Singapore's First Olympic Medal and the "sacking" of the Manager?

I cannot help but felt a sense of incongruence in my emotions when news broke in the Straits Times on Saturday.

The ST reported that the Team Manager's term with the STTA (Singapore Table Tennis Association) will not be renewed and the fate of the Head Coach also hangs in the air. This had to be done before the end of the Olympics where the table tennis team achieved the best achievement in 48 years for Singapore. How strange and what a timing?

Do we only look at what is wrong in people in Singapore?...and do not consider the right that has been done? Is this the kind of mindset that is driving Singaporeans to be kiasu and afraid to speak up?

Do we wonder why people are always thinking about themselves and acts sometimes at the expense of others ("Kiasu" definition) and not put their point of views across? Would it be that in this way, the chances of being wrong will be lower and correspondingly the probability of being "punished" and you have the opportunity to savour the right that one has done.

For now, I guess the public will just have to hold our breath to find why the event happened and not jump to conclusions when indeed we have seen the conclusion.

Singapore Table Tennis Team, cheer on... you have done us proud and let this not rob your joy!