Less than a year has passed since the bribery scandal was resolved. However, a year later, I was caught up in a similar incident. Was the KIA Tigers' dream a nightmare?

On the afternoon of the 28th, the KIA club made a shocking announcement that coach Kim Jong-guk would be suspended. The club said, ‘On the 25th, we confirmed that coach Kim Jong-kook was under investigation by the investigative authorities, and this was finally confirmed during a meeting with coach Kim Jong-guk on the 27th.’ “We decided that this could not be done, so we suspended him from his duties,” he announced. 

KIA is scheduled to depart for Canberra, Australia on the 30th and begin spring camp, but two days before the departure for the camp, a huge negative news occurred: the coach was suspended. First of all, the role of head coach was decided to be taken over by head coach Jin Gap-yong.

This is a shock to KIA. A year later, another incident involving suspicion of misconduct occurred. A year ago, KIA suffered a setback due to former director Jang Jeong-seok's bribery demand scandal, and former director Jang was investigated by the prosecution. Circumstances were revealed that former general manager Jang at the time requested kickbacks from Park Dong-won, who joined in a trade in 2022, twice during the season. As the conversation related to FA negotiations led to a serious demand for kickbacks, Park Dong-won thought hard and reported the recording file to the players' association and the team owner. In the end, the KIA team fired General Manager Jang and bowed their heads. Afterwards, the prosecution investigation continued.

Former Director Jang's misconduct became known at the end of March last year, but less than a year later, a similar situation occurred again. It is known that director Kim Jong-kook is currently being investigated by the prosecution in connection with receiving bribes. The club says it has nothing to do with the recent independent league-related incident. 

However, the fact that suspicions of bribery have surfaced and the team is under investigation by the investigative authorities, which should lead the team, is bound to stagger the team. Since it has been less than a year since former director Jang's bribery demand scandal was resolved, the impact of the shock is bound to be doubled.

On the 22nd, KIA held a strategy seminar attended by CEO Choi Jun-young, general manager Shim Jae-hak, and first and second team coaching staff, including coach Kim Jong-guk. It was just three days before the KIA club became aware of the prosecution investigation into coach Kim. 

At this event, CEO Choi said, “It was a meaningful event where all the coaching staff thought about and discussed their respective roles under one goal: winning the championship. “We will spare no effort in providing all support so that the coaching staff and the front office can closely collaborate and communicate so that the players can achieve their best performance,” he said. 

Coach Kim Jong-guk also said, “I think we have achieved great results in sharing our thoughts and opinions about the direction our team should move forward. Last season ended unfortunately, but this season we will prepare thoroughly starting from spring camp with the goal of winning. “I am always grateful to the Tigers fans for their great support, and I will work hard to repay their support,” he said. As a result, it can be inferred that director Kim Jong-guk has already been investigated by the prosecution and attended the strategy seminar.  

Last year, KIA recorded 73 wins, 69 losses, 2 draws, and a winning percentage of .514, recording a winning percentage of over .500 and remaining in 6th place. They struggled without being able to build a proper one-two punch for foreigners. However, this year, after much patience and deliberation, a one-two foreign punch was formed with active big leaguers Will Crowe and James Nail. It is the best among the 10 teams with a combination of a one-two punch from a big leaguer who can throw a ball in the mid-150km range and a native pitching staff centered on Yang Hyun-jong, Lee Ui-ri, and Yoon Young-cheol. There was no change in the batting lineup, such as signing a non-FA multi-year contract with Choi Hyeong-woo, who dreams of challenging for the presidency

, and retaining Ko Jong-wook with a 2-year, 500 million won contract and Kim Sun-bin, with a 3-year, 3 billion won free agent contract. They enter this season with a top batting lineup in the league that ranked second in batting average (.276), home runs (101), and OPS (.735) last year. 

The 2024 season began with more preparation than ever before, and the dream of winning the presidency was growing. However, his dream of running for the presidency was at risk of being ruined due to unexpected bad news from the prosecutors' investigation of the commander 

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