In the last edition of this fine newsletter, we said to come back today for our thoughts on G2 swapping SunPayus for r1nkle, and honestly?

We’re still absolutely baffled.

It’s not that we think SunPayus is wicked, or even that he should have 100% stayed on the team; we would’ve kicked him months ago. But for r1nkle?

The guy wasn’t even good enough for NIP.

r1nkle once showed a whole lot of potential, so he absolutely could surprise us, but let’s look at his problems: he lacks composure, he has a high ceiling and a low floor, and really struggles in big moments.

Now, what are G2’s problems? They lack composure, have a high ceiling and a low floor, and really struggle in big moments.

The thing that confuses us the most about this change is that it seems they’re just contributing to that problem, when actually - contrary to what we said earlier - sticking by their team could have seen these problems wash away by the end of the year. We all saw how close they were to beating Spirit in Cologne, after all.

sAw could, of course, help r1nkle fix these problems; he’s a great coach and undoubtedly stands a much better chance of helping r1nkle than Xizt did… but this seems like a massive gamble from us.

And we’re just not sure it’s going to pay off.