Team Spirit manager openly shared his opinion on Puppey as a coach

Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov said that he doubts Clement “Puppey” Ivanov is a good coach at this stage, which is why Team Spirit never seriously considered him as a coach for their Dota 2 roster.

He talked about it during a Twitch stream.

“No, not interesting. Why would we buy him out? I mean, I understand the logic, like, he would be a coach. I get that answer. But still… paying for a coach makes sense only when you really know what you’re getting. For example, in my opinion there should be demand for Silent right now. Okay, let’s forget about Silent. Let’s talk about Aui_2000. If you told me to buy out Aui_2000, then yeah, I could understand that. But Puppey is a coach at PARIVISION. Why would we buy him out? I’m saying that in the case of Aui_2000 or Silent I can understand the desire to buy them. Maybe even MoonMeander. Well, someone like that”

According to him, the club is not interested in buying Puppey because he doesn’t really have proven experience as a coach. He noted that there are several coaches on the Dota 2 pro scene worth fighting for, but they have already proven themselves, which is why teams want them.

“You see, Puppey became a coach for the first time in his life. Just recently. You still need to see if he’s even a good coach. And I’m saying this while having huge respect and love for Puppey. But paying… maybe Puppey will coach for a month or two and then say, ‘Guys, I’m kinda tired of being a coach, I want to play again’. And then we’re like, **** we bought him”

Korb3n also didn’t rule out the possibility that in a few months Puppey might want to return to the Dota 2 pro scene as a player, leaving PARIVISION without a coach. He emphasized that he respects Puppey’s legacy and achievements as a player, but for now he doesn’t see him as a coach.