Cutting the fat. It's really weird though how badly PuMa's play has devolved. Comparing his play from now and his NASL debut, PuMa's age becomes really apparent.

negativedge

4279 Posts

March 15 2013 05:45 GMT

#83

Totally sucks. Been a Puma fan since NASL season 1

Find a new team, please.

yawnoC

United States3704 Posts

March 15 2013 05:46 GMT

#84

Sucks that PuMa is out now

Hopefully this move allows EG to pick up to players because honestly they need as many bodies as possible to be successful in korea.

Nerski

United States1095 Posts

March 15 2013 05:46 GMT

#85

Is this the first time EG released a player due to poor results?

There is a laundry list of players they released because they didn't amount to much in the way of results or PR.

Kazeyonoma

United States2912 Posts

March 15 2013 05:46 GMT

#86

big moves from eg lately. lets hope it turns around egtl in proleague. really cheering for em in the 2nd half.

IronL

United States34 Posts

March 15 2013 05:46 GMT

#87

I think we could see a return to form from Puma if he can get back into kespa team house, I feel like if they had given this another couple of months we would have seen Puma flourish again with Coach Park at the helm.

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

March 15 2013 05:47 GMT

#88

On March 15 2013 14:42 Random_0 wrote:
It is a surprise to me to see EG behave like a "pro" team, and to release Puma based on a combination of underperformance and value (like an NFL team, or an MLB team would act.)

It's particularly a surprise because Team Liquid, my favorite foreigner team, has remained loyalty to players like Nony and TLO even when they weren't performing at the highest levels.

Why is this? Why do some SC2 teams keep players based on performance and others based on loyalty?

Did you read the part where EG said they offered him a contract but it wasn't as good as his old one and he declined so they parted ways? So yeah they didn't kick him.

Tobblish

Sweden6404 Posts

March 15 2013 05:47 GMT

#89

Thats a very big wall of text for someone that haven't performed in the last year and a half.
Thanks for OP to bold out the important part.

I didn't know that they paid him that much but then again one of their most paid korean players.
They only got JD and Revival thats not Puma, no doubt that JD have a big check but Revival being less paid then Puma?
EG sure doesn't know how to negotiate ^^

And I wonder if anyone is looking to pick him up, who would want a bad korean player?

Edit: It's going to be very interesting now in Proleague and if EG wants to pick up another player.
Maybe they even push Liquid for another pickup?

Swordland

232 Posts

March 15 2013 05:48 GMT

#90

Sigh...... GL puma

SamanthaRain

United States37 Posts

March 15 2013 05:48 GMT

#91

On March 15 2013 14:18 blade55555 wrote:

Show nested quote +

They didn't kick him. Read the ending and they said they offered him less salary and some less event times which he didn't want so they decided to let him go.

That's basically kicking him out... I mean, what's the point of being on EG if you're not going to get paid any more than being on Mouz or Eclypsia?

Nerski

United States1095 Posts

March 15 2013 05:49 GMT

#92

All depends on what a team is looking to get out of the players and how loyal they can afford to be. Obviously with guys like nony he wasn't breaking their bank account so they could afford to be loyal. TLO is a huge draw from an eyeballs standpoint much like an incontrol on EG even if TLO doesn't do as many shows etc.

Hrrrrm

United States2081 Posts

March 15 2013 05:50 GMT

#93

Will be interesting to see where Puma goes from here. Doubt he'll get more exposure anywhere else. Hell, just being on EG(taking whatever their offer was) and streaming consistently would've probably made him more money than whatever team he ends up going to. I wish him well but I honestly hope he had some offers lined up and just didn't go out there with nothing. He might be in for a very rude awakening.

Champi

1422 Posts

March 15 2013 05:51 GMT

#94

deffinitely makes sense although its always sad to see such a team part ways with a player who played such and important role for the team.

GL to PuMa, perhaps he can be picked up by another eSF team

phuzi0n

United States308 Posts

March 15 2013 05:52 GMT

#95

EG-TL is going to need to expand their roster, they barely have enough to make a team at all and that leaves little room for injuries or to pick the right players for the right maps and such.

jubil

United States2602 Posts

March 15 2013 05:52 GMT

#96

Feel like EG is willing to play the villain in this case, titling the news "EG releases Puma" gives the implication they're kicking him

From a management standpoint though, it makes perfect sense that a player with Puma's current record shouldn't be paid the same amount as a player with Puma's record during his highest period, and honestly if Puma couldn't accept that he doesn't deserve as high of a salary now as he did when he was strong (dominating, really), it's just as much his fault that he's no longer on EG.

I don't really care one way or the other for EG, but I am a fan of Alex Garfield, honest guy

BilltownRunner

United States229 Posts

March 15 2013 05:53 GMT

#97

Wow, this is really unexpected. Puma was always been one of my favorite players on EG. Best of luck wherever you land, Puma. Puma fighting ~!

MaStA_YOdA

Austria6 Posts

March 15 2013 05:55 GMT

#98

I am just thinking what the reason is that the contract of Puma was not extended, but a player like machine is still in their roster. Both players are not able to perform as well as expected. The main reason is probably as Alex already mentioned in his announcement, the amount of salery the player is receiving. Sad to see Puma leave. Good luck in future Puma!