Astralis part ways with casle

20-12-2023 14:31

The Danish organization is on the lookout for a new head coach to guide the team in 2024.

casle spent over a year in charge of Astralis' main team

Astralis have announced that they have dispensed with the services of head coach Peter "⁠casle⁠" Ardenskjold. The 37-year-old had been with the organization since August 2022, when he was hired to coach its academy squad, Astralis Talent.

casle took charge of Astralis’ main team in October 2022, initially on an interim basis before being appointed full-time at the end of that year. A semi-final run at IEM Cologne 2023 was one of the few bright spots of his time with Astralis, who have struggled to make a dent on the world stage.

The Danish team ends the season with a new-look roster following the high-profile signings of Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund and Jakob "⁠jabbi⁠" Nygaard. The former HEROIC pair made their first appearance at BetBoom Dacha, where Astralis finished in 7th-8th place.

"The demands here are high, and we are constantly evolving both as a team and organization,” said Astralis Sports Director Kasper Straube.

“After analyzing the fall season and working to identify the future needs on and around the team, the conclusion is that a profile with different skills than Peter's is needed. We are acting on this now so that we can hit the ground running in 2024.

"Overall, we are in a very good position and enter 2024 with a strong belief that we can compete at the highest level. This requires, among other things, finding the right coach to lead the team, and that process is underway."

Astralis added that the new coach “will be announced once found," though everything appears to indicate that Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström is one of the strongest candidates for the role.

Xizt's final Heroic interview: "Super proud of what we have achieved"

The Swedish coach worked with Straube, stavn and jabbi during his time on HEROIC, who recently hired Eetu "⁠sAw⁠" Saha as their new head coach.

Astralis are now:

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz
Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund
Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer
Jakob "⁠jabbi⁠" Nygaard
Victor "⁠Staehr⁠" Staehr

Johannes "⁠b0RUP⁠" Borup (benched)
Christian "⁠Buzz⁠" Andersen (benched)

finally

2023-12-20 14:31

1 reply

2023-12-21 05:26

They should get zonic or Xizt

2023-12-20 14:32

22 replies

Hunden Inc!!. Easy Copenhagen major win!!

2023-12-20 14:35

3 replies

2023-12-20 15:41

Based take my fellow Hunden enjoyer

2023-12-20 16:23

2023-12-21 02:57

what exactly makes u believe that zonic is going to leave falcons 3 months after signing there?

2023-12-20 15:17

8 replies

Because it's trash

2023-12-20 15:19

7 replies

Good money tho

2023-12-20 15:21

he just wants the money anyway

2023-12-20 15:23

What else zonic want? Allready 5 majors nothing to prove. Time to farm money

2023-12-21 06:06

2 replies

indeed

2023-12-21 07:00

yeah well he claims he does it because of the opportunity and bla bla bla. but yes, thats why I dont get the people who really think he will go back to astralis.

2023-12-21 10:59

He knew this when he joined falcons.

2023-12-20 15:53

astralis no money+trash

2023-12-20 17:34

Xizt is on market lol, Astralic or Herolis. Can't tell the difference anymore

2023-12-20 16:01

5 replies

oh no. no more betas in astralis. they need someone that can scare the shit out of them

2023-12-20 16:38

like who for example

2023-12-20 16:39

imo they should resign Trace. If they can get their hands on Sycrone from Mouz, that would be a scoop.

2023-12-20 16:44

Yes sycrone is the best choice nut he he wouldn't. That guy seems quite humble and honest, imo this doesn't fit his standards if he would've moved to Astralis

2023-12-20 17:25

Xizt is also angry with jabbi and stavn

2023-12-21 06:09

Would love to see Xizt in the role as a Coach, he is a smart guy that understand CS better than most people.

2023-12-20 16:50

What do you mean as A coach? Xizt has been a coach for years…

2023-12-20 22:47

+Xizt definetely

2023-12-21 02:22

+Xizt to reunite with stabbi

2023-12-21 02:42

xizt ain't no traitor like the rats in astraloss.

2023-12-21 17:45

+trace

+1 or Sycrone

2023-12-20 16:45

its time for Clutch Minister to make his long awaited comeback and take the new mantle.

