Jakub «kuben» Gurczynski, who was the coach of the Virtus.Pro team for five years, spoke about what reasons, in his opinion, led to the team's decline. She performed under his leadership from 2015 to 2019, and at the end of 2016 – At the beginning of 2017, she reached the peak of her success, briefly rising to first place in the world rankings. Yakub recalls that during this period the team worked very harmoniously, the players enjoyed what they were doing and intensively prepared for their performances.
Although many believe that the high salaries that players received during this period were one of the reasons for the loss of motivation, the coach is of the opinion that this is not the main reason. More importantly, players began to feel unequal because some were receiving more bonuses than others. Distraction from other games also played a role: one of the team members was criticized for spending too much time on PUBG.
Another reason was the unsuccessful substitution strategy with which Gurczynski tried to improve the situation in 2017-2018. He now admits that if he had consulted a sports psychologist back then, he would have acted differently. In 2019, the coach tried to change the situation again, this time by recruiting a completely new squad of Polish players. However, this attempt was unsuccessful due to the fact that not all players managed to show sufficient motivation and adapt to the training regime.
Jakub Gurczynski now plans to continue coaching – already with another team.
