Media: NEO returns to FaZe as coach for IEM Cologne

15-7-2023 12:24

Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski will stand behind the team at the $1,000,000 event.

NEO is on FaZe's roster for IEM Cologne

FaZe have registered NEO as their coach for IEM Cologne, according to a report by Dust2.us. The news comes after Robert "⁠RobbaN⁠" Dahlström surprisingly announced his decision to quit coaching on Thursday, ending his seven-year tenure in the organization and leaving FaZe without a coach just before they began their season.

karrigan: "He's a different kind of guy, nobody can replace RobbaN"

NEO is no stranger to the organization, having stood in for the team during 2019 as IGL after Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen was removed. FaZe came close to winning a trophy at BLAST Pro Series Los Angeles 2019 under the Pole's leadership but ultimately came short, ending NEO's stint in the team just five months after he joined. Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David was signed to take over calling for a short while before karrigan returned to the roster in early 2021.

NEO became deeply involved in the Polish esports scene after parting ways with FaZe, notably creating his own organization HONORIS alongside his long-standing teammate Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas. The team ceased operations in March due to a lack of sufficient financial resources, and NEO is now free to stand behind FaZe at IEM Cologne.

The legendary Pole, who amassed a plethora of titles during his tenure with Virtus.pro, notably conquering the EMS One Katowice 2014 Major, is scheduled to join the team in time for IEM Cologne. It is currently unknown whether this is a temporary spot for NEO or if his involvement will turn into a full-time role.

FaZe have been assigned to Group B for the German event, where they will be competing against Natus Vincere, G2, and Vitality. Additionally, four Play-In teams are scheduled to join them in the group stage.

IEM Cologne group distribution and opening matchups revealed

FaZe's roster for IEM Cologne is as follows:

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen
Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard
Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken
Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool
Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants

Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski (coach)

lul

2023-07-15 12:25

12 replies

Hope he can fix consistency issues of FaZe.

2023-07-15 13:59

10 replies

winning a major and grand slam is a "consistency issue"?

2023-07-15 14:56

9 replies

They had only 1 tournament win in last 2 seasons? it has been over a year since they won the major and couple tournament wins. They literally lost to fucking shit ENCE,Vitality,Heroic 3 times in a row this season ,how can you be happy with this??? Dont you want them to win more????

2023-07-15 15:07

6 replies

You call Heroic, Vitality and Ence (top1, 2 & 5 teams) "shit"? If your definition of consistency is losing to top world teams a few times, sure.

2023-07-15 15:09

4 replies

I only called ENCE shit,because they are shit and overrated. Anyway it seems like you are pretty fine with them only being top 3.I am not gonna judge you about that. But I want them to win more and you cant win trophies while losing to top teams consistently.

2023-07-15 15:13

3 replies

I also want them to win more but it's about internal issues they have been fixing during player break, not about Neo.

2023-07-15 15:14

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Thats true,they also sacrificed their entire season to win grand slam(they worked really hard to win EPL which is understandable) and then they had a shaky major event where they played even more matches,which probably made them really tired for the last 2 tournaments of the season. But now they have no excuses,they should challenge for trophies and thats what I expect from them.

2023-07-15 15:19

Ence overrated kekw

2023-07-15 17:58

You have to understand that none of the Teams that you've named are shit. Never underestimate any Tear 1 team. What FaZe need is to regain their hunger to win. In the past seasons they looked "bored" in some sense. Some change in Staff could be that igniting spark.

2023-07-17 09:54

from major champion to 0-3 ?

2023-07-15 19:05

I mean everyone knows Rio was flop, but they were decent in Paris all things considered they had the hardest seeding and being just 2 rounds away from beating Heroic 2-0 in quarters for upcoming semis vs GL? Faze could have been easily in final vs Vitality. Sure Faze are not in ideal shape as they used to be year ago, but question is, is it even realistic to be that dominant for so long in current stacked scene?

