SSG is "a competent leader who meets the club's standards" to second-tier coach Park Jung-tae, who was "elected amid controversy three times over drunk driving."

SSG is "a competent leader who meets the club's standards" to second-tier coach Park Jung-tae, who was "elected amid controversy three times over drunk driving."

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Park Jung-tae, who was appointed as the head coach of SSG Landers Futures (2nd division) in professional baseball, will soon start his work.

"Futures coach Park Jung-tae will go to work at Futures Field in Ganghwa, Incheon, this weekend or next week," an SSG source said on Wednesday. The report was reported by Yonhap News.

SSG held a kick-off ceremony on the day, and rehabilitation players from the Futures team, who can train during the inactive period (until January 15), also warmed up from the strengthening.

Futures coach Park Jung-tae, who is still in Busan, plans to join the SSG Futures team after organizing his personal safety.

Futures manager Park Jung-tae will return as a professional baseball leader for the first time in 13 years since 2012 when he worked as a hitting coach for the Lotte Giants.

SSG carried out personnel appointments despite controversy. Futures manager Park Jung-tae is an uncle of Choo Shin-soo, who was recently appointed as an assistant to the owner of SSG.

SSG said, "We worked on selecting the Futures coach, focusing on CEO Kim Jae-sup and general manager Kim Jae-hyun. It was physically impossible for Choo to be involved in the selection of the second-tier coach," adding, "We set clear criteria for appointment and made the appointment after fair evaluation." He strongly denied the rumor of intervening in Choo Shin-soo.
Many officials view Choo Shin-soo's maternal uncle, who received a special position as an assistant to the owner immediately after retirement, as the head coach of the Futures after a long absence.

In fact, the bigger problem is the history of drunk driving. Futures coach Park Jung-tae caused a stir in January 2019 for drunk driving, obstructing the driving of a city bus driver, and assaulting a driver.

In May of that year, the court sentenced Futures coach Park Jung-tae to one and a half years in prison, three years of probation, two years of probation, and 160 hours of community service.

Through the judgment, it was belatedly known that Park Jung-tae, head coach of the Futures, was punished for drunk driving three times, including the January 2019 incident.

"Futures coach Park Jung-tae trained for the second division team in 2023 and 2024. I was able to reflect on the past issues and see how the team changed," SSG said. "In the process, I felt the desperate need for baseball, and continued studying for the public interest activities and baseball. With his strengths highlighted, he became a strong candidate and had an in-depth interview. We judged him to be a competent leader who meets the standards of the team," the SSG said. "His driving history behind drinking has also decided to make a breakthrough."

If Park Jung-tae, head coach of Futures, was a "KBO League member" at the time of the incident, he would have been disciplined for more than a one-year suspension, but in 2019, head coach Park was a "nightman."

The KBO League stipulated in the "Article 152-2 [Registration Restriction]" of the baseball protocol, "The president may refuse or restrict registration and activities as league officials after deliberation by the reward and punishment committee for those who are involved in harmful activities or caused social controversy due to serious crimes related to baseball."

There is a reason to refer Park Jung-tae, head coach of Futures, to the reward and punishment committee, but it is unlikely that the reward and punishment committee will actually be held.

The KBO once gave Kang Jeong-ho, who caused a drunk driving accident in 2016 when he was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the U.S., a disqualification for one year and a punishment of 300 hours for volunteer work. However, most of the cases involved no punishment for "accidents that occurred when non-members were involved." 스포츠토토

Futures manager Park Jung-tae is also expected to start his career as an SSG leader without any restrictions. The SSG club emphasized "reflection" and "ability" by putting "ability" at the forefront of explaining the background of Park's appointment.

Futures coach Park Jung-tae, who SSG chose at the risk of controversy, is bound to be asked for higher standards of performance and morality than other leaders.