FaNg to play for BOSS whilst searching for new team

2-4-2024 18:33

The Canadian rifler will compete for BOSS whilst he searches for a new team after his departure from NRG.

FaNg was part of NRG for less than six months

Justin "⁠FaNg⁠" Coakley has announced that he will play for BOSS whilst he searches for a new permanent home, having recently parted ways with NRG.

In his post to X/Twitter, FaNg thanked BOSS and Tommy "⁠Axed⁠" Ryan for allowing him to "play with them on my own terms" as he searches for a new team, and encouraged interested parties to DM him or contact his agency.

FaNg was part of NRG's re-entry into the Counter-Strike scene, but the squad failed to make headway in online qualifiers and could not reach PGL Major Copenhagen, only attending the Americas RMR as a result of the disqualification of Rocket.

NRG invited to replace Rocket at Americas RMR

Following the inauspicious start of their new roster, NRG opted for a revamp, removing FaNg, moving Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele to head coach, and bringing in Colby "⁠Walco⁠" Walsh and Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta.

"My departure from NRG is not something I have much to say about other than I wish we had more time as a team," FaNg wrote on X. "I felt I was finding my form, but it is what it is."

NRG sign autimatic

BOSS are among the top squads in North America, regularly going deep in regional tournaments and qualifiers. They placed second in ECL Season 46 late last year, and as a result have an appearance at ESL Pro League Season 19 on the horizon.

BOSS are now:

Josh "⁠PwnAlone⁠" Pigue
Matthew "⁠Cryptic⁠" Whitmore
Matthew "⁠d4rty⁠" Paplawskas
Adam "⁠freshie⁠" Paterson
Justin "⁠FaNg⁠" Coakley

Tommy "⁠Axed⁠" Ryan (coach)

Deserved

2024-04-02 18:33

5 replies

tf u mean deserved babe

2024-04-02 18:34

4 replies

Wym Babe, who do you think you are, Tom Brady?

2024-04-02 18:39

1 reply

He meant Babe the pig. flag related

2024-04-02 18:40

2024-04-02 19:54

Babe chill it’s ok. I’ll get you Starbucks

2024-04-03 01:42

Hype

rip brett lmao

3 replies

Brett?

2024-04-02 20:52

BOSS’s proper 5th man

2024-04-02 20:59

Didn’t even mention him once in the article

2024-04-02 23:09

I hope they all just get signed together, a ton of talent on this team

2024-04-02 18:35

16 replies

Have been hoping they would get signed for a while, they are consistently one of the better NA teams and I think they would progress more under an org. What orgs would consider coming back into cs to pick them up though?

2024-04-02 18:45

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Team 3D

2024-04-02 18:55

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Haven't heard of them but I'm never opposed to new NA orgs coming in. Would be cool to see an old org like Chaos, Ghost, or Extra Salt back in the game also.

2024-04-02 18:59

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Do any of those even still exist? Cuz I'm pretty sure they don't

2024-04-02 19:13

Ghost still is, Chaos im not sure, and the last I Saw of ES was they are no longer an org sadly

2024-04-02 19:15

Chaos and Extra Salt are defunct. There are too little smaller orgs left that could enter. Nearly all the other NA orgs that aren't in CS that could return or enter are all giants.

2024-04-02 19:17

I wouldn't mind seeing an org like SSG enter CS2, or if TSM gives up on that mid EU roster they would really help the development of a young team like BOSS

2024-04-02 19:39

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I think i remember ssg being a mess when they had the roster with Grim. Ideally a Shopify or Moist would be cool.

2024-04-02 20:38

there's a few on twit trying to manifest them as the new CS roster of 100Thieves)

2024-04-02 23:10

You must be new. Team 3D was a 1.6 org and one of the best at the time. It was Rambo and Method's team

2024-04-03 13:12

Would be cool if 3d came back and Rambo coached them lol

2024-04-02 19:41

hell yeah

2024-04-02 19:42

I forgot Rambo existed lmao but unfortunately he’s seemingly MIA since he doesn’t seem to be active these days now.

2024-04-02 19:44

ATK incoming

2024-04-02 23:06

defunct org.

2024-04-02 23:07

-Legacy Lineup +BOSS lineup, maybe keep their awper, stewie Is kidding anyway, Legacy used him to gather so validation in NA and Stewie as always for stealing paychek

2024-04-02 23:17

thank you so much now i can sleep well knowing this legend secured

2024-04-02 18:36

Whats sad is that there isnt really a team that needs Fang that he would realistically want to go to... col wont rehire him, liquid have gone off into win now mode. M80 is best case scenario, and i just dont see it happening. Sadly i think he needs to go to europe to find himself a team. Sure he could join a middling NA org, but that wont progress his career. He's young, and talented, and with all these roster shuffles going on, maybe he could find himself on a team like endpoint, idk, just an org with more pedigree and competition than he'll find playing for any other NA team.

2024-04-02 18:38

he can afford to wait for a while, as long as he didn't recklessly misuse his massive sticker money revenue from Paris, he should be relatively fine for a while longer.

2024-04-02 18:49

I mean, if this team show some decent results they can get signed by some org tbh

if there even is any that is. The majority of the orgs left in this region not in CS are all giants and would likely want a team that could contend, not some experimental or budget team that's isnt anywhere close to being internationally competitive at present.

2024-04-02 19:37

Moist or Guard would be some orgs that could do that no?

2024-04-02 19:50

Guard is defunct as well. Moist could but idk if they’re willing to consider.

2024-04-02 19:56

I mean, moistcritikal said he wanted a cs team once I think But if they have a tier 2 NA valorant team, which is, in my opinion, worse than NA cs now, they could consider it And since now Americas have 7 spots, its more atractive to them too no'?

2024-04-02 20:02

Idk man, compared to like an RL or Apex team, CS is crazy expensive. With all the grifter investor-money orgs just sky-rocketing the salary average it'd be tough to get into it without budget asf players.

2024-04-02 21:44

gl i guess xd

“Whilst” 🤓☝️

No mention of brett?

Isn't brett their IGL?

no, it's Cryptic.

2024-04-02 19:18

Cryptic is

2024-04-02 19:20

That is a literal boss move from the Canadian!

2024-04-02 19:14

Damn I kinda wanted this squad to stick together, they got a really tough draw at the RMR, but they were playing some decent cs. Should be an upgrade but who knows at this point

2024-04-02 19:26

tbf, I don't think they would've passed up what would be a prime opportunity since FaNg has tier 1 experience (albeit with mixed results do note) and he's basically the same age as the rest of the team.

2024-04-03 00:28