MAD Lions part ways with keen

6-4-2021 20:00

The Spanish organization is now on the lookout for a player that can take over the team's in-game leadership.

MAD Lions have announced they will not be keeping Kristers "⁠keen⁠" Dārznieks on the roster, noting that he was on a trial period and that the organization will now scour the market in search of another in-game leader for the squad.

The move comes after the team's first two tournaments together, Nordic Masters Spring 2021 and Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series, which they finished in 5-6th place and 9-12th place, respectively, with one victory and two losses in each event.

keen is no longer part of MAD Lions after a two-week trial

Following keen's departure MAD Lions are still on track to follow the plan that coach Jakub "⁠kuben⁠" Gurczyński shared on the HLTV Confirmed podcast, which is to bring a more experienced player to fill the role of in-game leader and help guide the young roster, which has an average age of 20 years.

"We knew that a leadership role would be challenging one to fill for such a young man/player. It was a great opportunity for him to tryout leading a squad against some of the top teams from the world and we are happy he took the chance and gave everything he had," MAD Lions' official statement reads. "Unfortunately, leadership skills at the level we need are difficult to develop in such a short time frame so we are looking for another IGL. We strongly believe that keen has a lot to offer, but we need a different profile for the time being.

"We are truly happy with his effort and work ethic during the time in MAD Lions. However, this is trial and error for both the coaches and the players. We believe we are onto something, and more roster moves are coming until we find the right person to lead the squad. Best of luck Kristers and thank you!"

Up next for MAD Lions is Spring Sweet Spring 1 Regionals, kicking off on April 12, where they have been placed in Group F with Case, eXploit and OFFSET.

MAD Lions is currently:

Thomas "⁠TMB⁠" Bundsbæk
Filip "⁠tudsoN⁠" Tudev
Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk
Justinas "⁠jL⁠" Lekavicius
Pere "⁠sausol⁠" Solsona Saumell

Jakub "⁠kuben⁠" Gurczyński (coach)
Jonathan "⁠MusambaN1⁠" Torrent (assistant coach)

Not very POG

2021-04-06 20:01

10 replies

Sad for keen :/

7 replies

but why?

2021-04-06 20:02

5 replies

idk

2021-04-06 20:07

4 replies

I bet he wasn't very keen to hear that news

2021-04-06 20:53

3 replies

Good pun

2021-04-06 21:37

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Damn! The Lions gotta be MAD to remove such a keen player. How's this one?

2021-04-07 13:28

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Good

2021-04-07 14:05

agreed, i liked the look of him at lower levels and was hoping he could make it

2021-04-06 20:52

Woro2k & s1mple need play together + 3 bots

2021-04-07 02:56

Woro looks like a dlkhead, so he might be one

2021-04-07 12:13

kek

unfortunate

Expected

Team needs more awpers

Keen was an awper(( They should get blastinho to replace him!

2021-04-06 20:03

and torpe too

2021-04-06 20:11

jajaajjaja v1nchenso7 too

2021-04-07 10:13

musamban1 should play

2021-04-06 23:58

nooooooooooooooo

wtf

SAD

WHAT

Ahahahaahahha

two week trial lmao

F to last Austrian pride

"13 Days in teams" brutal

we have FNS as a count now a keen count?

musamban1 ex6tence ?

yes

2021-04-06 20:13

Lmao already

they gave him too much time, whole 2 weeks

Wtf whyyyy

cause he's bad

2021-04-06 22:07

WTffff

2021-04-06 20:04

Should’ve given him a month at least

2021-04-06 20:06

Kick igl after 2 weeks

woro2k is the igl

2021-04-06 20:10

They basically kicked him because Woro was igling in some maps even if it wasn't his main role

and because he was trash

2021-04-07 00:36

expected

WTF

2021-04-06 20:08

+Emi easy top 30.

Actually would be perfect for ml but emi deserves much more better

2021-04-06 20:36

I mean, Mad Lions has shown potential. An IGL like Emi could make them a serious T2 team with hopes to be pretty regular on T1 events.

2021-04-06 20:47

7 maps, unlucko

2021-04-06 20:09

nice

Sad. well not really.

2021-04-06 20:12

Poor keev Go back to BiG

2021-04-06 20:38

2021-04-06 21:46

keev with the massive weight loss i mean look at him in this photo . respect

2021-04-06 22:02

speedrun

lmao didnt he just joined 2 weeks ago

2021-04-06 20:14

That's what the thread said

2021-04-07 05:02

i liked this guy :( gl to him

I guess they weren't too *keen* on having him as a player hehehehe

hehehehe

2021-04-06 20:59

Maybe he wasn't KEEN on staying? get it? keen on?

2021-04-06 20:15

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

2021-04-06 20:46

I know, comedy genius innit?

2021-04-06 21:24

good move, noname noob

2021-04-06 20:16

2021-04-06 20:17

not even 2 weeks tuff and a half

Good move for the team I think, keen is good player though, hopefully he gets another opportunity to shine.

2021-04-06 20:22

wtf this isnt mad lions wasnt madlions hudsen and the other skilled kids? astralis ruined that? oh well

netflix trial - next

2021-04-06 20:23

LOL

2021-04-06 21:14

WTF not even 2 weeks?

2021-04-06 20:25

Is this because we are from Latvia?