2023-07-16 01:23

Neo 1.6 legend

2023-07-16 06:48

POG

damn, thats nice

neo poland proud

2023-07-15 13:54

12:24 first hltv writer awake

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO

2023-07-15 12:26

didn't see this coming

lol why, surely there are better coaches out there

36 replies

like loba

2023-07-15 12:27

haha no loba is an idiot

2023-07-15 13:38

i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about loba. u wouldnt say this shit to him at lan, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol

2023-07-16 18:22

2 replies

good meme

2023-07-17 01:41

He is 4:3 irl bro

2023-07-17 12:09

Not really, who would you pick as their Coach?

2023-07-15 12:28

24 replies

zews but my guess is that he's going somewhere already

2023-07-15 12:29

interesting, could be an Idea for a long term solution

2023-07-15 14:26

MaleK

2023-07-15 12:32

he's still signed with EG

2023-07-15 12:33

5 replies

But it's still EG.I wouldnt be suprised if they gave him for 2 KitKats

2023-07-15 12:53

true

2023-07-15 12:55

Idk why but I spent way too much time laughing at this. +1111

2023-07-15 13:02

+1 xd

2023-07-15 15:03

Lmao this one was really funny, wp mate

2023-07-16 01:24

Krystal

2023-07-15 12:42

8 replies

signed with bne

2023-07-15 12:43

i'd never trust a coach who was as big as a walking bot krystal was

2023-07-15 13:05

most coaches weren't exactly good fraggers tbh

2023-07-15 15:59

still a dogshit player no matter how u see it

2023-07-15 17:00

He had a better csgo career than blad3. As a coach, you need leadership abilities and Krystal led a lot of shit teams and players to majors.

2023-07-15 18:02

Maybe that’s the reason you are still unknown

2023-07-17 05:48

You don’t need to frag to be a good coach?? B1ad3 is considered as one of the best coaches of csgo yet he was an absolute bot as a player

2023-07-22 00:03

Krystal or Taz

i was lowkey hoping for Gob B since he is not with BIG in Cologne

2023-07-15 13:41

Cool idea, but I think he is just gonna help BIG outside of the server

2023-07-15 14:03

Isn't he one of the founders of BIG? I don't think he will leave that org.

2023-07-15 14:21

he used to play with Karrigan in Mouz way back when, so that was what i was going from, but yeah...very unlikely he would leave

2023-07-17 12:05

he's contracted to big

2023-07-15 18:43

Glaive

2023-07-15 18:12

look at Xizt, who also had no experience as a coach

not like being a coach for FaZe is a hard job. you just stand behind them and make grumpy face.

Lool +1

and say "Lets fucking go boys" every once in a while

Why im sure his "nice guys lets go" is just as powerful as that of robban. Also his head nodding and hand clapping is top tier.

2023-07-15 13:07

Like who lol?

2023-07-15 16:04

#FaZeUp Baby... Let's Go!!

wtf pog

not bad

LETS GOO

POG?

they will lose anyway

The best coach in the history in the best team in the history!

good thing or?

2023-07-15 12:30

lesgo

lesbo

2023-07-15 12:36

😊o

2023-07-15 13:43

hein ???

Could be really great

2023-07-15 12:31

OMG :D

Pog

Interesting choice but time will tell if that was good option

pog or kek? let me think

POG cause we get to see him Kek because idts he can really help karrigan

2023-07-15 12:38

U say that karrigan is smarter than neo?

2023-07-15 15:38

Atm yes

2023-07-15 16:05

pog

wow nice neo legend

2023-07-15 12:34

HUUGE

God

2023-07-15 12:40

I love NEO <3 hope is rekindled for faze let's go

goat is back baby, the one and only neo!

2023-07-15 12:41

neo <3

Holy shit

I'm so happy for NEO, I hope he will do well as a coach <33

2023-07-15 16:59

The guy has huge knowledge about the game, so it'll be interesting to spectate his new challenge. Time will tell how he will do as a coach. Good luck anyways!

2023-07-15 12:48

WHAT IS LOVE: A)Virtus.pro b)Baby dont hurt me c)pasha

2023-07-15 12:50

2023-07-15 13:10

Stanislaw

nice congrats

If Neo wins a major as a coach then he’d be the goat of goats of CS.

