For TSM followers, the 2022 LCS season was greater than a bit of tough. From disappointing performances to a number of large roster adjustments, followers spent a big a part of the 12 months questioning what was taking place to one of the vital recognizable organizations in skilled League of Legends.
TSM’s LCS head coach, Wong “Chawy” Xing Lei, revealed to ONE Esports’ Amanda Tan in a recent interview that a lot of the crew’s struggles on the Rift all year long stemmed from points internally, in addition to the shear stress Chawy had taking on from former head coach Bjergsen.
Within the interview, Chawy defined to ONE Esports that making an attempt to succeed in the expectations of the TSM followers, recognized for his or her ardour for the group for the previous decade, proved to be essentially the most troublesome impediment for him to beat this 12 months when he stepped into the LCS crew’s head coach place.
“Normally the very first thing individuals will do is blame the top coach,” Chawy instructed ONE Esports. “To the followers and gamers, I used to be nobody, so it was straightforward to throw all of the blame on me.”
As a result of stage of recognition the title Bjergsen has inside the LCS, Chawy mentioned that he struggled with immense scrutiny from followers and his personal gamers who didn’t know who he was. However Chawy has been a big element of the expansion of the PCS and CBLoL for practically 10 years as each a participant and coach.
Chawy additionally disclosed that two of the extra shocking additions to the early renditions of this 12 months’s roster, Keaiduo and Shenyi, had a tricky time adjusting to the playstyle of the remainder of the crew, which led to difficulties in inside communication. This led to a number of large restructurings of the crew, additionally led to by a few of the worst performances within the group’s historical past inside the LCS—solely actually made up by an almost-miracle run throughout the LCS Championship.
He was additionally immensely stunned at what he defined to be their work ethic, noting the stark distinction within the willingness of North American gamers to observe—one thing echoed by a couple of of the imported gamers. Finally, this give attention to increase the crew took priority over establishing a relationship with them, which Chawy believed was one thing LCS groups prioritized.
“I couldn’t be too strict with the gamers,” Chawy mentioned. “It’s not like within the East: should you inform them to play 16 hours, they are going to play 16 hours with out grievance.”
Chawy is predicted to stay as the top coach of TSM heading into the start of the 2023 LCS Spring Cut up, which doesn’t but have a confirmed begin date. TSM has not but introduced any departures from its LCS squad apart from jungler, Spica, whose contract expired on the finish of this 12 months’s Summer time Cut up, in addition to the depart of ADC Tactical.
Although the latest iteration of TSM remains to be in its infancy, it’s possible that the crew will bear extra adjustments heading into the offseason following the completion of this 12 months’s League World Championship tomorrow.
Dot Esports has reached out to Chawy for remark however has not but heard again from TSM at time of publication.
