Undoubtedly, the audience is deeply frustrated with the recent performance and achievements of the women's basketball team, and there is also a lot of skepticism and dissatisfaction with Coach Zheng Wei's approach to selecting and directing on the field.
Against this backdrop, seeking communication with President Yao Ming seems to be an inevitable choice.
Since President Yao Ming took the helm of Chinese basketball, he has faced four major challenges that have never ceased. It seems predictable that Coach Zheng Wei's coaching career may face a crisis of dismissal.
Though her contribution is undoubtedly significant as she has been at the helm of the women's basketball team for three years, leading the team to win the Asian Cup, the Hangzhou Asian Games title and the World Cup runner-up.
Just as Coach Shui Qingxia left after leading the team back to the top of Asia in women's soccer due to a subsequent decline in results. Coach Zheng Wei's departure seems to be expected.
China's sports programs usually take the Olympic Games as their cycle, so the short-term dismissal of Coach Zheng Wei seems routine, yet full of helplessness. After her departure, her heart may still have regrets, but does not seem to be completely relieved. Because Zheng Wei is only a coach, behind the "experts" and "big names" support, her impact on the women's basketball team may be more far-reaching.
And the men's basketball team's two unsuccessful Olympics, dropping to eighth in Asia, and the poor performance of the men's and women's three-player basketball teams in this Olympics, all make people lament that Chinese basketball is facing unprecedented difficulties.
In this dark time, the shimmering light is especially precious and scarce. For Chinese basketball, once a problem surfaces, it is often accompanied by a complex behind-the-scenes struggle.
Let's unveil the man behind the curtain! Trace the roots of Yao Ming, analyze it thoroughly, and cut off the roots of Yao Ming!
Otherwise, just like the men's basketball team's coaching change, it's just treating the symptoms but not the root cause of the problem, and it lacks a real innovation for Chinese basketball.
Coach Zheng Wei's dismissal seems inevitable, but her departure alone may be difficult to quell the outrage.
