adreN named new Liquid coach

4-5-2021 19:03

The coach with whom the organization won seven international titles has retaken his old spot behind the North American team.

Liquid have announced the addition of Eric "⁠adreN⁠" Hoag, who has been named as the team's new head coach after the North American side parted ways with Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole on Monday. The 31-year-old returns to the organization for a third stint after spending the last nine months playing alongside the likes of David "⁠DAVEY⁠" Stafford and Erik "⁠fl0m⁠" Flom in Mythic.

adreN previously played under the organization in 2015-2016 before transitioning to the role of a coach as he rejoined Liquid in late 2018. The team went on to win seven titles over the course of the following eight months with the veteran behind them, including five consecutive trophies as well as the second Intel Grand Slam season, and became the No. 1 side in the world for 18 weeks in a row.

adreN returns for a third stint with Liquid

After having been released from the organization in mid-2020, which saw Liquid replace Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella with Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince and bring in moses as the new coach, adreN reunites with some of his former teammates at a time when they are undergoing another transitional period following their decision to transfer in-game leadership duties from Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip to Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo.

"You don't always know what you have until you don't, and I think that is the case with regards to Eric," Liquid's co-CEO Victor Goossens said in the announcement. "What he brought to the team strategically was just incredible. Now that we have the roster that we have today, we feel strongly that Eric is the coach for us to take us to the next level."

"My expectations this time joining Liquid are going to be a little bit different than when I joined in 2019," adreN added. "In 2019 the team was coming off a lot of success already and a great 2018 year, and coming into that team I was expecting us to be the best. This time around, the landscape in CS is a little bit different. The goal is the same as always, but I think it's going to be a lot harder this time to establish that No. 1 spot."

With their old coach back, Liquid will be hoping to stabilize after they initially showed promise once the Brazilian took over the reins before their latest European campaign ended with the team eliminated in the first round of playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 13 and in last place of the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown at the hands of Dignitas.

Liquid's first official showing with adreN will take place in the first North American Regional Major Ranking of 2021, cs_summit 8, which will run from May 20-30 and feature FURIA, Evil Geniuses, EXTREMUM, and four qualified sides.

The North American team's roster is now the following:

Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski
Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic
Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip
Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince
Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo

Eric "⁠adreN⁠" Hoag (coach)

welcome back!

2021-05-04 19:04

20 replies

Poggers, i think he will do well in Liquid, maybe they will make more roster changes?

2021-05-04 19:06

10 replies

this is a terrible move if moses didn't leave on purpose

2021-05-04 19:45

2 replies

2021-05-04 20:14

Why?

2021-05-05 11:28

LULquid still needs to kick Stewie2k and Grim

2021-05-04 21:31

5 replies

stop itt lmao 0/8

Men))) I edited it xD I dont want to get banned for a silly bait ^^

2021-05-04 21:39

1 reply

tbh i don't think that jon e would ban you for that men))) but better do this

2021-05-04 21:40

-grim +tarik

2021-05-07 08:05

hahah laugh guys its a joke!!!

2021-05-14 21:06

Naah cap organisation wouldnt let that happen

2021-05-05 14:10

The bad AdreN

2021-05-04 19:57

I guess 3rd times the charm

classic -adreN +adreN

2021-05-04 19:33

2021-05-04 20:10

2021-05-04 19:43

It's a little sad to see teams just trading the same players and coaches over and over again and not bringing in fresh new names

2021-05-04 23:17

2021-05-04 23:51

+a good number

2021-05-05 11:56

yo idc

nobody asked

2021-05-13 00:38

Now Liquid will be good again

POG

pog

cool!

expected

adren god

2021-05-04 19:05

lesgoo

O PLANO

did you say O PLANO?

2021-05-05 04:38

expected, gl to adreN!

2021-05-04 19:08

4 replies

AdreN is the guy with golden teeth, it's adreN.

2021-05-04 19:07

true lmao, i will edit mb

he left k23 for this?

2021-05-04 19:09

shhhhh, you didn't see anything my friendorinho....

2021-05-04 19:14

nice

nice one lol

Here's adreN.....

Welcome back!

rip joka steve and moses bromance

?? adren isn't even a good coach so why

6 replies

ya he is

wtf, they achieved their peak with him???