2023-07-15 12:59

eg fan talking

2023-07-15 13:12

Uk scence xD

2023-07-15 23:00

Apart from typo +1

2023-07-16 01:27

GOOD LUCK FILIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2023-07-15 13:01

yo what

Poggg

WOW NICE

2023-07-15 13:04

Damn they are recycling hard

So fcking nice <3

2023-07-15 13:06

legend for sure, but can he be a good coach ? Time will show.

wb LEGEND

2023-07-15 13:08

NEO BACK YESSSS

2023-07-15 13:14

YES YES YES

2023-07-15 13:15

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Hoped for TaZ but this is almost as good and he has a Faze connection which is a huge plus. Hope it works out.

2023-07-15 13:16

Nah we don’t want sell out mercedes boy

Welcome NEO FaZeUp

2023-07-15 13:18

LFG NEO

2023-07-15 13:19

2023-07-15 13:24

NEVER EXPECTED THIS WTF Great addition if you ask me, good luck NEO! #FaZeUp

2023-07-15 13:34

OMGGG Imma faze fan now

2023-07-15 13:36

thats cool👍

Who better than my all time favourite player

2023-07-15 13:40

omg its happening

fuck yes. he shouldve started with a smaller team but still he might be successful THE LEGEND

2023-07-15 13:46

It's about time FaZe got a major winning coach.

2023-07-15 13:48

good

2023-07-15 13:49

Yooooo

2023-07-15 13:56

Let's go NEO! I hope he stays there for longer, I want to see him in Tier1 still. I just started loving FaZe even more.

2023-07-15 13:58

nice

gg :D

2023-07-15 14:04

Good news happy for the 1.6 legend!

2023-07-15 14:11

hoooooooly

2023-07-15 14:19

Neo about to become goat coach from goat player

2023-07-15 14:20

GOAT Polish Golden 5

2023-07-15 14:22

"nobody can replace robban" explain this then

Karrigan thinks that Neo is nobody xD?

2023-07-15 14:46

haha +1

2023-07-15 15:44

I think you're joking but karrigan meant that you can't 1:1 replace robbaN because they've known him for so long. You can replace the coach but not robbaN basically.

2023-07-15 15:20

ah yes a half-german. just kidding my friend, i knew what karrigan meant haha. hope you are well today

2023-07-15 15:47

you too :)

2023-07-15 15:51

So they should just play with no coach forever then?

2023-07-15 23:49

that is what was promised, yes. karrigan said it, blame him

2023-07-15 23:54

He didn't say that

2023-07-17 14:10

sure he did! its even in the title of the interview, "...nobody can replace robban".

2023-07-17 14:57

Thats sick bro

2023-07-15 14:24

Omggg pogg NEO legend

2023-07-15 14:32

Interesting...

2023-07-15 14:39

Finally! I've been waiting for this moment, he was an extremely smart player (he has called for changes to cs economy years before they happened), right time to start utilizing that.

thats huge bro

2023-07-15 14:40

Legend

2023-07-15 14:53

Nice!

2023-07-15 15:05

Threat to Faze??

2023-07-15 15:27

Bye FaZe, without Robban no win.

2023-07-15 15:56

just a small marketing move for profit

2023-07-15 16:15

Suits as a coach ngl. I promise its gonna be permanent since all of Fazes players deeply respect NEO

2023-07-15 16:33

deserved

2023-07-15 16:54

2023-07-15 17:37

washed player, maybe he would be better as coach

I don't think its gonna work out, but lets see

2023-07-15 18:05

2023-07-15 18:22

why not eddie? major champion coach

2023-07-15 19:07

not a permanent coach

2023-07-21 19:09

POG!

2023-07-15 20:56

now f0rest will want to coach. f0rest vs NEO

2023-07-15 22:16

They have the same amount of experience in counter-strike as a whole. Same amount as zonic. You want the old dogs like this coaching. They know so much about the game. I’d love to see F0rest standing behind a team

2023-07-16 00:10

For real, f0rest being a great guy would help too

2023-07-16 10:01

I would love having f0rest onboard my org (if I was CEO) in any role whatsoever. I imagine I am not unique in this view. His positive vibes are off the scale.

2023-07-19 10:36

going to be an interesting era of cs

2023-07-15 23:45

hmm interesting..

2023-07-16 00:02