Doosan also produced directors … Director Taehyung Kim hugged me.

[엑스포츠뉴스 잠실, 김현세 기자] This is the third time in six years since director Tae-hyung Kim took over. Coach Doosan Bears once again became the other team manager.

SK Wyverns announced on the 6th that Doosan’s pitching coach, Kim Won-hyung, has been appointed as the new manager. Doosan is in the playoffs and the postseason is in full swing. SK was cautious. First, it was planned to be announced after the postseason end, but with Doosan’s sincere consideration, the timing of the announcement was sped up.

This is what I experienced multiple times after taking over as Director Kim as Doosan. During the 2017 postseason, there was an atmosphere in which former head coach Han Yong-deok was named head coach of the Hanwha Eagles, and the announcement came after the postseason ended. Then in 2018, former head coach Lee Kang-cheol also experienced the case of becoming the former director of KT Wiz for the Korean series.

But this also became an experience. The outgoing coach wants to stay and help as much as possible during the series. At the time, Coach Lee also said, “I will add strength to the championship and join.” On the other hand, clubs saw the performance as a way to minimize confusion and focus more on the Korean series.

Doosan moved quickly after Kim became SK’s manager. Current bullpen coach Jae-hoon Jung becomes a pitching coach in the first team, and coach Young-soo Bae is coming from Futures team to become a bullpen coach. Coach Kim left on the 7th to prepare for SK’s completion camp, which will begin on the 9th. He wanted Doosan to promote him.

After training on the 7th, Coach Kim said, ‘SK’s schedule will be busy too, so go ahead’ to train Kim. (Laughs) They did a great congratulation. He said, ‘Good job’ and hugged me. ‘It was a really precious moment for me when I was in SK for 3 years. At that time, I received a lot of love when I was with Coach Kim and Coach. Even though I am fifty, I am like a little brother. In fact, I didn’t really like it when I said I was going to go. Congratulations, he joked.

When it comes to coaching another team during my six years as a coach, ‘I thought Coach Kim would go as a coach or as a coach. He said, “Isn’t life in a foreign country for a long time?” Han Yong-deok and Lee Kang-cheol did it. We needed someone who might be capable, so we teamed up and as they were all capable people, he laughed.

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