Recently, drX head coach Kim Jung-so was dismissed from his contract and can be described as a lot of trouble in LCK. It is worth mentioning that this is actually not the first time that Kim Jung-so has been terminated by the team, because in the 2020 season, he was also asked to be terminated by the T1 official. Of course, from the surface reasons why the two teams of DRX and T1 terminated their contracts with Kim Jing-so. The 2020 season T1 did not play a very good performance, and even missed the global finals, which may be the real reason for T1's termination of the contract with Kim Jing-so; as for DRX, because it suffered three consecutive defeats in the new season, it may have become the fuse for Kim Jing-so to be forced to terminate the contract.
However, unlike T1, DRX did not wait until the end of a season. As we all know, whether it is a player or a coach, in most cases, the contract with the team is generally one season, that is, in years. Therefore, it is actually relatively rare for someone like Kim Jung-so to be terminated at the beginning of the season. And judging from drx's record, although they started with three consecutive defeats, they gained two consecutive wins before the Spring Festival. Moreover, DRX has actually just undergone a reorganization this season, and it is reasonable that it was not possible to win at the beginning of the season due to run-in reasons. Therefore, if you only consider it from the perspective of the team's record, it is not reasonable to terminate Kim Ching-so. So, why did DRX terminate Kim Ching-so? Recently, the head of drX revealed some details of Kim Jung-so's termination through an online press conference.
Of course, because There are many things involved in Kim Jung-so's termination, the drX leader did not disclose the specific reasons in this interview. However, there are still a few points that can be analyzed to analyze what really happened in the process of Kim Jung-so's termination?
First of all, the termination of Kim Kyung-so is not a contradiction between management and Kim Jeong-so, and it is unrealistic to terminate the contract because the coach and the company representative have a disagreement. It is not possible to cancel the contract unless there is a significant reason. In other words, a very significant reason occurred between Kim Kyung-so and DRX, which led to the termination of the contract.
Secondly, this time Kim Jing-so was forced to leave his job so seriously that he did not listen to the opinions of the players, because from the news he had learned before, no player knew that Kim Jing-so would be forced to terminate the contract. Officials said it was impossible to terminate the contract if there were no major breaches. That is to say, Kim Jung-so had a relatively major violation during drx coaching. As for what major violations Kim Jeong-so has committed, officials have said that to some extent, they are related to legal issues, social issues and issues related to LCK rules.
Finally, it is the question speculated by many netizens whether Kim Jing-so's forced departure is related to salary. Officials said that Kim Ching-so repeatedly made unmet demands to the company, and to some extent about salary, related to the legal part, and the team did not match. Of course, because salary is a more sensitive part, DRX officials did not use the final indication of what kind of salary problem.
I have to say that as a former world champion coach, after winning the championship, Kim Jing-so's value is naturally rising. At the same time, in addition to IG, Kim Jung-so has also served as the coach of DK, T1, BLG and other teams. Especially in one season of the BLG, it is said that Kim Jing-so's annual salary has reached the level of tens of millions. The so-called "people go to the top", but LCK has very few teams that can give coaches that kind of annual salary. Perhaps because there are too many differences, this has led to Kim Jing-so constantly asking drX management. Although drx officials have said quite euphemistically, I believe that among the reasons why Kim Jing-so was forced to terminate the contract this time, the salary reason should account for a relatively large proportion.
Dear friends, what do you think?