TSM Bjergsen Retire As A Player And Become TSM's New Coach

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By: Hypron || Oct 27, 2020

TSM mid-laner and captain, Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg, has announced his retirement as a pro-League of Legends player.

However, he will now no longer be leaving TSM as, following a playing career that spanned 8 years (six of them with TSM), Bjergsen will now move forward as the team’s new head coach.

While TSM gained its 7th LCS title in the LCS Summer Split, the team had a disappointing showing at the 2020 LoL World Championship (Worlds), with a group level elimination and a 0-6 record.

Though it may seem that Bjergsen’s retirement is a sudden reaction to the poor performance, he confirmed that the coaching role has been on his thoughts ever since the mid-season break.

“When you’re a leader and a veteran on the team, you come to be doing numerous education at the same time as you’re playing and I usually loved that aspect,” said Bjergsen. “But it was always a side-project because, as a pro player, you have to focus on yourself first and foremost.”

Though the end of Bjergsen’s professional play is breaking the hearts of many TSM fans, he believes that his new coaching role is just another promising opportunity for him to compete with TSM.

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“I don’t absolutely sense like I’m retiring,” responded Bjergsen. “I’m nevertheless going to be a competitor in LoL and with TSM, I’m simply converting the position. I’m now no longer going to be actively gambling at the level at some point of matches, however I’ll nevertheless sense like I’m competing and I’ll be running toward the equal intention of winning.”

Bjergsen retires with a plethora of accolades to expose for his character efforts. The Danish legend ends his profession as a six-time LCS champion and a four-time season MVP and the all-famous person with 5 Worlds appearances.

While this yr has been bittersweet for TSM, Bjergsen’s new position may also assist propel the crew to brand new gambling well known for the 2021 season.