{"id":12023,"date":"2020-08-12T02:49:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T02:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=12023"},"modified":"2020-08-12T02:49:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T02:49:24","slug":"counter-logic-gaming-release-lol-coaches-ssong-and-weldon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-logic-gaming-release-lol-coaches-ssong-and-weldon\/","title":{"rendered":"Counter Logic Gaming release LoL coaches SSONG and Weldon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"\/league-of-legends\/championship-series\/\" title=\"LCS betting sites\">League of Legends Championship Series<\/a> (LCS) team Counter Logic Gaming have announced they are parting ways with coaches Kim \u201cSSONG\u201d Sang-soo and Weldon &#8220;Weldon&#8221; Green after the worst LCS season in the organisation&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>The last few years have not been too kind to CLG and their fans, who&#8217;ve had to cope with the downfall of one of the most successful teams in the early years of the professional <a href=\"\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"League of Legends betting\">LoL esports<\/a> scene.<\/p>\n<p>Since winning the LCS 2016 Spring and making the grand finals of that year&#8217;s Mid-Season Invitational, Counter Logic&#8217;s quality has decayed to the point where they are now one of the league&#8217;s bottom feeders. Things took a promising turn when they finished third in the LCS 2019 Summer regular season and claimed a bronze medal in the playoffs, but 2020 has been an unmitigated disaster.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CLG is parting ways with Coach Ssong and Coach Weldon.<\/p>\n<p>We thank both for their leadership and dedication to CLG. We wish them the best in their future ventures. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B2GeCx8TMj\">pic.twitter.com\/B2GeCx8TMj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CLG (@clgaming) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clgaming\/status\/1292958911180333057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>After losing mid laner Tristan &#8220;PowerOfEvil&#8221; Schrage to FlyQuest and swapping out support Vincent &#8220;Biofrost&#8221; Wang for Andy &#8220;Smoothie&#8221; Ta during the offseason, CLG went on to finish the LCS 2020 Spring in 10th place with a 3-15 record, which marked the worst split in the organisation&#8217;s 10-year history.<\/p>\n<p>Things did not turn out much better for Counter Logic in the LCS 2020 Summer. While Smoothie and his crew looked held a 4-2 record early in the piece, it all went down the drain as CLG produced a 1-11 run to end the regular season in ninth place.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their disastrous season, Counter Logic Gaming had a chance to make the playoffs due to the change to an eight-team LCS postseason format. However, they lost the tiebreaker match against Dignitas on Monday, which proved to be the last straw for the team&#8217;s management.<\/p>\n<p>While the decision to fire SSONG and Weldon leaves them jobless amid the pandemic, which makes it hard to search for employment abroad, it is difficult to argue against CLG&#8217;s decision given how poorly the team has performed this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So I am suddenly unemployed in LA with a family of 6 after taking a paycut + moving debt to come work at CLG.<\/p>\n<p>Anybody need end-of-season help?<\/p>\n<p>Looking for instant intermittent work.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MindGames Weldon (@MindGamesWeldon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MindGamesWeldon\/status\/1292963157904826370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Since Counter Logic Gaming are now eliminated from the race for the LCS playoffs for the second split in a row, they now have plenty of time to consider their options and look at what needs improving ahead of the 2021 season.<\/p>\n<p>Although CLG&#8217;s results this split were average at best, there were some positives to take from it. Mid laner Eugene &#8220;Pobelter&#8221; Park looked decent even though his numbers don&#8217;t necessarily show that, while ADC Trevor &#8220;Stixxay&#8221; Hayes deserves a lot of praise for his standout performances in the first half of the split. <\/p>\n<p>What the next LCS season holds in store for Counter Logic Gaming is anyone&#8217;s guess, but we will likely see the North American esports organisation make some major roster and coaching changes in a bid to recapture their former glory.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">GGWP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dignitas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dignitas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Time to prepare for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LCS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LCS<\/a> 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CLG (@clgaming) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clgaming\/status\/1292624213891665920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) team Counter Logic Gaming have announced they are parting ways with coaches Kim \u201cSSONG\u201d Sang-soo and Weldon &#8220;Weldon&#8221; Green after the worst LCS season in the organisation&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":12024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[454,4,1354,261,24,1355],"class_list":["post-12023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-counterlogic-gaming","tag-featured","tag-kim-ssong-sang-soo","tag-lcs","tag-league-of-legends","tag-weldon-weldon-green"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12027,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023\/revisions\/12027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}