fnatic's new coach, Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson, talked to us about his venture into fnatic, his role as coach, how the team is improving with time and more.

Earlier this week fnatic have announced that Viktor "⁠vuggo⁠" Jendeby would be taking a step back into analysis, while Jimmy "⁠Jumpy⁠" Berndtsson took over the coaching role.

The Swedes have played their first official matches against mousesports in ESL Pro League since then, and won both affairs following close scorelines.



Jumpy talks all things coaching fnatic

We got a chance to do an interview with the new coach which delves deeper into his role in the team, how the new lineup are adjusting to one another and more:

After the remaining two players, olofmeister and dennis, and vuggo didn't exactly see eye to eye in-game, why do you think you got the chance to take over? What can you bring to the table? I think they wanted a coach with previous in-game leading experiance to help out, since wenton has never been an in-game leader before. I've been playing CS for a lot of years and been calling for the most part of it, and I always liked that tactical side of the game and I believe I have alot to offer when it comes to that. Considering wenton's inexperience in leading, is it possible that in the beginning you will have a bigger impact on how the team will play before the in-game leader adjusts to the role? Yes, I will probably take a more active role in-game now in the beginning and wenton will take over more and more as time goes by. But we can only hope they remove that rule and everything can continue as it is. What do you make of the new ruling concering coach communication? I don't like that rule, because I feel it's a step back in time. I believe coaches can help out a lot and that would make the scene even more competitive and more fun to spectate. I imagine when you first got asked to fill the role you still didn't know about that rule, has your approach to coaching fnatic changed from when you first accepted the offer to after you found out about the ruling? Will you take more of a passive stance? It all happened at the same time, so I guess I've always had the same approach, but I will do my best to help the team even if I can't be as active in-game as I would like.



Jumpy is excited to work alongside vuggo