rules are written like that. You can call it politics if you wish.
It could be , he could have been vying for the head coach's role in the Men's team and now with the elevation of Qin , he thinks he has a better chance in the Women's team to become the head coach ... after all his protege did become a grand slam champion before Ma Long in spite of all the obstacles ...so he might have thought he deserved it more .
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