4 replies

oh yea not a bad idea actually would like to see this happen

2023-12-20 14:33

would be so cool! maybe like him and xizt together

2023-12-20 15:58

he def has the coach forehead

2023-12-20 18:32

+1 but Idk about him going straight to being the Astralis main roster coach, I think he for sure could be a good coach though. Start him out on Astralis talent or something for a bit first and he’d be set.

2023-12-20 23:40

+ byali

Hahaha

2023-12-20 15:22

+hunden

honestly would not surprise me at all

2023-12-20 14:37

+ forsaken even better

2023-12-20 15:26

Would be a 300 iq move

2023-12-20 16:25

Which ssssnake will appear next :D

LMAOOO

2023-12-20 23:56

stabii

welcome xizt

Stabbi strikes again

2023-12-20 14:34

Welcome forsaken

ABOUT TIME .. get this snake out of here ! this guy ruined Astralis slowly and surely. Xizt, please join and heal this team.

2023-12-20 14:36

7/8

2023-12-21 02:43

+xizt?

Astralis 2024: blameF stavn jabbi device TeSeS Xizt

2023-12-20 14:38

Astralis 2025: XANTARES Wicadia MAJ3R woxic Calyx Fabre

2023-12-20 15:09

2023-12-20 15:57

just trust me bro

2023-12-21 03:52

Not TeSeS, maybe birdfromsky and blame gives igl up and focuses on fragging

2023-12-20 18:28

Astralis really bought out Heroic piece by piece... First, their performance coach, then jabbi and stavn, which made cadiaN leave, now their head coach. Do they really think they can simply buy out the Heroic formula and perform well like Heroic did? This is not going to end up well...

2023-12-20 14:39

no cadian no heroic

2023-12-20 14:44

I don't think they want to repeat the heroic formula - they want all the best pieces of heroic to make a system around device and achieve what heroic failed to achieve. we never saw heroic with a top tier awper and it was a problem in big games. btw it's a pretty standard practice in sports, bayern did the same with dortmund some years ago, they bought gotze, lewy etc.

2023-12-20 16:09

My point was more towards they also grabbing non-players from Heroic, like their head coach and performance coach, they are literally grabbing everything that worked for Heroic and hoping it also works for them, but instead of doing the same thing with different people, they are hiring them FROM Heroic. I just feel this is not going to end up well

2023-12-21 12:19

good for casle i guess, the great escape from the snake den

No one cars about snake org with snake baiting players. I just feel bad for device, since he got tricked coming back to this danish clown fiesta instead of signing with some high profile international team. I honestly could see him awp in Faze instead of broky at the end of CSGO, would solve Faze’s problem of inconsistent awper.

2023-12-20 14:42

yet ironically, broky's not even the problem in CS2.

2023-12-20 14:43

That’s why I said at the end of CSGO. Broky stepped up massively in CS2 and somehow plays better despite awp being nerf, which doesn’t make sense at all. Also we didn’t see much of device in CS2 so far, so making that roster move would be extremely risky and probably even stupid.

2023-12-20 14:47

tbf, he was kind of shotgun AWPing when we transitioned into CS2. And shotgun AWPing at the time was technically the way to go for AWPing to have any sort of impact, and still is. Well, not as much anymore but still.

2023-12-20 14:48

do you even believe what you are saying? device is the boss of astralis, something like niko in g2. his first year after comeback might be bad (the only good result is top4 in cologne) but he can't be unhappy with his position. no other org will give him that much influence over the team ps. device in faze would make them better than vitality, that's a fair point. not gonna happen tho, mostly because what I said before - device is THE man in astralis and he won't be willing to change it

2023-12-20 15:54

you care...i see

2023-12-20 16:46

+trace cus blamef likes the fella

2023-12-20 14:45

HUNDEN to return, beware

2023-12-20 14:50

+hunden pls

then it will be most unlikable team

2023-12-20 16:42

as long as its just a cs-team...if you know what i mean

2023-12-20 16:48

They kept him long enough to bomb Launders' show at the Major by giving Lau the literal most irrelevant guy they could find to interview.

Expected dont know why they hired him in the first place

2023-12-20 14:54

Because he is good academy coach

2023-12-20 18:33

🐍 already bit another person

2023-12-20 14:57

Pashabiceps incoming Jk I wouldnt wish A legend to go to astralis

2023-12-20 15:00

XIZT INCOMING

2023-12-20 15:02

+ruggah or +rejin

2023-12-20 15:03

Rejin just joignes tsm

2023-12-20 15:10

Promote hunden gg

IMO - should have kept Trace

2023-12-20 15:07

Welcome hunden

2023-12-20 15:08

Hopefully

2023-12-20 15:13

I did - at one point - think they were better at communications meaning more proffesional than the majority of orgs. This was done ok, but in general they are amatuers. What I hear is they probe for candidates and then leaving them hanging. There is a looong way back to the top and their fanbase must be dwindling. They cant keep selling off assets to sustain their operations.

2023-12-20 15:15

Poaching players is done in every single contractual sport in the world . I don't get why people in cs are so pressed about it . And they are not selling assets to sustain , they have money . They did this to actually win shit .

2023-12-20 15:38

poaching is one thing, but doing it with no respect to the players is just stupid. And because one is an idiot does not mean we all have to be idiots.

With no respect to who ? If anyone should be slandered its heroic and they way they run to twitter to cry about how the situation unraveled . And i still don't believe 2 players had that much control over such situation .

2023-12-20 17:00

I know how players have been treated and how they are approched...

2023-12-21 10:19

Cool.

2023-12-21 16:56

+MSL

2023-12-20 15:32

Didnt think they would change anything. They better sign trace and if Staehr isnt working, get k0nfig. I want to see blameF and k0nfig bromance again

probably getting Xizt.

2023-12-20 15:36

No one wants Konflict back in the team.

2023-12-20 16:14

Trace back hopefully!

2023-12-20 15:37

+hunden to have the most hated team of all time

2023-12-20 15:42

Xizt would be a novum. He is not danish.

2023-12-20 15:44

Xizt? They have to get everyone who's worked for Heroic?

2023-12-20 15:46

Xyp9x ( might be an option ) cajunb ( might be an option ) Gade ( might be an option ) b0rup as a coach ( might be an option )

2023-12-20 15:55

Which NEW team are you most excited to see in action? ENCE Glav1e dycha Goofy hades Kylar Heroic NertZ sjuush TeSeS kyxsan nicoodoz Liquid NAF CadiaN YEKINDAR Twisstz skulls Falcons Magisk SunPayus Maden Snappi BOROS Spirit Chopper Sh1ro magixx zont1x donk I'm personally most excited to see what liquid can do under CadiaN.

do Falcons get ENCE rmr spot

Yes m8 they do

2023-12-20 17:13

Falcons and Liquid for sure

2023-12-20 17:15

Yes brother me too and very curious to see how ENCE and Heroic will do

2023-12-20 17:17

Heroic seems to lack that star quality except for NertZ to be honest, I'd really love to see him in MOUZ or G2 instead. ENCE.. mmm nothing new, 9INE with a tweak, they did it just for Major spot tho, they'll change this lineup surely after Major

2023-12-20 17:55

Yeah NertZ to MOUZ or G2 is a really good call and keep dupreeh at Heroic.. Yeah I think your right again with ENCE getting 9INE core just for the major spot and then they will make changes after the major there has been alot of changes and alterations and new lineups recently.. it's really interesting and fascinating to watch I can't wait for this major m8

2023-12-20 18:46

Liquid no doubt

2023-12-20 21:56

Xizt incoming or bring back trace? lets gooooooo

Hunden in

2023-12-20 16:11

+trace please god

Astralis trying to be Heroic so bad

2023-12-20 16:16

2023-12-20 16:35

+ kassad

They can go Hunden at this point

2023-12-20 16:43

+Rejin or +Xizt the best coachs they can get

2023-12-20 16:52

Bring aboard FeTiSh... New on the scene might not remember the ol' CT-side of Dignitas/TSM with device, Dupreeh Core. They were litterally always getting 11/15 rounds on CT. I know, their results and T side were dogshit, but with current setup they get run over on both CT and T. Start with a strong CT and build 2-3 standard execute for T on each map.

2023-12-20 16:56