Golden takes over as SAW head coach

28-10-2024 19:36

The Swede has joined SAW until the end of the season.

Golden recently retired from playing

SAW have announced the addition of Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim as the team's head coach until the end of the season, filling the void left by Danny "⁠BERRY⁠" Krüger's departure earlier in October.

Golden announced his decision to retire from playing after departing EYEBALLERS in October, but wasted no time in stepping into a head coach role. Despite his recent transition to the role, he brings coaching experience from his eight months with GODSENT in 2023.

The Swede comes into a SAW side that has gone through a turbulent time recently. The team removed BERRY and Rafael "⁠arrozdoce⁠" Wing at the start of the month in a shock move, with the team swooping in to sign André "⁠Ag1l⁠" Gil as the replacement before the Swedish coach completed the lineup.

Since their restructuring, SAW claimed their first international LAN trophy at ESL Challenger Katowice on their offline debut with the new roster and have now set their sights on the Shanghai Major RMR, set to start on November 17. SAW have been put into Group A and will meet SINNERS in the opening round.

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Europe RMR A
17/11/2024	SAW 07:10 SINNERS	Match

"Glad to be part of SAW and join them as a coach, thank you guys for the opportunity," Golden wrote in his X statement. "We kicked it off with a trophy in Katowice, let’s try to kill it at the Major!"

SAW are now:

Christopher "⁠MUTiRiS⁠" Fernandes
Ricardo "⁠roman⁠" Oliveira
João "⁠story⁠" Vieira
Michel "⁠ewjerkz⁠" Pinto
André "⁠Ag1l⁠" Gil

Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim (coach)

Rafael "⁠arrozdoce⁠" Wing (benched)

bruh

2024-10-28 19:36

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rip

2024-10-28 20:55

it is a golden opportunity

2024-10-28 21:00

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more like golden shower opportunity

2024-10-28 21:43

WTF

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2024-10-28 19:37

no one saw this one coming

2024-10-28 19:43

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Pun intended?

2024-10-28 20:10

They saw this as their golden opportunity, you know? Gotta ban myself now.

2024-10-28 23:51

literally my exact reaction

2024-10-28 19:46

huh wtf

Random move

how does this bum get into teams

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Chill Coach is a little different from player 😭

2024-10-28 19:38

he was a smart igl ?? thats why? he just doesnt know how to frag thats all

2024-10-28 20:22

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wait is he actually a good IGL?? I always missed fnatic golden who won iem katowice, but wasn't sure why he fell off and out of t1.

2024-10-28 20:37

he was a good igl, but his fragging abilitiy was just awful

2024-10-28 20:50

he is like hooxi but without depression

2024-10-28 21:01

Yeah i think coach is good for him while hooxie is so tensed up and unpleasant in a way that i don't see him doing much in the future.

2024-10-29 08:25

they won kato, dreamhack; and the ESL europe during the pandemic (just looked at his profile, he also won WESG)

2024-10-28 23:42

got kicked from fnatic, joined a turbulent Cloud9 roster after tarik and Stewie left, showed a lot of promise actually (I remember them playing really well against prime astralis). Unfortunately, he fell extremely ill for almost half a year, so he couldn't keep up with the meta while the remains of the roster completely fell apart

2024-10-29 10:11

unexpected

thats so random, wtf

2024-10-28 19:39

let's wait and see !

Don't know why people think this is random. They did the exact same move with BERRY

Guess we gotta let him cook?

2024-10-28 19:40

Expected to be an international coach stepping in as it was hinted by orgnization and players but never expected for it to be golden, hope it all works out

Unexpected but gl with everything

golden very smort no disrespec

2024-10-28 19:44

What a banger

unexpected, given that when they hired Berry the justification was to bring experience and knowledge of the game as a coach, choosing Golden who is completely the opposite, given the short path he took as a coach, is totally unpredictable. Hope he bring good thing GL

2024-10-28 19:45

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if you’ve ever heard golden speaking on the swedish broadcasts, you instantly realize what saw was looking for. he is so insightful and has an explanation for everything going on in the server. he is him.

2024-10-28 19:55

0.70 player against me

2024-10-28 20:25

Thanks for the insight. I hope you're right. Gl Golden!

2024-10-29 06:57

Agree!

2024-10-29 15:14

Golden SAWer lol

2024-10-28 19:49

you what?

bot and matchfixer from fnatic 'nice one

2024-10-28 19:50

seems nice, gl

2024-10-28 19:52

What? Saw back to grinding t3 in 1-2 months :b

I don't see this lasting long to be honest

2024-10-28 19:54

idk what they meant end of season

2024-10-29 10:35

lol..

so u part ways with a coach that took u to ur best form yet for a player testing out coaching okay

I think he is gonna be a good coach. Golden was a great tactician but a very bad player

2024-10-28 19:56

He's probably already been their remote coach since Berry left, it doesn't seem like something out of the blue to me. GL

2024-10-28 19:59

GO SAW

Hes saying eslc kato was his achievement? I guess he wont be in the rmr because of roster lock too

2024-10-28 20:00

Mut and Roman said they were working with a coach just before Katowice, so it looks like he helped the team win

2024-10-28 20:02

insaneeee i'm so marcel kohn rn

most random roster move oat

2024-10-28 20:01

WHAT

2024-10-28 20:04

Doesn't really make a whole lot of sense... Does SAW want to keep climbing up the ladder or are they content with just being average?

chill, they started talking and training with him for Katowice, they won and liked him a lot as coach. Now they will try with him for the major and see how it works out, no need for all that negativity.

2024-10-28 20:14

I just dont understand why ORGS will waste money on goof balls like GOLDEN who never played any real sports in his life, doesnt have any drive to win, and has zero experience at coaching... this shit is turning into a micky mouse league

2024-10-28 20:17

well that's a surprise

2024-10-28 20:07

Cool beans. GLHF

Pretty interesting move. Hopefully Golden takes to coaching quickly!

2024-10-28 20:11

Welcome and GL Golden

2024-10-28 20:13

unexpected but saw go bigger

No one except them saw this as their golden opportunity, yk?

2024-10-28 23:52

This only shows that ENCE knows how to sign right people at the right time. This is why head coach, igl, analyst and performance coach have say in ENCE which players ahould be benched and who should replace them.

2024-10-28 20:41

all the best for him

2024-10-28 21:11

@Ademar what you think?

Hes probably still in shock about the lose of OG against 500 🤣

2024-10-28 21:17

Pretty smart, they have a fall guy in case they get destroyed in China. Who the hell is Ademar?

2024-10-28 21:25

Ademar is a professional saw hater

2024-10-28 21:37

A new Dougbuck alt probably

2024-10-28 22:48

best of luck brother!

2024-10-28 21:24

Damn. Golden. Insane move, gl

2024-10-28 21:31

Fnatic legendary rooster: Golden, Krimz, BroLAN, JW, Flusha. Golden was a great tactician but not a top player. While analysing plays he is very insightful and has an explanation for everything going on in the server, I hope he can help us a lot. He's already been their remote coach since Berry left. Welcome, thanks for the help in the cup and Good Luck for the future ones Golden!

2024-10-28 21:39