Ming Kai officially announced that he was the head coach of EDG, which was already two years ago.
Of course, now his identity at EDG is "supervision", which is equivalent to "decentralization" compared to the position of head coach.
But in fact, people familiar with EDG are clear. The supervision of EDG is different from other families. Although Ming Kai is a supervisor, he does the work of a head coach.
Many decisions about the game in the EDG team have Ming Kai's figure.
He himself said in an interview:
"From the head coach to the supervisor, in fact, what I did has not changed."
Many people have seen this interview, and it is also one of the sources of material for many people to attack Ming Kai. Because this statement is really out of par with it, or rather, too frank.
Sometimes people can't be too honest, and what they do doesn't necessarily have to be said in full.
MingKai is like this, it is easy to talk to death.
At EDG, Minkay's status is indeed special. First, because he had been fighting in this battle for a long time and had high qualifications; second, the boss Edju had almost unconditional trust and entrusted many important things to Ming Kai.
EDG has a lot to do with the club's face and survival, and Ming Kai is involved.
In the summer 2020 regular season, Jie Jie pulled his crotch to no avail, and it was rumored on the Internet that this person was going to be made (sold) by EDG, but Ming Kai blocked it.
So there is Zhao Lijie, who won the championship with EDG in Iceland in 2021.
When Viper finished at the bottom of the LCK, it was Also Mingkai who took him to EDG.
It is not unreasonable for Edju to trust Mingkai, and last year EDG won the championship, at least half of the credit goes to the EDG veteran.
But the problem lies in "winning the championship".
After winning the championship, EDG is actually not bad, better than most LPL teams. But it always feels a little worse, probably because EDG's performance, although it is good, should not be the performance of the world champion team.
Mingkai is also often taken out to divide the pot.
From the status of the team to the tactical BP, netizens gave a full range of complaints.
In the end, the core returned to Mingkai:
Mingkai's thinking is lagging behind, the understanding of the game is outdated, and the BP thinking is too conservative... Zero and zero total, mostly the rhetoric of the crusade against Ming Kai.
In fact, it makes sense.
Mingkai and the EDG team are indeed in contradiction.
Probably the "sequelae of winning the championship".
After winning the championship, the team will not be able to bring it. The players and the coaching staff, both sides of the thinking have a certain degree of slippage.
Professional e-sports, all the effort is for a trophy.
When they didn't get the cup, everyone was willing to twist into a rope and work in a common direction.
After getting the cup, people's hearts inevitably begin to float.
Some people want to retire, some people want to retire, some people want to take money and not work, and some people want to start talking about merit and reward, on seniority.
A trophy is enough to tear people apart.
EDG can still maintain basic combat effectiveness, which should already be the best result for all parties to maintain it.
Ming Kai's current identity belongs to a little bit of a gang of young men.
When he did not win the championship, Mingkai's identity as an "e-sports elder" and "industry senior" was still very useful. After all Chinese is good at this, age is seniority, and qualification is the right to speak.
Winning the championship, the right to speak has a new definition: achievement.
Minkai has never won the world championship of the S race, which is actually not a problem for any coach. But Ming Kai is different, his origin is a player.
He played for many years, but he just didn't win the S World Championship.
This is a shortcoming for Ming Kai himself; but for his coaching status, it is a lack of qualifications.
To be honest, Mingkai is quite embarrassed now. It's a bit out of place.
In fact, from his experience, we can also see the beginning of some LPL, why are so many professional players, after retiring, the most choice is to open live broadcasts to earn gold?
Herein lies the problem.
In fact, it is not that no one wants to continue to work hard for the "e-sports career", but for the players, it is too difficult to continue to stay in the club as a "coach".
Especially Ming Kai, who stayed in the team and became a coach.
Young people are never disobedient.
To control young people is nothing more than two points, either oppression by power or outstanding ability.
When Ming Kai first became an EDG coach, he had enough qualifications and belonged to his ability. But now that EDG has won the world championship, and speaking of seniority, Ming Kai is a bit overwhelmed.
Now many people are questioning Mingkai's coaching ability, which is actually not a problem in my opinion.
Ming Kai is still OK as a coach, playing League of Legends for so many years, there is no reason to be much worse than those professional coaches who don't play games in terms of coaching ability.
The problem for Minkai is that no one else wants to listen to him as a coach. This problem is an important reason why almost all professional players retire to become anchors.
Continue to fight for the cause of e-sports, continue to shine in the front line, continue to engage in a very specific industry work... Can a coach be worse than a sensational entertainment anchor?
To put it bluntly, I am still worried that no one will listen.
Especially those players with insufficient qualifications, it is inevitable to encounter thorns when coaching:
"You're a mess when you play games yourself, so why did you have the face to teach me to play games?"
As soon as this statement came out, it was basically over.
To be honest, I admire Ming Kai.
Whether it is a career of so many years, or a sense of duty to go to the coaching position.
To discuss the full LPL who loves the "e-sports" business the most, Ming Kai must be on the list.
Unfortunately, the identities of "former professional players" and "coaches" have begun to conflict, and whether they can get out of this whirlpool depends on Ming Kai's own strength.
If you walk past, you can continue to struggle in the cause of e-sports; if you can't go over, you will become a "lone ghost" with nowhere to live.
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