On March 14 2013 02:58 Zzoram wrote: Doesn't EG already have 2 coaches? Are they getting fired?
I assume you didn't read the article?
This does not mean, in any way, that the members of our current coaching staff will be replaced. We think that Sung Hwan “Hwanni” Kim and Sung Jin “trOt” Park did the best they could, given the situation they were put in, but in retrospect it was unrealistic to expect Sung Jin, who was coaching in a non-assistant role for the first time, and Hwanni, who was simultaneously fulfilling the roles of the team’s Head Coach and Operations Manager, to keep EG-Liquid at the same level as KeSPA teams with years and years of experience. Going forward, Sung Jin will work directly under Head Coach Park as his Assistant Coach, and Hwanni will focus strictly on our Korean Operations. We are also considering improving the depth and versatility of our Proleague lineup by adding more players to the roster, but no such additions have been finalized as of yet.
On March 14 2013 02:50 ShivaN wrote: So does the acquisition mean that EG-TL will be a mainstay in the proleague for seasons to come? I can't see Coach Park leaving SKT1 for something that's not going to last.
He had already left SKT1...
Is he really good nowadays? Why was he replaced on SKT1?
On March 14 2013 00:12 Snoodles wrote: This is like a set up to a cheesy hollywood sports movie. EGTL at the bottom of the ranks, demoralized, falling apart. The players turn to alcohol and hookers to cope with their feelings of guilt and dejection. Zenio gets in trouble with the law. Puma tries to take too many pills. Cut to coach Park. He's out of the game, retired from coaching. He initially rejects to help EG-TL, until he's up watching the games one night and sees Hero's pretty face crying after a match. He then sees team Woongjin star's players doing a douchey victory performance like pretending to wash dishes. After a lot of "I'm too old for this shit", inspired by Hero's innocence, he decides to get back into the game.
In comes this super coach, and a dramatic training montage to rock music plays for a few minutes. The next game EGTL goes 0-3, down to the last player, and he loses all his workers and goes down to a 100 supply deficit. It looks like all hope is lost and then he turns it around and wins the round, and the next, and the next until we're 3-3 in the ace match. Dramatic as fuck music plays and the very last round goes into slow-motion camera micro for the EGTL wins. They end up winning the whole season.
Lmao so good.
This is pretty fucking huge. Hopefully it won't be too massive a hit for T1 though. :/
On March 14 2013 02:53 Daswollvieh wrote: I wish it would be like football, and a new coach gets some new players he likes. (Get Bisu over there!)
I'd rather see Bisu retire than leaving SKT
If he brought much exposure beyond just his past reputation, basically if he were any good at the game, you can bet your ass EG would try to buy him too.
The good news is that considering that EGTL is currently last place, and is on a 16 game losing streak, and having lost the last 3 matches 0-4, chances are that they are eventually going to win a game, and only lose 1-4 or 2-4. It's almost impossible to make the team's performance any worse, if that's any consolation.
And it's funny how people are getting hyped up and hoping that now EGTL will be suddenly able to pull off a miracle comeback. Turnarounds take time, and the dividends from getting a new coach may not be apparent until perhaps even next season.
On March 14 2013 01:00 Jealous wrote: Man, EG is rich and greedy as fuck. This upsets me greatly as an SKT fan.
This is the most amazing news ever. I could genuinely see this having lasting and far-reaching positive effects not only for EG and TL, but for practice in the broader foreigner community in SC2, to have the chance to interact with one of the greatest and most dedicated Korean coaches.
Holy crap... I don't even know what to say. This is such an amazing development. "I'll make a man out of you" sounds about right and is appropriate xD.
EPT
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