Evil Geniuses has today started its potential Counter-Strike<\/em> lineup overhaul with the introduction of ex-Heroic and Sprout player Ismail “\u2060refrezh\u2060” Ali, who is reportedly replacing roster riflers Jadan “\u2060HexT\u2060” Postma.<\/p>
While this seems to be a step in the right direction for the team on paper, the CS:GO<\/em> community seems less convinced, with many claiming in an April 11 thread on Reddit<\/a> that the NA org is making a mistake with this change\u2014and even worse, the roster may well be too far gone for anything short of a full rebuild to save the day.<\/p>
Before his move to EG’s top CS:GO<\/em> roster this week, Refrezh’s time at Sprout failed to live up to expectations. The Dane originally took over the IGL role for the squad but stepped down from the position after just six months at the helm, stating he was struggling to balance all the responsibilities the role<\/a> required.<\/p>
EG has not been doing much better. Recently, the NA squad bombed out of the BLAST Paris Major<\/a> Americas RMRs after losing to FURIA and Paquet\u00e1\u2014though they were only invited to the event at the last minute<\/a> as a replacement roster. The squad has been in dire straits since March 2021, with their only noteworthy win of late has been against Heroic<\/a>, and even then that was just the roster’s second best-of-three win all year.<\/p>