2021-05-04 19:15

their peak was just everyone in their team slapping everyone

2021-05-04 20:50

underrated coach

2021-05-04 19:16

What has moses achieved with this team? adreN is far better, at least now liquid has a proven coach.

2021-05-04 19:58

tl tilts way too much and moses is better at controlling this plus they are in EU with gambit and the cis teams whom are better. adren is just tactics and doesn't help control emotions which tl needs as elige , fallen and stewie are prone to tilting

2021-05-07 18:59

idk y i just remember his face from starladder vertigo pick agains astralis lmao

3 replies

We all do

2021-05-04 19:13

Lmao that was gold. He knew at that exact moment they were fucked. Nitr0 tried his best to laugh it off.

2021-05-04 21:35

top kek

2021-05-07 00:57

Budget adren

Now just: -Bot2k -Grim

2021-05-04 19:10

That's a certified pog

Sussy baka😂🥶

2021-05-04 19:11

surprise, now -stewie + cold hehehe

Only roster move that could make them worse

Ez 5 events

2021-05-04 19:12

actually great coach... time for Liquid takeover part 2

back to tier 2 noiss RIP NA CS

So 2019 was a fluke?

2021-05-04 19:20

Most likely, team was all aim no brain, landing insta headshots

2021-05-04 19:26

Wins a win, and that was during the utility heavy era, get dunked

youre arguing with a zeus fan lmao zeus 0aim and 0brain LUL

2021-05-04 22:48

Actually if you wanted to be honest with yourself, you'd likely admit that there success coincided with Astralis breaks in competition as well as the heavy krieg/Aug meta pre-nerf. I'm a Liquid fan though so I think it was pure skill/strats/setups. ;-)

2021-05-05 00:28

He is a good coach Now -grim

It’s coming soon probably, I wonder if they’re trying to strike a deal with eg

2021-05-04 20:02

are you thinking of a tarik pick up when you say "strike a deal with eg". or someone else?

2021-05-04 21:56

Rumor is -grim +brehze

2021-05-05 13:16

Where’s the rumor coming from?

2021-05-05 17:29

His ass

2021-05-10 15:33

+1 exactly, Something in my gut tells me.

2021-05-17 21:03

welcome home king

les go

LIQUID NO 1 AGAIN NOW??

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO

2021-05-04 19:17

And bring nitr0 back now plz

Liquid was in downhill recently, but now it's gonna go in a total freefall. I'm sorry for Liquid fnas.

2021-05-04 19:25

You really think +adren -moses gonna affect the team that bad?

2021-05-04 20:00

hltv.org/img/static/flags/30x20/VE.gif hltv.org/team/7718/movistar-riders

your point?

2021-05-05 20:11

nais, gl

He is printing that liquid cash though, respect the hustle

2021-05-04 19:27

again xd

2021-05-04 19:29

adren is awesome, gl.

2021-05-04 19:31

left from K23 for this...

lmao

2021-05-04 19:35

nice but rip mythic((

They will forever be in Premier unless they do an actual roster overhaul. Losing Keiti set them back a bit since she was 1 of their main fraggers. However, if Mythic were to give some up and coming Advanced and/or Premier players a chance, they could possibly qualify for Pro League next season.

2021-05-04 19:41

I don't think that's a problem for them, it streamer team so being a top team in the world not rlly an option and I think fl0m doesn't like to travel to events a lot. Also, they want to develop talent.

2021-05-04 19:50

Gotcha - my apologies for the misunderstanding haha. I thought that you had meant "RIP Mythic" as in they will never make it out of Premier at this rate.

2021-05-04 22:17

another places created for a pugger who can develop now I guess))

2021-05-04 22:18

I suppose that's the one good thing that Mythic has going for them lol.

