A series of internal disagreements has taken apart Team Coast's spot and roster in the ESEA ESL Pro League, although its involvement with the team's core in other leagues is still up in the air.

Late into the North American evening, a flurry of Tweets began to swirl regarding Team Coast's roster, and specifically a serious disagreement that had taken place between its members regarding the team's future.

For those who may not be familiar with Team Coast, it recently signed the Orgless team (also previously known as LunatiK), as well as bringing in German player Robin "⁠ScrunK⁠" Röpke to coach for the team, looking to do damage in the highest echleons of North American Counter-Strike via its spots in the ESL ESEA Pro League, CEVO-P Season 8, and the new StarSeries league.



stanislaw and co. have seen their roster disintegrate into thin air

Diligent observers may have also noticed ScrunK playing as a fifth for the team in official matches in Ahsan "⁠draek⁠" Ismailzadah's stead, despite the high ping difference that entails.

Long Tweets from team players Mitch "⁠DUM0RE⁠" Green and Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz (which can be found here for the former and here for the latter) have now revealed that the team had benched draek due to a disagreement in play style. These statements should of course be taken with a grain of salt until an official team release is made.

A simple roster change turned into a storm in a teacup when the team were then apparently contacted by Gamers2 coach Nikola "⁠LEGIJA⁠" Ninić, who was interested in trying out for the team.

A majority of Coast players decided to bench teammate Chris "⁠draWsouL⁠" Drossel as a result (albeit temporarily, according to them), which led draWsouL and draek to stage a "roster coup" and remove the involved players from the team's ESEA roster.



Coast's players briefly considered trying out LEGIJA

This decision was made possible because draek technically remained the team's leader on ESEA's roster, and ESEA rules state a 70% vote is needed to change leadership on a team's page.

As a result, the new "Orgless" team which will play out Coast's remaining ESL ESEA Pro League matches is:

As for the remaining players, HLTV.org has reached out to the team's management and learned that they will meet with Coast and try to work out an agreement, since the team still retain spots in CEVO-P Season 8, SL i-League StarSeries XIV, and the upcoming RGN Pro Series LAN.

Such a potential roster, which nevertheless should be taken as purely hypothetical, is:

With more news to come following this development in North American Counter-Strike, stay tuned to HLTV.org for any breaking reports.

*Update*: draek's side of the story can be found here.

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter