You're going through a lot, but... The head coach who emphasized the need for change, KIA's painful choice at a crossroads, and how will it end (Daegu Field)

Aug 12, 2025

You're going through a lot, but... The head coach who emphasized the need for change, KIA's painful choice at a crossroads, and how will it end (Daegu Field)
The match between the KIA Tigers and the Hanwha Eagles at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 1st. Director Lee Beom-ho is lost in thought. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.01/



It was a time of inevitable change.

The head coach couldn't hide his pain.

KIA manager Lee Bum-ho explained the background of the coaching staff reorganization.




Before the Samsung match held at Daegu Lions Park on the 12th, manager Lee said, "(It's an important time, and) I thought about the (team) atmosphere and such, and although he's suffering a lot from battery pitchers and battery pochs, I thought the atmosphere should be changed again. That's why I made a change." He explained the background of the change in sorrow.

Coach Lee Bum-ho reorganized the coaching staff with 40 games left in the season to renew the atmosphere ahead of the away game in Daegu in a new week. As coach Lee Dong-gul was promoted to the main pitching coach of the first team, he changed his position to the first team bullpen coach Lee Jung-ho, a pitching coach of Futures. Lee Hae-chang, the battery coach of Futures, served as the first-team battery coach.
You're going through a lot, but... The head coach who emphasized the need for change, KIA's painful choice at a crossroads, and how will it end (Daegu Field)
The match between the KIA Tigers and the Hanwha Eagles at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 1st. When KIA Han Jae-seung allowed a hit to Hanwha An Chi-hong after two outs in the top of the ninth inning, coach Jung Jae-hoon visited the mound to encourage him. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.01/
You're going through a lot, but... The head coach who emphasized the need for change, KIA's painful choice at a crossroads, and how will it end (Daegu Field)
KIA Cho Sang-woo is pitching hard in a match between Hanwha and KIA at Gwangju KIA Champions Field on the 7th. Gwangju = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.07/
Pitcher coach Jung Jae-hoon and battery coach Takeshi Nakamura went down to the Futures League. KIA explained "The two coaches will go down to the Futures team and focus on nurturing prospects"

KIA has only 5 wins, 1 draw and 10 losses in 16 games in the second half. He has four wins, one draw and five losses in 10 games in the last two consecutive losses.




Manager Lee Bum-ho recently made bitter comments about pitching and battery parts. The NC Dinos foreign hitter Matt Davidson was questioned for allowing home runs in two games in Changwon on the 8th and 10th. Manager Lee pointed out to Davidson that pitcher Kim Do-hyun should have made efforts by changing the pattern, saying that pitcher Kim Do-hyun repeatedly allowed home runs. The change of positions in the first and second teams of pitching coaches and battery coaches was made in this context.

KIA is at the crossroads of farming this season. The team is sixth, just one game behind KT. It is also close to the team below. It is only two games behind Samsung, which is ranked eighth. From now on, every game is a match.

the beginning of a new week.




Cho Sang-woo, who returned from 10 days off after shaking off complicated thoughts while missing from the entry, is expected to gain strength in the bullpen.

KIA will take the lead in three consecutive games with its ace nail on the 12th.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.