EG coach on new AWPer: We are maybe taking a bit of a risk, but we are hoping it's a risk that pays off in the end

Evil Geniuses’ coach has given insight into the team’s expectations ahead of BLAST Premier Spring Groups in a recent interview with HLTV, commenting on their new AWPer, Jerric “wiz” Jiang, who replaced Tsvetelin “CeRq” Dimitrov on the roster. The Danish coach acknowledged that the team is taking a bit of a risk with the change, but hopes it will pay off in the end.

“We evaluated every single spot on the team as I think that is the only responsible thing to do, and we looked at a lot of EU players. But I've felt that where we were with the team, we had a very short amount of time together, like three or four months, so the way we felt that it either needs to be an incredible talent or a player that we are 100% confident that he is ready to play at top 10 or top 5 in the world. Also, I would say the biggest weakness of our team is we lacked ownership and initiative, so it also had to be a player that could solve one of these core issues for us.

So if there was a guy who was really good individually, but we didn't expect him to take initiative, then we wouldn't make that move. In the end, we didn't feel there was such a candidate that would be interested in our project at the same time. There are some great EU AWPers and we could have gone for some of them, but we believe that wiz has huge potential and that he has a lot of things we are looking for in an AWPer even with the lack of experience. We are maybe taking a bit of a risk, but we are hoping it's a risk that pays off in the end.” – Daniel “Vorborg” Vorborg told HLTV.

Evil Geniuses will be playing their first matchup at BLAST Premier Spring Groups today at 15:00 (CET). Make sure to tune in on Pley.gg where you can follow the match.

You can also bet on the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 event right here:

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