Sources: CSGO coach maLeK in advanced talks with Evil Geniuses Jo\u00e3o Ferreira\/DexertoFormer G2 Esports coach Damien \u2018maLeK\u2019 Marcel is in advanced talks to take charge of Evil Geniuses\u2019 CS:GO team, Dexerto has learned. The French coach has been locked in discussions with Evil Geniuses after being released by G2 Esports just days after the conclusion of PGL Major Stockholm. Team analyst Jan \u2018Swani\u2019 M\u00fcller has taken over G2\u2019s team on an interim basis until a replacement is found for maLeK, who had been with the organization since late 2018. Today marks the end of a great adventure. I’ve been G2’s head coach for three years and well that went fast! The decision to part ways took place a few weeks before the Major and I loved every moment of our last run with the boys \u2764 pic.twitter.com\/sqBtFgzOHY\u2014 Damdam (@DamienMarcel) November 16, 2021 According to a recent report from 1pv.fr, former FunPlus Phoenix player Luka \u2018emi\u2019 Vukovi\u0107 is one of the names G2 are considering for the vacant coaching role. maLeK in advanced talks with EG Sources with knowledge of the situation told Dexerto that negotiations between maLeK and EG are well underway and that an agreement between the two parties is close to being completed. If he takes the job, maLeK will inherit a team in turmoil and with only two active players after Evil Geniuses made the decision to clean house after PGL Major Stockholm. Peter \u2018stanislaw\u2019 Jarguz, Owen \u2018oBo\u2019 Schlatter and Micha\u0142 \u2018MICHU\u2019 M\u00fcller were all given their marching orders after a disastrous run of form that culminated in the team being eliminated from the Major without a single victory following losses to FaZe, Copenhagen Flames and Vitality in the New Legends Stage. EG\u2019s starting lineup has been depleted to just Vincent \u2018Brehze\u2019 Cayonte and Tsvetelin \u2018CeRq\u2019 Dimitrov following these departures. It is currently unclear what will happen with team coach Damian \u2018daps\u2019 Steele if maLeK is brought on board. In a recent Twitter post, Evil Geniuses reaffirmed their commitment to supporting North American CS:GO. According to Rush B Media, EG could acquire any players that Liquid wish to off-load, and have also been scouting the ESEA Premier league for potential talent. Today we say goodbye and thank you to @peterjarguz, @obocsgo, and @michucs_go. In the new year we look forward to coming back stronger and continuing to prove our dedication to NA CS:GO. pic.twitter.com\/mRTYn1tWNn \u2014 Evil Geniuses (@EvilGeniuses) November 6, 2021 Contacted by Dexerto, Evil Geniuses declined to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sources: CSGO coach maLeK in advanced talks with Evil Geniuses Jo\u00e3o Ferreira\/DexertoFormer G2 Esports coach Damien \u2018maLeK\u2019 Marcel is in advanced talks to take charge of Evil Geniuses\u2019 CS:GO team, Dexerto has learned. The French coach has been locked in discussions with Evil Geniuses after being released by G2 Esports just days after the conclusion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}