Stewie2K hits back at ex-EG coach EVY: \u201cI can\u2019t believe I had respect for this man\u201d Jo\u00e3o Ferreira\/PGLEvil Geniuses captain Jake \u2018Stewie2K\u2019 Yip has responded to criticism levied against him by former EG coach Paolo \u2018EVY\u2019 Berbudeau, disputing his version of events, while admitting fault for his poor form and leadership. Evil Geniuses\u2019 roster coming into 2022 was a mix of North American talent that had been on the periphery of tier 1 in CS:GO for much of the previous year. Along with former Cloud9 teammates Will \u2018RUSH\u2019 Wierzba and Timothy \u2018automatic\u2019 Ta (fresh back from a stint in Valorant), he joined Vincent \u2018Brehze\u2019 Cayonte and Bulgarian AWPer Tsvetelin \u2018CeRq\u2019 Dimitrov. Despite hopes that this team could be a dark horse NA lineup, it very quickly became evident that this would not be the case. Failure to qualify for the PGL Major Antwerp was followed by a string of early exits at ESL Pro League, IEM Dallas qualifier, and BLAST Premier Spring Showdown. In an interview with 1pv, EVY, a former assistant coach at EG, laid the blame for much of the team\u2019s failures at the feet of Stewie2K, specifically his inability to work with head coach Damien \u2018maLeK\u2019 Marcel. He said Stewie wouldn\u2019t say hello to maLeK and would turn away when he was speaking. EVY also called into question Stewie2k\u2019s form inside the server, which has undeniably been a shadow of the once-Major winning player who shone on Cloud9 and Liquid rosters. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t challenge himself as a player anymore and he\u2019s not a good leader,\u201d EVY said. Stewie denies involvement in kicking coaches Addressing EVY\u2019s comments directly on stream, Stewie said, \u201cI can\u2019t believe I ever had respect for this man, ever. [\u2026] On my life, I had nothing to do with changes to the coaching staff. I didn\u2019t even know it was happening. No one on the team knew.\u201d EVY had claimed that Stewie2K was the only EG player that didn\u2019t reach out to himself and maLeK after they were kicked. He also claimed that he found out he had been kicked through posts on Twitter. Stewie addresses his performance Stewie also hit back at EVY\u2019s criticism of his personal rating and poor performance. \u201cDon\u2019t you think I\u2019m aware I f**king suck? That I\u2019m putting the team in front of me? That I\u2019m worried about the other side of the map? \u201cEven the fact that we\u2019re not ready, and trying to focus on everything else but my game. Like, yes, it takes a toll. And I\u2019m not blaming anyone for that. I took accountability for that.\u201d He said that after their EPL exit, he took the blame on his shoulders. \u201cI sucked, I don\u2019t know why I can\u2019t kill anybody, I don\u2019t know why I can\u2019t put up numbers. There\u2019s so much more to account for. This [rating] doesn\u2019t define what happened to me this season.\u201d \u201cYou don\u2019t think [I know] I failed the project? You don\u2019t think [I know] I failed being a captain? I want to turn back time and fix it the right way. I want to do all of that. But I can\u2019t. And I\u2019m sorry for all the fans that had to see our results this year. We couldn\u2019t win a map. We couldn\u2019t do any of that.\u201d Stewie concluded by explaining that he reached out to maLeK after his removal to apologize, and acknowledged he \u201cisn\u2019t cut out to be a captain.\u201d What\u2019s next for this Evil Geniuses roster is unclear. EG launched their \u2018Blueprint\u2019 project in June, now fielding three complete rosters of NA-based players. Operating as a \u201cfluid\u201d roster, the Blueprint is aiming to be a development program for NA talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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