{"id":8665,"date":"2019-11-14T00:05:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T00:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=8665"},"modified":"2019-11-14T00:05:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T00:05:55","slug":"joey-youngbuck-steltenpool-steps-down-as-fnatic-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/joey-youngbuck-steltenpool-steps-down-as-fnatic-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey \u201cYoungbuck\u201d Steltenpool steps down as Fnatic coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following their disappointing run at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, Fnatic revealed earlier this week that Joey \u201cYoungbuck\u201d Steltenpool had decided to step down as the team’s head coach.<\/p>\n

The announcement surfaced on Fnatic’s official website and their Twitter account on Tuesday, confirming that Youngbuck will part ways with Fnatic in pursuit of other opportunities.<\/p>\n

In his farewell message, Youngbuck looked back at the 2018 season and described it as a “marvellous year where we [Fnatic] developed a lot as a team, as individuals and as a coaching staff”.<\/p>\n

“This year, we still feel how painfully short we fell in two LEC splits before losing to FunPlus Phoenix at Worlds,” Youngbuck added.<\/p>\n

“We were obviously looking to create similar success in 2019, but we found ourselves quickly swamped by internal issues in spring that we could not overcome as players and coaching staff by the year\u2019s culmination.”<\/p>\n

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We say farewell to the Six-Star General.<\/p>\n

He arrived as a four-time champion. @JoeyYoungbuck<\/a> departs as a Worlds finalist who steered us to our sixth and seventh Split win.<\/p>\n

FULL STATEMENT ? https:\/\/t.co\/oA3y1uzdgh<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/yfBrEIQ2ax<\/a><\/p>\n

— FNATIC (@FNATIC) November 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n