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Should AAC Members Be Allowed to Be Appointed as National Coache
s?
By: Ladytkd Date: July 21, 2014, 11:54 am
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Should AAC Members Be Allowed to Be Appointed as National
Coaches?
HTML http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Taekwondo/Features/2014/July/21/USAT-Selects-National-Poomsae-Team
HTML http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Taekwondo/Features/2014/July/21/USAT-Selects-National-Poomsae-Team
Congratulations to the new Poomsae Team. Not trying to be a
spoilsport but this issue has come up before. Should AAC Reps be
allowed to be National Coaches?
Barbara Brand, who deserves to be a coach, is also an elected
AAC Rep. As a coach, she answers to the USAT, the same group for
which she is charged with protecting athlete positions within
USAT. The CEO and others determine if she gets to go as a coach
on international trips. So by the Code of Ethics, she has a
relationship here which conflicts with her AAC responsibilities
IMHO.
"5.0 Conflicts of Interest
USAT defines a conflict of interest as any personal or financial
relationship that could influence or be perceived to influence
your objectivity when representing or conducting business for,
or on behalf of USAT. Conflicts of interest or the appearance of
a conflict of interest should be avoided."
Not that long ago, it was unofficially announced Nia Abdallah
had been named as a Nationals Assistant Coach. Same issue, only
worse as somehow, no one knows how, Nia has been included in BOD
meetings and has voted at BOD meetings. Nia is also an elected
AAC representative. Same conflicts exist.
Suddenly, of the 9 elected AAC reps, 2 and maybe 3 of them are
appointed by the CEO to be National Coaches, which means they
work for the CEO and the USAT. The CEO and Head Coach decide
which coaches get to travel internationally, where they are paid
a per diem in addition to expenses. The title of National Coach
conveys a higher level of ability, which means it can and is
used to bring students to one's school meaning a monetary value.
So being a National Coach is not just another dull USAT
position. It is coveted and people fight for them.
In 2013, then Ethics Chair Don Parker advised the USAT it was in
his opinion, a conflict of interest for BOD members to be
appointed to coach for USAT at International events. I think the
same logic applies to the elected AAC.
Anyone else have an opinion on this?
#Post#: 325--------------------------------------------------
Re: Should AAC Members Be Allowed to Be Appointed as National Co
aches?
By: TaekwondoDad Date: July 21, 2014, 1:02 pm
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It is my understanding that this issue was raised with the USOC
and the USOC has approved it.
I can understand the logic since we have a non-taekwondo Board
etc that we don't want to tell some of our best capable people
that they can either be an active high performance athlete/coach
or they can be an AAC rep.
#Post#: 326--------------------------------------------------
Re: Should AAC Members Be Allowed to Be Appointed as National Co
aches?
By: Ladytkd Date: July 21, 2014, 1:13 pm
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[quote author=TaekwondoDad link=topic=73.msg325#msg325
date=1405965763]
It is my understanding that this issue was raised with the USOC
and the USOC has approved it.
I can understand the logic since we have a non-taekwondo Board
etc that we don't want to tell some of our best capable people
that they can either be an active high performance athlete/coach
or they can be an AAC rep.
[/quote]
I don't care if it is a non-tkd board or not, the coaches answer
directly to the CEO and staff - which give the CEO influence on
the AAC and the BOD. USOC was the one who said not just NO but
HELL No when the CEO appointed BOD members to coaching positions
last year. I also know that USOC was told that coaches only get
their expenses, and left out that the sparring coaches get a
daily per diem for which they get a 1099 at the end of the year.
I think the AAC positions are pretty sacred and need to free of
all ties.
#Post#: 327--------------------------------------------------
Re: Should AAC Members Be Allowed to Be Appointed as National Co
aches?
By: TaekwondoDad Date: July 21, 2014, 1:25 pm
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In a perfect world there would be a separation between the
business and sport aspects of the USAT and coach and team
selection would be based on merit with an publicly published
formula so everyone could see that selection/appointment was
done based on accomplishment.
In the meantime we get coach selection based on friendship and
business partnerships. We get people walking in to the USAT who
don't hold the "required" coaching qualifications named as
assistant coaches and sent on trips (note: this is not a
commentary on any of the recent poomsae appointments but on
sparring)
Then again, in a perfect world Bruce Harris would not be in a
position to appoint anyone to any position in the USAT.
#Post#: 328--------------------------------------------------
Re: Should AAC Members Be Allowed to Be Appointed as National Co
aches?
By: Ladytkd Date: July 21, 2014, 1:30 pm
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[quote author=TaekwondoDad link=topic=73.msg327#msg327
date=1405967150]
In a perfect world there would be a separation between the
business and sport aspects of the USAT and coach and team
selection would be based on merit with an publicly published
formula so everyone could see that selection/appointment was
done based on accomplishment.
In the meantime we get coach selection based on friendship and
business partnerships. We get people walking in to the USAT who
don't hold the "required" coaching qualifications named as
assistant coaches and sent on trips (note: this is not a
commentary on any of the recent poomsae appointments but on
sparring)
Then again, in a perfect world Bruce Harris would not be in a
position to appoint anyone to any position in the USAT.
[/quote]
And here I was expecting you to comment on how the decision for
Poomsae was to have been made by 6/26 and he posted he would be
done at the Nationals - which doesn't look like it happened
unless they are just now posting it.
#Post#: 329--------------------------------------------------
Re: Should AAC Members Be Allowed to Be Appointed as National Co
aches?
By: TaekwondoDad Date: July 21, 2014, 1:39 pm
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No reason to comment on it. Have beat that horse enough. It is
obvious that the format we see being announced was forced on our
illustrious CEO because he was incapable of making a simple
decision in a competent manner.
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