2021-05-04 23:08

TL: "Crap...it's been 8 months with Moses and we aren't number 1." Also TL: "Got it, lets bring in the guy that was doing shitty before! We are geniuses, quick make up a twitter meme to smooth this over"

2021-05-04 19:36

-adreN +adreN -adreN +adreN -adreN +adreN

2021-05-04 19:39

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

2021-05-05 03:08

now kick washed up fallen and bring tier1 awper and liquid might be top5

Wtf type of last name is Hoag lmao

2021-05-04 19:44

:hogan:

2021-05-05 17:40

How does liquid only give Moses a few months to prove his worth yet stewie is still on the team after years of awful performances? I’m happy for this adren move but it’s so obvious stewie has to be replaced

Moses had 8 months man... ENCE guys were together for half this period when they reached major final

2021-05-05 11:48

Stewie can't be replaced, there are very few people on the planet that's fine with playing bitch roles while still being able to do well, while ALSO being a hype-man for the team that keeps everyone up.

2021-05-05 13:42

Now -Grim +Twistzz -Fallen +nitr0 Major easy

2021-05-04 19:47

Kakakakaakkaakakakakakakakkakakakaka this line up has existed for a long time and dont get any major

2021-05-04 19:55

You're likely memeing but if you're serious, I'd put money in for a crowd sourced buyout of nitr0s 100T contract to bring him back home!!!

2021-05-05 00:32

hope adren brings back his empty strat book!

bruh remember the peanuts he did at dreamhack hahahah

2021-05-04 22:53

Welcome back, I guess.

2021-05-04 19:59

Welcome back adreN! Hope Liquid win many trophies as they did in 2019 :D

2021-05-04 20:15

Nice

2021-05-04 20:29

2021-05-04 20:40

Actually not surprized had a feeling it could be adren again

honestly if they couldve got zews would be even better

Zews and Fallen aren't on the same page anymore afaik

2021-05-04 21:36

Let's go, welcome back Coach.

2021-05-04 21:30

2021-05-04 21:37

I dont know man, his tactics and starts weren't bad to replace him in the first place but it was his seemingly unprescence while being behind his teammates which made him look bad. He would rarely ever talk, Liquid rarely ever took a timeout when loosing rounds with him and he just showed no emotions. I hope that changes.

2021-05-04 21:38

Emotions is weakness Logic and rationality is the way to go

2021-05-04 21:59

i understand that but you have to show some emotions and react to the situations accordingly , he didnt at all. Kept a straight poker face throughout didnt matter whether Liquid were stomping or getting stomped.

2021-05-04 22:01

Maybe they didnt want to get apex’d and told him before matches to just stfu

2021-05-04 22:09

i honestly havent ever saw Adren outside of Liquid so i dont know how naturally he is on streams and his streaming team but maybe that was the case. no one has the capability to mald like Apex though , lmao

2021-05-04 22:24

they have fallen now for the "keeping the team together" role

2021-05-04 22:49

So obvious to bring back adren he is by far the best strategic mind in the NA scene ever since steel left for valorant.

2021-05-04 22:10

CONGRATS ERIC!! (btw Eric is adreN, i can use his first name because we are tight like that. yeah i know top players but its not a big deal to me lol)

2021-05-04 22:13

This comment is cringe asf. As if we wouldn't have deduced the wierd HLTV forum flex on our own, you somehow felt the need to explain it to us which only made it more cringe. Well done.

2021-05-05 00:36

it's copypasta...

2021-05-05 01:30

Can't hide behind that bud

2021-05-05 06:13

what?

2021-05-05 06:22

Do you have autism?

2021-05-05 13:14

? content

2021-05-07 19:01

underrated, liquid top1 soon

AdreN left K23 for this....?????

2021-05-04 22:55

Gl Adrenaline

2021-05-04 23:06

daddy

2021-05-05 00:21

ma boy is back

BiP

2021-05-05 00:56

AdreN Join liquid an Save NA

2021-05-05 01:03

Facepalm

2021-05-05 01:50

moses' role is to add points so liquid gets invited to tournaments while adreN is the one who help the team win.

2021-05-05 04:17

welcome back

2021-05-05 08:55

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

2021-05-05 11:08

hmm

2021-05-05 12:32

AndreN welcome back.. U was one off the missing personalities in cs. great to have u back on squard Liquid!! To get them

2021-05-05 12:38

-grim +nitro EZTOP1

2021-05-05 13:17

Great move for Liquid, he is the coach they need, with his game knowledge I think he can be one of the best if not the best coach in CS:GO. Let's go guys.

2021-05-05 15:14