Shane "Rawkus" Flaherty has revealed that he is no longer coaching Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #7 N4RRATE Marshall Massey Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic cortezia Gabriel Cortez , and is looking to return to competing as a player.

FaZe Rawkus
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No longer Coaching Sentinels

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Rawkus joined Sentinels from FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le for the team's Valorant Champions run in December after a dominant run the past year in VCT competition. However, at Masters: Berlin, Sentinels ended up being upset by ENVY ENVY North America Rank #5 Eggsterr Evan Grady P0PPIN Matteo Weber Demon1 Max Mazanov Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo keznit Angelo Mori — now OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive — in the quarterfinals. Nonetheless, Sentinels still had another shot at stardom at Valorant Champions, but that event once again ended in heartbreak for the team. A 2-1 loss in the group B decider to KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #1 saadhak Matias Delipetro mwzera Leonardo Serrati silentzz Caio Morita Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa abruptly ended the team's 2021 year, which was headlined by a multitude of impressive finishes, including a championship at Masters: Reykjavik.

Following the departure of Rawkus to Sentinels after being eliminated in the NA LCQ, FaZe Clan's 2021 roster was nearly completely dissolved. Corey "corey" Nigra departed the roster to join TSM TSM Inactive Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont stand-in alvinboy Alvin Hong stand-in seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora Jordan Pulwer alongside Daniel "Rossy" Abedrabbo, Jimmy "Marved" Nguyen continued to be on loan to Envy, and Zachary "ZachaREEE" Lombardo has been sitting on the team's bench. This left Andrej "BABYBAY" Francisty as the last man standing from the 2021 roster. At the end of last month, FaZe finalized their roster for 2022, but group stage exits well outside the qualification ranking for the group stage in both open qualifier events meant that FaZe had to search for tournaments outside the VCT to compete in.

According to Rawkus's TwitLonger, his addition to Sentinels from FaZe was done on a loan basis, with the expiration date of that loan being the start of the new year due to how quickly he took up the offer. Furthermore, Sentinels were in discussions with FaZe to acquire him as a full-time coach for the team, but neither side were able to reach an agreement due to "buyout complications". This means that while Rawkus is once again a member of FaZe, he is not a part of their active lineup, and he has also made it clear that he is looking for new opportunities with other teams as a player.