Preface: The S16 season has officially started. Most players have been paying attention to the recent competitions, and the LPL games are quite heated. The drop of three Summit Group teams into the Rebirth Division surprised a lot of fans, particularly the top-tier all-Chinese team, which many internet users believed had superb coaching and players. Recently, industry insiders openly revealed that WBG's head coach Kim Jeong-soo has resigned due to accountability. Numerous netizens joked that he had already messed up Gen.G, let alone WBG. Indeed, all three Samsung coaches falling into the Rebirth Division really speaks volumes.

WBG's Korean head coach fired.

Most players certainly keep an eye on WBG. As a team with deep pockets and strength in the LPL, after buying SN's spot, their investment has been huge, building super luxurious rosters almost every transfer window. This season they even promoted themselves as an all-Chinese team. People expected stable performance, but problems started from the first segment. Team chemistry kept getting worse, and top players' mechanics also deteriorated. Eventually, in the Knight's Path matches of the second segment, they lost to LGD and failed to make it to the playoffs, getting eliminated early.

Over the past couple of days, insiders have publicly revealed that WBG's head coach Kim Jeong-soo has been fired. If you are an old LPL fan, you should be familiar with this coach – he was the coach who led IG to the world championship in Season 8. At that time, his reputation in the LPL was quite good because it was our first world title. However, when IG ran into trouble in Season 9, he was the first to escape and went back to the LCK. Over the years, he moved between several teams, including Gen.G in the LCK. During the S15 winter transfer window, Gen.G also directly dismissed him, which created an opening for him to return to the LPL and join WBG.

It is worth noting that the three eliminated Summit Group teams in the LPL were all led by former Gen.G head coaches: IG's Helper, WBG's Kim Jeong-soo, and LNG's Edgar. Honestly, coaches coming from Gen.G probably aren't that capable – after all, with such a top-tier team's coaching staff, as long as there are no major issues, they can achieve decent results. They couldn't even handle world-class players, let alone weaker teams. Currently, the only decent Korean coach seems to be Danny, who coaches at BLG and truly maximizes players' strengths.

In the last two days, the LCK qualifiers have been very fierce. Already three teams have secured spots at EWC: last year's champion Gen.G, the winner's bracket first-place T1, and HLE, which beat DK 3-0 in the loser's bracket. Honestly, any one of these three teams might be at the level of an LPL champion, and even the crushed DK could potentially reach the finals. This is the most obvious gap between the two regions. Moreover, LCK players are now uniting against outside competition; Oner officially announced his withdrawal from the Asian Games competition. Note that this means voluntarily giving up exemption from military service – a mindset that not everyone possesses.

In my opinion,

Who would have thought WBG acted so quickly? Right after falling into the Rebirth Division, they directly cut the Korean coach. Indeed, looking at the draft and lineups, Kim Jeong-soo's problems are serious. Now it really makes one wonder how much the IG championship back then was thanks to him – after all, both RNG and IG were almost undefeatable in the LPL at that time, and the players' own ideas probably could have covered the entire game. Could he be just another "delivery coach"?

What do you, dear viewers, think about this?