https://x.com/ValorINTEL/status/1878586458984128853
If this happened, they would've been fucking us like dogs holy shit.
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calImegod [#5]Bonkar is the better match for the team anyways since he coached verno before on oxygen
Potter coached ethan
calImegod [#5]Bonkar is the better match for the team anyways since he coached verno before on oxygen
I feel like Bonkar has fresh new ideas from Tier 2 as well so I prefer Bonkar over Potter
calImegod [#5]Bonkar is the better match for the team anyways since he coached verno before on oxygen
wise words
glittering_yard [#13]why did they choose bonkar over a world champion coach?
She declined. She wanted to stay with EG because she likes that she's keeping a familiar core instead of starting over again
bees [#14]She declined. She wanted to stay with EG because she likes that she's keeping a familiar core instead of starting over again
She did not decline, it literally says in the article that NRG went a different route and then she said AFTER that she would rather stay with EG than be on another team of misfits
XiXiWiiPee [#15]She did not decline, it literally says in the article that NRG went a different route and then she said AFTER that she would rather stay with EG than be on another team of misfits
Tbh I interpreted what she said about starting somewhere brand new as still being about NRG but yeah you're right she never said she declined
bonkar a better fit for NRG imo
potter is known for developing rookies and misfits really well and playing anti strat
this is why EG 2023 was so successful and why EG 2024 was able to win at least a couple of games with that trash apoth
with yay and icy she will have another band of underrated misfits
if she went to NRG though it will be some backwards work trying to coordinate the experienced styles of FNS, Ethan, and s0m, and its not like verno and mada are new to the pro scene either, people know how good these two, especially verno, are
cameran [#18]hard what
She never explicitly said in the interview that she declined NRG's offer, just that the talks went in a different direction or something
Almighty [#19]Overrated coach
NRG probably made the right decision for them with Bonkar yes, but there's no way we're gonna call Potter an overrated coach. Her ideas helped turn EG from the laughing stock of the Americas into the literal world champions. She definitely wasn't the entire reason, but she was a huge part of it, and I would say what happened to Demon1 in 2024 is the biggest example of my point. Demon1 looked nowhere near as good on NRG because the coaching wasn't anywhere near as good (the IGLing wasn't as good either, but I don't wanna put too much blame on Ethan as a first time IGL, with Chet's tenure coaching in CS and Val, he 100% should've been able to form Ethan into a better IGL than he was), but this illustrates that you can't JUST have good players, and you need to have top tier coaching too if you actually want to win championships. The reason EG succeeded in 2023 wasn't just because of the players, but also because Potter is genuinely a top tier coach. We could also talk about how Potter couldn't really succeed in 2024, but when the team has fucking Apoth it's pretty much a 4v5, so I don't really think that's her fault either lmao
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