NRG Esports Player Considers Stepping Down
Galen “Moon” Holgate, a player for NRG Esports, is contemplating stepping down from his position after this weekend’s North American League Championship Series games. He hopes that the team will find success without him.
Rookie jungler Galen “Moon” Holgate expressed his interest in stepping down to the team’s management and coaching staff this week. Sources close to the player and organization have informed the Daily Dot of this development. While it is uncertain whether Holgate will actually step down, the team has already started looking for potential replacements.
One potential replacement being considered is former Team Liquid starting jungler Christian “IWillDominate” Rivera. He retired earlier this split, citing his desire to create content full-time. However, sources close to the player claim that Rivera was unhappy playing with Liquid. NRG’s management has already met with Rivera, but they have not made a decision to sign him yet. They plan to meet with other junglers if Holgate steps down.
If Holgate does step down, he will move to a live-in-house substitute position and will no longer be the team’s starting jungler in LCS games.
Before the split, the team planned to have two junglers: Holgate and veteran Marcel “Dexter” Feldkamp. However, due to budget constraints and a previous working relationship between Holgate and NRG CEO Gerard “Atlas” Kelly, they decided to go with Holgate. Unfortunately, NRG Esports have had a rough start to the year and currently sit in fifth place behind Immortals, Team SoloMid, Cloud9, and Counter Logic Gaming. The team is not producing the desired results.
Finding a replacement for Holgate will be challenging due to the lack of jungle talent in North America, aside from Rivera.
NRG Esports did not respond to a request for comment.
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