Ex-Evil Geniuses coach slams Stewie2K: \u201cNot a good leader\u201d Stefan Petrescu\/PGLIn an interview with 1pv on their show \u2018Le Club\u2019, former Evil Geniuses assistant coach Paolo \u2018EVY\u2019 Berbudeau talked about his time with the North American organization and the struggles he and Damien \u2018maLeK\u2019 Marcel had with management and IGL Jacky \u201cStewie2K\u201d Yip. In a translated transcript of part of the interview, EVY recounted some of his bad experiences with Stewie2K when it came to practice and attitude towards the coaching staff. \u201c[Stewie2k] wouldn\u2019t say hello to maLeK when we walked into the room, starting on Day 5\/6,\u201d EVY said. \u201cWhen Damien spoke, he was turned back to his pc, he wasn\u2019t listening to him. Sometimes, Stewie would listen to Damien [maLeK ]and then turn around and not respond. One of the worst things I\u2019ve seen is denying tactical breaks. Damien calling tactical breaks and Stewie saying no.\u201d In one part of the interview, EVY called into question the Major winner\u2019s leadership skills and criticised his communication skills in-game. EVY tells us the story behind Evil Geniuses failure: “”In the end, it was maLeK or Stewie””. A lot of interesting anecdotes and insides about the last 6 months in EG.https:\/\/t.co\/sqIjbrxqtN \u2014 neL (@neLendirekt) June 15, 2022 \u201cStewie has put in some nice clutch shots for us, etc. But he has a 0.55 rating against top 5 teams with EG, his level is questionable, he doesn\u2019t challenge himself as a player anymore and he\u2019s not a good leader,\u201d the ex-Evil Geniuses coach said. According to HLTV, the former Team Liquid player has a 0.67 rating against top five teams in the past six months across 10 maps played. His average rating in that time period has been 0.92. Stewie2K or maLeK According to EVY, the North American organization pushed hard for the young IGL despite the reservations of maLeK, who had been given \u201ccarte blanche\u201d to operate the roster as he saw fit. Later on in the year, after growing frustrated that promises of change were not being fulfilled by the management, maLeK stepped down from the team, with the organization allegedly keen to move on from him. \u201cA lot of things were wrong and [maLeK] lost it, and simply said \u2018stop, you are doing s***, do what I asked you to do, this is not normal, etc.\u2019 He had been right for six months, and when he stood up and demanded that we stop bulls**tting him, it was over,\u201d EVY said. EVY then recounted how he woke up on May 10 to a message from a friend expressing support. When he opened Twitter, he found out that he had been let go from Evil Geniuses. \u201cThe basic idea going forward was to part with Stewie, 1000% percent,\u201d EVY said. \u201cIn the end, it was maLeK or Stewie. We could have kept Stewie as a player, although he could have challenged the authority.\u201d Stewie2K joined Evil Geniuses on January 18, reuniting with his former Cloud9 Major-winning teammates William \u2018RUSH\u2019 Wierzba and Timothy \u2018autimatic\u2019 Ta. The team has no top finishes at any LAN tournaments and bowed out of the Americas RMR in eighth place, failing to qualify for PGL Major Antwerp. At the time of publishing, maLeK remains inactive with Evil Geniuses, who are yet to name a replacement. On June 14, the North American organization announced that Head of Data Science Soham \u2018valens\u2019 Chowdhury now oversees all three of EG\u2019s rosters with the title of Director of Athletics. EVY\u2019s comments raise further questions about Stewie2K\u2019s ability as an in-game leader. On the french show \u201cLa Pause\u201d, hosted by Sebastien \u2018KRL\u2019 Perez, Vitality captain Dan \u2018apEX\u2019 Madesclaire stated his belief that Stewie2K \u201cis not made to be a captain\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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