He told a media conference today that he was really upset and had called the press to correct BAM’s statement that he had accepted the decision to part ways “when I didn’t (agree to quit)”.
“This is because it was not reviewed and debated in an orderly manner,” he said.
He said he had only presented the post-mortem on the failure of the national youth team at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
“And (then I) was told to leave (the meeting) for a while but when I went back in, I was fired,” he said, according to Bernama.
His statement contradicts the announcement on Friday (July 28) by BAM deputy president V Subramaniam that BAM and Misbun had mutually agreed to part ways.
Misbun was the junior development director (singles) for the Academy Badminton Malaysia (ABM).
Asked if he would take follow-up action against BAM, Misbun said he did not have the authority to do so and would simply abide by the decision.
The national junior squad showed a lacklustre performance in the Asian Junior championships in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, losing 3-0 to defending champions Thailand in the quarter-finals of the mixed team event, while none qualified for the semi-finals of the individual events.
The last time Malaysia won a medal at the Asian Junior meet was in 2018.
Misbun said he was disappointed in not being able to guide the national junior shuttlers to the world junior championships in Spokane, Washington, from Sept 25-Oct 8.
He also raised the question of why he was the only scapegoat since the doubles players also flopped in Yogyakarta. He claimed there was management interference with the training programme that he formulated at ABM.
“If they say my module is outdated, I have proven it (works) by producing three former world number one players (Wong Choong Hann, Roslin Hashim and Lee Chong Wei),” he said.
Misbun was previously the national men’s singles head coach. He was redesignated as national youth development director in 2020 before being made ABM junior development director (singles) last year.