[VOD] Surprising roster changes and unexpected Minor results on HLTV Confirmed with kassad

10-3-2020 20:03

100 Thieves coach Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović will be joining the HLTV Confirmed live show today at 20:00 to talk about his team and the start of ESL Pro League Season 11.

Timestamps:

Hotseat with kassad
1:06 - Introducing kassad
1:40 - What do 100 Thieves do in LA?
2:42 - kassad on working on his team’s mentality
6:51 - Is there a specific goal to remain at the top?
7:56 - Is CS becoming more individualistic?
9:54 - Do 100 Thieves specifically prepare to face star players like ZywOo?
11:48 - How kassad started coaching and how his style has changed over time?
15:10 - What’s the outlook for kassad for 2020?
16:15 - What makes a good coach?
18:30 - How much does confidence matter?
19:30 - Were there any instances of potential rosters on the table?

Recent news
23:25 - MAD Lions bench HUNDEN
25:17 - “Something doesn’t add up” - kassad on HUNDEN’s situation
31:30 - AcilioN replacing HUNDEN. Is it good or bad?
36:07 - ALEX steps down from Vitality
43:50 - “I’m afraid that he made the wrong decision” - kassad
47:51 - AGO sign seventh player

Minors
51:00 - Overviewing the Minors
52:41 - Talking Europe Minor
54:18 - Surprises in the European Minor lineup
1:03:33 - Changes in the teams that didn't qualify?

EPL S11: Groups A and B
1:07:00 - EPL format and team list
1:09:45 - Group A: will Astralis prevail?
1:12:57 - Group B: will Na’Vi keep their pace?
1:17:40 - Talking EPL’s continuous LAN format
1:20:00 - Predicting the teams to top groups A & B

FLASHPOINT
1:24:40 - Team lineup still not finalized (but known?)
1:26:26 - Talking FLASHPOINT’s format and lineup
1:31:28 - The buy-in aspect

Playtime
1:39:25 - kassad on his fellow Serbian nexa playing in G2
1:41:26 - Can any player eventually become an IGL?
1:44:34 - Is it a problem for star player like NiKo to explain his view as an IGL?
1:46:10 - Economy, krieg, schedule, booths, Valve - good or bad?
1:52:07 - The final words from kassad

The podcast will touch on the shocking news of Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin's departure from Vitality and MAD Lions benching Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen, as well as Complexity's miracle Minor run and underwhelming showings from OG and HEROIC.

The Serbian tactician will join the show on Twitch

Alongside kassad, the standard HLTV Confirmed panel will be breaking down the news, featuring Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin, and Milan "Striker" Švejda.

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LUL what omg i thought Kassad left smh

2020-03-10 12:52

4 replies

BAD MOVES

2020-03-10 12:55

1 reply

nt brasilian

2020-03-10 12:58

Father Kassad, Another 1 00t

2020-03-10 13:05

me 2

2020-03-10 19:27

Nice

OG = Online, Garbage

2020-03-10 12:53

Godsent not onliners at least, legit team. We'll see at EPL mate.

2020-03-10 17:01

unexpected

Cool

p0dcast

YES

2020-03-10 12:54

god kassad #1 Serbian coach

2020-03-10 12:56

2020-03-10 12:59

Kassad will say that he will kick Adren and Sanji No need to watch KEKW

5 replies

What the fuck?

2020-03-10 13:10

huh?

2020-03-10 14:03

Flair doesn't check out.

2020-03-10 14:46

2 replies

Trollink kekw

2020-03-10 15:21

#28

2020-03-10 15:22

Please ask him when are they gonna replace Gratata with any pro awper so that 100T doesnt get held back or dragged down.

2020-03-10 13:04

17 replies

But.. he's meme quality with his moustache, no way they are kicking him

2020-03-10 15:31

6 replies

In that case they should forget about winning anything , ever.

2020-03-10 16:10

Okay find a better AWPer from the region or who's willing to go for this opportunity. I'll give you time.

2020-03-10 17:02

Alistair

2020-03-10 17:09

#40 Also literally any pro from any team would be an improvement over Gratata and pretty sure many would be willing to go for the opportunity

2020-03-10 17:14

I'd love to see hallzerk in 100T

2020-03-10 23:29

oh i would love to see that happen too , but it aint likely for anytime soon though.

