It’s solely been a number of weeks since League of Legends followers watched DRX hoist the Summoner’s Cup after one of the thrilling miracle runs in World Championship historical past. However even after such a historic title, the crew’s head coach is struggling to discover a new crew for 2023.
DRX’s head coach Kim “Ssong” Sang-soo confirmed his contract with the crew expired after the final sequence of Worlds 2022, and he hasn’t secured a brand new group but. The 33-year-old veteran was a key member of the crew and helped outdraft his opponents to present his gamers a greater probability at victory.
“I’ve confidence to win Worlds once more in 2023 with any crew if they’re determined to win,” Ssong mentioned on social media. “The brand new meta in 2023 would require artistic however sturdy draft, which all of the gamers and coaches ought to talk about and put together.”
The skilled coach mentioned that he couldn’t safe a brand new crew in time due to how lengthy the crew needed to stay in North America for Worlds. Whereas he and DRX battled for a championship, the remainder of the groups in Korea discovered their new coaches from the numerous teamless leaders on the free company market.
He even seemed for brand spanking new roles with a decreased wage within the hopes of securing a crew for subsequent 12 months, however as a consequence of “unlucky circumstances,” the varied talks he had with some organizations broke down.
Ssong spent loads of time working for a number of main esports groups just like the ROX Tigers, Immortals, TSM, and CLG earlier than touchdown with DRX this previous 12 months. Though the crew didn’t take house an LCK trophy, they shortly grew to become a Cinderella story that constructed up an enormous fanbase over the course of Worlds.
