stikle- and Bad News Eagles part ways

1/12/2022 - 15:15

Swedish coach Jonatan "⁠Devilwalk⁠" Lundberg was spotted with Bad News Eagles in the team's server.

Klesti "⁠stikle-⁠" Kola, Bad News Eagles' coach, will no longer be in charge of the Kosovar squad in 2023 as he and the team have decided to part ways due to differences in their vision for the team and its future.

The 24-year-old Albanian was a part of Kosovo's top side since its inception and stood behind the players during their meteoric rise from the fringes of the European circuit to qualifying for the Legends Stage of a Major in May.

stikle- was a part of BNE's rise, but will now follow a different path

Bad News Eagles didn't manage to hang on in the top echelons and went missing after their first Major appearance at PGL Antwerp, which was a historic one for for the team's Albanian and Kosovar members as they were the first from their countries to reach such heights. The side struggled to find form against lesser opposition while treading murky online territory, but reappeared just in time to once again make a splash at the second Major of the year in November.

The Kosovar squad breezed through the IEM Rio Major's Challengers Stage with a clean record and momentarily erased their online woes from memory. They even eliminated one of the tournament's favorites in the Legends Stage, FaZe, but in the end it was not enough and they bowed out with a 1-3 record.

The quintet and stikle- then flew to Finland for Elisa Masters Espoo, but flopped out in 9-10th place, which added more fuel to the fire of instability and piled on the team's doubts about being able to remain among Counter-Strike's elite for an extended period.

stikle-, who had to take different roles for the orgless team other than coaching, such as posting on social media and managing the squad, will now take some time off to undergo surgery. The Albanian skipper plans to start streaming and will announce some of his plans for the future after recovery.

Former fnatic rifler and Major winner Devilwalk, who has worked as a coach and broadcast analyst during and after his playing career, was spotted in Bad News Eagles' server alongside the players.

Bad News Eagles are now:

Flatron "⁠juanflatroo⁠" Halimi
Dionis "⁠sinnopsyy⁠" Budeci
Genc "⁠gxx-⁠" Kolgeci
Sener "⁠SENER1⁠" Mahmuti
Rigon "⁠rigoN⁠" Gashi

sad, rip bne

2022-12-01 15:16

4 replies

sadge hopefully they maintain their major appearance and upset wins

2022-12-01 15:52

radio

2022-12-01 19:46

2 replies

did not see pirukävely is joinik!

2022-12-01 20:06

1 reply

i'll let it pass...

2022-12-01 20:08

Devilwalk is in

Probably devilwalked there

2022-12-01 20:35

rip Albanian greatness

2022-12-02 00:14

devilwalk mentioned, where cucumber?

3 replies

holy shit real juuks, cucumber is sleepink

2022-12-01 16:05

SHIT

2022-12-01 19:36

HOLY

Unluko or luko for bne? Was he good?

2022-12-01 15:17

5 replies

hltv.org/player/12809/luko

2022-12-01 15:24

he took a punch like a champ, top 3 strongest coach 4 sure

2022-12-01 15:30

he is rude and cant control his temper

2022-12-01 17:20

I can't comment on that I wasn't there personally

2022-12-01 17:21

not bad but not really tier 1 coach yet so needs more experience

2022-12-01 15:35

devilwalk 1 major nik0 0

Damn

Sad for stikle <3 Welcome devilwalk

welcome devilwalk soon ?

2022-12-01 15:18

Devilwalk 2 major, soon to be 3?

He's making it look easy.

2022-12-01 15:34

Nice

tsm sign confirmed.

2022-12-01 15:20

2022-12-01 15:25

2022-12-01 15:27

G2 stikle confirmed

2022-12-01 15:28

Bad News

article says "The Kosovar squad breezed through the IEM Rio Major's Champions Stage with a clean record" instead of Challangers Stage

2022-12-01 15:37

+1 I was about to say that

2022-12-01 17:26

unexpected, it seemed they were getting along so well with eachother

2022-12-01 15:51

health issues, stikle annouced he left due to having too much stress and he is getting surgery in three weeks

2022-12-01 16:01

but surgery because of the stress or what?

2022-12-01 17:15

no, FESS surgery

2022-12-01 17:54

Sad.. Who will be the new coach Loba?

devilwalk

2022-12-01 16:10

R.I.P The last Albino in the team :(

2022-12-01 16:33

There are 5 more left wdym

2022-12-01 17:40

arent they Kosovoan?

2022-12-01 18:52

Thats not a word, they are albanians from kosova

2022-12-01 19:12

Kosovan/r doesn't exist in Kosovo 95% are Ethnic Albanians !

2022-12-01 19:45

huh

2022-12-01 16:52

Get well soon

2022-12-01 17:22

it says champions when it should say challengers

2022-12-01 17:30

sad :(

2022-12-01 17:45

get well soon bro

2022-12-01 18:07

this makes me sad

2022-12-01 18:17

A move that actually got figured out through some investigative journalism by a random Redditor yesterday

2022-12-01 18:19

that sucks

2022-12-01 18:34

who?

2022-12-01 18:43

DEVILWALK 1 MAJOR feels bad for stikle though, hope the surgery goes well. but a goat like devilwalk taking his place is cool

2022-12-01 18:53

Would Devilwalk speak to them in English? Or have BNE been comming in English this whole time and I just had no idea

2022-12-01 18:54

Why would 6 albanians comm in english among eachother

2022-12-02 08:42

And people say dumb questions don't exist.

2022-12-02 09:50

Cant even imagine how his thought process went

2022-12-02 20:49

G O D D E V I L W A L K

2022-12-01 19:35

Heartbreaking news as I heard that even they players are going to part the ways :(

2022-12-01 19:42

Nah that’s not true! They probably found a new organization , they will announce this after this season! Albanian dream team is still alive

2022-12-01 20:18

ynk new coach, get him off broadcast PLS BNE TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM

2022-12-01 19:43

another case of EF... R.I.P bNE

2022-12-01 22:39

Why rip? The players didn’t part ways! They just found a very good coach! Hopefully they’ll find a org soon

2022-12-02 11:03

I wish the best for them

2022-12-02 16:59

"friends team"

2022-12-02 01:12

money team

2022-12-03 03:33

sad

2022-12-02 10:04

Nah they wont disband. They are earning money. But if rigoN or flatro leaves they will probably disband after a while.

2022-12-04 16:02