1eeR: PRIVATE worked 14-16 hours a day without a coach

PRIVATE’s campaign at 1win Private Club Season 2 ended with a loss to The MongolZ in the lower-bracket final. The Russian roster had earlier defeated Alliance and fnatic in Belgrade.

PRIVATE entered the tournament as its lowest-ranked team. Its core had previously played for RUBY and joined the organization less than two months before the event. Former Nemiga captain Aliaksandr “1eeR” Nahorny joined the lineup during its formation.

The players initially competed as a mix after inviting Nahorny to play with them. They won a small LAN tournament and continued together while considering offers from other organizations. Nahorny later discussed the team’s plans with PRIVATE owner Igor and CEO Marat before joining the organization.

Nahorny also helped assemble the roster. He asked PRIVATE to bring back H4SAN4TOR and added Timur “z1ka” after Nuclear TigeRES benched him. Several players had limited competitive experience when the lineup began practicing together.

“ We spent a lot of time building our game; I spent an enormous amount of time,” Nahorny told the team after the tournament. “We don’t have a coach right now, so I do all the work. We worked literally like 14 to 16 hours, without exaggeration.”

His work included establishing common reactions to situations on the map, agreeing on how to approach clutch rounds and setting the team’s playing style. Nahorny said the players followed the plan and practiced for long hours.

He described the fourth-place finish as satisfactory rather than a full success. Before the tournament, he had no specific result in mind and viewed the event as a test against teams competing for Major qualification.

PRIVATE defeated Alliance and fnatic during the tournament. Nahorny said those wins showed that the roster could compete with such opponents, although it still needed time to correct its mistakes.

The loss to The MongolZ exposed some of those problems. Nahorny said the opponent punished errors in positioning and individual play, particularly in tense situations.

“The level of the players is such that they punish any mistakes, especially in terms of micro: they shoot really hard,” Nahorny said. “This game was very telling because we got punished for all those mistakes that were made out of nerves and due to our skill level.”

PRIVATE was still looking for a coach after the tournament. The team had several candidates, but no concrete talks had taken place. Nahorny described the coaching market as limited and said finding a suitable candidate was difficult.

He could continue handling the workload for another month or two, but said he could not indefinitely manage practice reviews, individual mistakes and team preparation alone. PRIVATE plans to add a coach who can provide outside analysis and help the players and Nahorny develop.

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