2021-04-06 20:26

Well if they just had an IGL under contract... (hint: Hooxi) it would be great lol

2021-04-06 20:28

True it's a good option imo

2021-04-06 20:30

WELCOME ALEX

shouldve been jl

2021-04-06 20:29

jL best rifler easily on that team he was just put to play as a support stupidly, once coach gave him some freedom he popped off

2021-04-06 22:06

Fired after playing just 7 maps I hope this trash org dies

2021-04-06 20:31

They will don’t worry

2021-04-07 03:12

That was fast tho

2021-04-06 20:32

F, he follows me on twitter

2021-04-06 20:34

good move i rather mumbai and kuben helping out woro then having problem within the rotation of the squad majority problems come from it. People do not understand 6th man roster is short term solution rather than long one.

2021-04-06 20:39

2 fucking weeks that is pretty short. now keen needs to find another team just after 2 weeks. garbage

2021-04-06 21:18

People join and go its not first time it happened after all Cs is business. Business is known to be ruthless

2021-04-06 21:53

lil bro was an IGL at 20 this shit never works

Gl m8

they should pick that guy from Montenegro, who was playing shortly in FPX before ChrisJ joined.

FASTEST BENCH IN HISTORY???

2021-04-06 20:40

kuben coach??

2021-04-06 20:43

yes Kuben destroying teams and making them shit since 2015 never won anything roflcopter paycheck lover

2021-04-07 03:47

2021-04-06 21:04

wait what

2021-04-06 21:10

jL is very bad

2021-04-06 21:15

"We believe we are onto something, and more roster moves are coming until we find the right person to lead the squad. What you onto exactly? I'm not understanding. Next subscription service? Pay monthly to play on Mad Lions KEKW

2021-04-06 21:17

That was a quick visit

2021-04-06 21:21

they can now buy alex for 10$

2021-04-06 21:39

Welcome MSL

2021-04-06 21:42

That's keen for keen

2021-04-06 21:43

THey said they wanted to buy an IGL when Kuben was talking on Confirmed, but I had no idea Keen was meant to be a stop gap filler for that role - oh well, there's IGL's like ALEX out there on the market right now who they can probably pick up for the price of a packet of crisps, so shouldn't be too bad going in terms of finding a new one

since they are signing randoms, sing me too! -faceit lvl 4 -i know smokes on mirage -dmg -15 avg -team player

2021-04-06 21:50

Sing me too!

2021-04-06 21:55

wtf don't sign him, get me instead - i have faceit - i know inferno smokes - inferno - 28 avg kills - inferno - toxic like s1mple, s1mple is top 1 = i'm top 2 at minimum - i play good on inferno (really) - pls sign me for inferno

2021-04-06 23:56

Sad for him, but it was expected. I hope they will find a good IGL soon and win something

2021-04-06 21:54

how

2021-04-06 21:56

Wow. That was fast.

2021-04-06 21:57

Killer keenstar rip

good call

2021-04-06 22:08

Rough start to the new roster

2021-04-06 22:11

im more surprised jL is still on the roster +emi would be a sick move

2021-04-06 22:45

they wont change jL or sausol

2021-04-06 22:51

Who can be the new IGL? I would be happy to see Acilion there, if they can buy him out from Cph Flames. Alex can be a reasonable choice too, his contract likely gonna be terminated and his salary won't be that high after the C9 blow. ChrisJ is going to FPX it looks like, but would be fun to see him with this young squad too.

mad lions wont touch Acilion again after what happened with -hunden +acilion

2021-04-06 22:54

what happened? the players were already in talks with other orgs when aciilion joined so there was little to no motivation so it's understandable why they underperformed

2021-04-06 23:55

I've read on team-aaa (so it's still a rumor), ChrisJ will replace keen. Source: team-aaa.com/fr/breve/mad-lions-remplace.. (in french sorry xD )

2021-04-07 00:17

ChrisJ in fpx at its best

2021-04-07 07:26

Decent jawline

2021-04-06 23:43

what the fuckk? 2 weeks in team

2021-04-07 00:02

It was a trial.

2021-04-07 02:01

Mad Lions appear to be committed on developing a winning team. Better to build twice then to build once perfectly.

2021-04-07 00:10

keen was actually the one that impressed me more consistent despite being IGL jL deserved to leave actually good luck in future keen

2021-04-07 00:33

Msl incoming ?

2021-04-07 00:54

LUL

2021-04-07 02:09

sunny maybe?

2021-04-07 02:10

emi more likely sunny might want to play in flushas project apperantly

2021-04-07 04:25

ez for Emi

2021-04-07 02:33

what a mess of an org

2021-04-07 04:04

+1 but its just the csgo team rn

2021-04-07 04:24

he should reunite with kyuubii one day

2021-04-07 04:23

Wow changes already?

2021-04-07 04:55

He isn't mad lion's kin anymore

2021-04-07 05:40

woro2k will suck!! idiota kusok

2021-04-07 05:44

woro>tudson dolboeb

2021-04-07 08:36

Just drop all of them and dont play.

2021-04-07 06:58

Hooxi or emi would be good fits

2021-04-07 07:43

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA nice one

That’s fuckeen sad

2021-04-07 10:15

lmao already?

2021-04-07 10:17

literally never heard of this guy

2021-04-07 10:20

Are we supposed to know this guy? I dont have a clue who he is...

2021-04-07 10:39

@MadLions -rep, come for a quick buck, got a brutal fuck I really hope keen makes a steep rise to the top and the Baltic region can truly shine for once, not in the shadow of CIS.

2021-04-07 11:21