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The V League's Hwaseong Industrial Bank of Korea Altos' already rough season has taken a turn for the worse after Cho Song-hwa walked out on the club on Nov. 12 following an argument with head coach Seo Nam-won. On Nov. 12, Cho stopped turning up at Altos training or for games after a lossto the Korea Ginseng Corporation. The reason seems to be due to a verbal argument Cho and Seo had during and after the match. At the time, the Altos had lost seven matches in a row, the longest losing streak in the club's history.The IBK Altos are having an unprecedentedly hard season, even with Olympians like Kim Hee-jin, Kim Su-ji and Pyo Seung-ju on the team. IBK sacked the head coach right away and assistant coach Kim Sa-ni took over as acting coach for the club's next match against the Pepper Savings Bank AI Peppers on Nov. 16. Cho wasn't the only person to have faced Seo's wrath, with acting coach Kim also saying that she has experienced verbal abuse from the former coach. "When Cho left the team, head coach Seo was very angry," said acting coach Kim. "He said in front of all the players and staff that I should take responsibility for what happened."

Kim Sa-ni, acting coach of the IBK Altos, talks to athletes during a match against the Heungkuk Life Insurance Pink Spiders on Tuesday at Incheon Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon. [YONHAP]

BY YUN SO-HYANG [yun.sohyang@joongang.co.kr]

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Altos shorthanded as player walks out after argument with coach - Korea JoongAng Daily