AIm returns to SAW

4-3-2021 14:57

The Portuguese coach had stepped down from esports less than three weeks ago.

Portuguese coach Ricardo "⁠AIm⁠" Almeida has returned to SAW after announcing a break from esports on February 14, the organisation revealed on Thursday.

The coach had been involved with SAW since the team's creation, in January 2020. His break came as a surprise to many after had they established themselves as a top-30 team in the world, most notably finishing runners-up to Virtus.pro in DreamHack Open December.

AIm is back after a short break

During AIm's break, SAW had middling results, crashing out of the European Development Championship 2 in the quarter-finals and losing to Wisla Krakow and Winstrike in ESEA Premier, in which they currently sit fourth in Group A.

"We're thrilled to announce the return of our coach," SAW wrote on Twitter. "We can't wait for the next achievements with Alm in charge."

AIm will be in charge of SAW later on Thursday as the Portuguese side will face Nemiga in the Swiss Round 4 of Snow Sweet Snow 2, with a playoff spot on the line. This weekend, the team will begin their campaign in the $100,000 Pinnacle Cup, taking on Apeks in their first match.

SAW's roster currently looks as follows:

Christopher "⁠MUTiRiS⁠" Fernandes
Ricardo "⁠roman⁠" Oliveira
Omar "⁠arki⁠" Chakkor
Renato "⁠stadodo⁠" Gonçalves
Tiago "⁠JUST⁠" Moura

Ricardo "⁠AIm⁠" Almeida (coach)

good change

2021-03-04 14:58

3 replies

-Coach +Coach Top 5 roster move for sure

2021-03-04 15:47

2 replies

+1 XD

2021-03-04 15:54

direspectful. this is top 1

2021-03-04 21:23

bruh, he could have benched himself then come back

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He left for personal reasons, and he surely didnt expect to be back as soon. Probably some family or health issues

2021-03-04 20:27

Lest go!

nice fade

Wow

So useful damn

I posted this, on HLTV and nobody saw it.

unluko

2021-03-04 14:59

HLTV seen

2021-03-04 15:10

Lets Go Back on top. Top 20 Soon

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delusional, rewatch match vs Nemiga pls

2021-03-04 22:45

mxiu aim hasnt been w the team idiot

2021-03-05 11:29

No need to call anyone names. Thank you.

2021-03-05 16:08

sry bro wont happen again

2021-03-06 15:33

when i said they need better aim i didn't meant THAT

haahahah

2021-03-04 15:07

XD +1

2021-03-04 15:15

Better than Bymas. Also SAW > MOUZ

I don't think he is a good coach, he never achieved anything as coach tbh., but I wish him GL and same to SAW.

2021-03-04 15:02

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What do you know about coaching a team mainly on a specific team... I don't understand this HLTV experts

2021-03-04 15:19

He is most biased Pole on whole HLTV, dont listen to him

2021-03-04 16:34

Yo le noob, He’s more like the most brain damaged pole ive ever seen, which is a hard feat to achieve lmao.

2021-03-04 16:38

Yo le noob, +1

2021-03-04 17:02

I mean, looking at achievements and stuff, he didn't achieve anything, but maybe it will come with time, who knows.

2021-03-04 18:48

Lezzz gooo Ruben Amorim is back

2021-03-04 15:05

GO SAW <3

2021-03-04 15:06

should have some more info why the break sounded so brutal and how it actually was just 3 weeks, this is so weird :D

2021-03-04 15:18

It was only made official 3 weeks ago, but he'd already missed most of 2021 before that

2021-03-04 15:21

agree. they said it was personal problems, so we dont need to know what it was, but its wierd

2021-03-04 15:37

He stepped down after the second wave of the spectator bug scandal. You just need to add two plus two to figure out what probably happened

2021-03-04 16:04

clown fiesta

2021-03-04 15:24

Let's Goooo

expected

2021-03-04 15:25

Finally saw will have aim assistance again

2021-03-04 15:27

2021-03-04 15:28

Careca is back lets goooo!

2021-03-04 15:31

EZ $4$ SAW

2021-03-04 15:36

cool

2021-03-04 15:40

wtf cis coach no?

2021-03-04 15:43

top1 inc

2021-03-04 15:48

napim top50

2021-03-04 15:49

So my speculation seems accurate: was one of the coaches exploiting the spectator bug, stepped down for 3 months with a slap on the wrists and now returns after a "break due to personal reasons".

2021-03-04 16:02

Ah yes, michau cut AIm out of the coach bug ban list because they are best buddies since highschool. Seems completely plausible my friend, please do present more wonderful theories.

2021-03-04 16:11

Perhaps there were no evidence to grant him a ban but enough to force him to step down for a period. Not everything is black or white, kid. Can you count the amount of people that were caught cheating in the past and somehow got back into the professional scene? You're an ignorant. The professional scene is rotten from the inside.

2021-03-04 16:19

Hmm very very interesting. This individual with whom I speak is clearly deep within the csgo pro scene, knowing of all corruption, and not at all as ignorant as any other mere spectator.

2021-03-04 16:35