I wholeheartedly believe the pieces and players they have currently are a cut above other teams in the Americas. So why haven’t they gotten a win reminiscent of Kru 2023? Loud are choking close games. if several rounds or even fights went differently, maybe they would have made playoffs. they could geniunely be 4-1 or 5-0. 7 of their 10 map loses in stage 1 were 13-10, 13-11 or OT.
PLAYER ISSUES
Despite introducing the monster rookie lukxo for v1nny (who was a huge liability as a player), the team is still adjusting because of numerous changes. while v1nny’s igling was alright and nothing extraordinary imo, somehow he has managed to be the worst rated player for this americas split.
As for the other players, dgzin has moments of brilliance but is extremely inconsistent compared to pANcada and lukxo.
Cauanzin also seem very uncomfortable on tejo. Which in a huge tejo meta, this seems to hurt the team immensely. his util and timing are subpar compared to others and just doesn’t find value. he is just not the player to play tejo for loud. He finds no value on the agent due to lack of comfortability compared to other initiators
Tuyz on the other hand is the scapegoat for their lack of success now that v1nny is gone. He is being bounced around from role to role and is the glue to fill in the gaps essentially holding the team together.
COACHING ISSUES
The loud coaching staff should be criticized for their lack of game plan, horrid mismanagement of timeouts and trolling them, and not instilling discipline into the players which have costed them rounds. the anti ecos were also absolutely horrendous. Overall, stk has been a questionable coach.
THE FIX
Since stk is no longer coach, Loud should not be stingy with money and pick up a competent contender like Bonkar. The only issue is maybe the language barrier and buyout. Just any good coach will elevate this team to be trophy contenders.
They should keep the remaining 5 players and make no roster changes. With slight role adjustments, Loud could be a very dangerous team for the rest of the year.. Cauanzin has been a shell of his former 2023 self and has been very lackluster. If they could transition tuyz to tejo duty and cauanzin back to other initiators , they would have a much better showing for stage 2.
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