2020-03-11 09:43

nt he just had a little bit bad blast and iem

2020-03-10 20:53

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guy is the worst awper in Top 15 teams .Carries the most expensive weapon in the game and rarely pulls in a 1.0 rating . He`s shit , clearly the weak link in the team

2020-03-10 21:05

But they are clearly working very well as a team so I don't see why roster change would be needed just yet

2020-03-10 21:14

if finishing in playoffs regularly is what means a team`s working clearly well , its not. They need to do more than that and win , or atleast make it into the finals with consistency. Hasnt happened with yet and doesnt seem to happen with this roster either . They have reached their potential, they need a change

2020-03-10 22:00

For an Australian team they are by far the best ever and I'm not sure there are many potential players in the scene to make them a top 1 contender. Maybe Alistair but I doubt he would be much better, gratisfaction used to be a god in AU scene as well. But sure if they'd want to go international then I guess why not

2020-03-10 22:09

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They should go Intl , i mean Jkaem isnt from Oceania , no ? They got a big org at their back who would be willing to throw out money for someone and i am pretty sure many would be willing to join them too.

2020-03-10 22:11

True, that could work, they would just have to find a player really worth taking

2020-03-10 23:16

I think they already thought about that but t1 awpers are not that common, and they need to find someone who fits out of the game, and has THE BOYS spirit (like jkaem, the most aussie Norwegian). In the end I think they didn't find anyone out of the AU scene that would fit.

2020-03-11 08:02

unless he drops to Na'Vi Guardian level shit, i doubt he will be kicked. hes inconsistent, but when he has a good game he pops off. if they were to replace him, i would say either Alistair or Sico would be good Aussie choices. (idk if Sico would change though)

2020-03-12 11:13

pops off for sure but like 1 in 10 games. I dont follow AUS scene so no idea about the awpers there but i dont think or feel they are gonna have some kind of a problem to go for an Intl awper though.

2020-03-12 11:14

What

Kassad!! I have to catch this one on the replay, 0530 is definitely not happening.

2020-03-10 13:22

Kassad pog

2020-03-10 13:27

Friendly reminder that kassad left Renegades. Then Nifty left Renegades. Then kassad magically came back. Its a coincidence boys Nifty is a good IGL trust me

2020-03-10 13:31

Top 5 GO coach for sure :)))

2020-03-10 13:36

I can't even name 5 coaches

2020-03-10 15:32

Zonic, Devilwalk, Zews, Starix/Kuben

2020-03-10 16:15

Starlix 0/8 he played in the Minor Closed Qualifier

2020-03-10 17:10

Rip ence

2020-03-10 13:40

Finally someone said it, FLASHPOINT teams still not finalized, with 3 more spot for founding member BUT every t1 teams already in ESL Pro League and every t2 t3 teams already participate in FLASHPOINT qualifier. Who they gonna bring?? Almost no team left good enough to be founding member or good enough for banter system that they going for.

2020-03-10 13:55

2020-03-10 14:04

2020-03-10 14:59

Hmm

2020-03-10 15:09

Kassad on HLTV HLTV CONFIRMED

2020-03-10 15:14

surprised theres not just 1 section for all minor news

very smart and nice person

2020-03-10 20:24

Legend kassadoooo!!!!!!!

would be nice to hear your guests talk more instead of useless rants by spunj though I doubt his narcissistic ego would be ok with that

2020-03-10 22:35

+1 Hahaha

2020-03-10 23:24

CSgo desk/analysts in a nutshell.

2020-03-11 01:57

Obviously it's good to see spunj as an Aussie but CS summit end of last year was sofa king annoying.. he just ranted about BS the whole time.. I get it was causal but it was so annoying. Then on blast... He was a broken recording saying CS doesn't make sense to HIM anymore. That's not an analysts job, it's the ramifications to the scene, not his individual expectations. He needs to do his job again. Thorin is a big controversial personality but when he shows up he does his job. Spunj is getting too big for his britches while phoning it in.

2020-03-11 03:37

Couldn't agree more. Spunj used to be my favourite analyst by far until his ego skyrocketed and he became a self-righteous prick who thinks people want to hear him spewing shit about things totally unrelated to CSGO. He does need to do his job again and I hope he will.

2020-03-11 17:08