We can now officially confirm that 4 time Olympian Logan Tom has parted ways with Team USA & therefore she will not be at the #2016Olympics. Logan had the intention of resuming her career with the National Team but then Coach Karch Kiraly called her saying she is no longer needed on the team.
OUCH!
In this article released by nbcsports.com, the 2 time Olympic silver medalist sadly revealed how she got THE NEWS from Kiraly.
Below is an excerpt from the said article:
Tom “tore everything” in her left ankle on a bad landing training for her Brazil club team in February 2013. She decided to return to Stanford to finish her degree while considering if she wanted to continue in the sport.
While back in the U.S., Tom said she told USA Volleyball that she, once recovered from the injury, would be available for the national team that summer, should they need her.
She later received a phone call from Karch Kiraly, a two-time Olympic indoor champion. Kiraly served as an assistant coach for the London Olympic team and was elevated to head coach one month after the Games.
“I got a phone call saying, ‘Thank you for the time you put into USA Volleyball, but we won’t be needing your services anymore,’” she said.
Tom said she respected the decision but was caught off-guard by how the news was delivered.
“It was more how it was done than what was done,” she said. “I thought it was a good relationship [with Kiraly]. He was probably the coach I was most close to, 2012 and before. That wasn’t the best feeling.”
Kiraly declined to discuss why Tom is no longer part of the national team.
“One of the important and difficult parts of this job is that my staff and I, our USA team staff and I, have to make important roster and personnel decisions that can, to some outsiders, appear confusing, even up to enraging, and those decisions have to be made,” Kiraly said in a phone interview.
Tom said she and Kiraly haven’t spoken since.
We’re a bit sad on the news but we are SHOCKED on how the news was delivered to her. She is one of the world’s best players and in our opinion she deserved MORE than just a random phone call.
Well, it’s over and done.
Logan has moved on and is currently playing in Indonesia with another Olympian from Brazil, Mari.
Click HERE to read the full interview.
(image: FIVB)
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