G2 Esports Fires League of Legends Coach Perkz After Controversial Social Media Post: CEO Alban Dechelotte Steps In
The European League of Legends offseason has just erupted into a full-blown crisis. Mere hours after Luka "Perkz" Perković published a lengthy and deeply polarizing personal statement on social media, G2 Esports announced the immediate termination of its Head Coach's contract. G2 CEO Alban Dechelotte issued a decisive public apology to fans, cutting ties with the franchise icon to contain a massive community backlash.
An Explosive Statement Following G2's Worlds 2026 Exit
Tensions surrounding the European powerhouse were already running high after a turbulent season. Promoted from positional coach to Head Coach in July following the sudden dismissal of long-serving coach Dylan Falco (who had guided G2 to the First Stand Grand Final earlier in the year), Perkz endured an early exit at the Esports World Cup 2026 before rallying the squad to win the LEC Summer 2026 trophy. However, the core roster of Rasmus "Caps" Borregaard Winther, Sergen "BrokenBlade" Çelik, Steven "Hans Sama" Liv, Rudy "SkewMond" Semaan, and Lampros "Labrov" Papoutsakis bowed out in the Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage with a 1-3 record, a painful conclusion we detailed when Perkz first reflected on G2's brutal Worlds 2026 elimination against Hanwha Life Esports.
Facing mounting online scrutiny over his coaching tenure and character, the Croatian veteran took to X on November 5 to share what he called his "first and last honest post." Addressing the state of the League of Legends division when he took over, Perkz claimed he stepped into a "broken and dysfunctional team, with a lot of trauma and trust issues." He insisted he did everything in his power to solve internal problems without creating distress between players and staff, even as offseason rumors swirl around French jungler SkewMond potentially being replaced by Vitality's Linas "Lyncas" Nauncikas, alongside expiring contracts for BrokenBlade and Labrov.
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Distancing From the Tate Brothers and Ocelote Before Sparking Outrage
Rather than keeping the focus on esports, Perković used the lengthy post to address his past associations and personal convictions. He first sought to distance himself from controversial online personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate, stating that he neither likes nor supports them, calling their worldview "fake" and condemning their "wrongful teachings to younglings about women." He also addressed his fractured bond with G2 founder Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago, who stepped down in 2022 after partying with Andrew Tate. While acknowledging that Ocelote believed in him early in his career, Perkz blasted his former boss as a "coward" for ghosting him for three consecutive days and refusing to join a call when Perkz was originally pushed out of G2's active roster, adding that Carlos's ego ultimately ended his own esports career.
However, the subsequent paragraphs of the statement ignited immediate fury across the community. After claiming that he avoids politics, has "never voted once" in his life, and lacks education on global affairs (while briefly dismissing both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and mentioning Vladimir Putin and the conflict in Palestine), Perkz delivered a vehement condemnation of reproductive rights. Declaring that he cannot comprehend how abortion is publicly accepted, he labeled the procedure "a murder, as life is created at conception," adding that it is a conviction he "will die by and never change."
LEC Community Backlash and Alban Dechelotte's Swift Termination
Condemnation from prominent figures across the European esports scene was instantaneous. Longtime LEC host Eefje "sjokz" Depoortere summed up the widespread disbelief on social media, writing that "sometimes saying nothing is better than saying something." French VALORANT and Esports World Cup stage host Lou "Loupiote" Henguelle also lambasted the post, pointing out the surreal whiplash of calling abortion murder right after claiming to be apolitical and uneducated, only to wrap up the thread by promoting his investments in gaming cafes.
Confronted with an escalating public relations disaster, G2 Esports management acted swiftly. CEO Alban Dechelotte published an official statement on the organization's X account announcing the immediate termination of Perkz's contract, referring to the former franchise star simply as "the individual":
"Last night, like many of you, we saw the statement shared by the Head Coach of one of our teams. G2 is a diverse and international organization with different people from all around the world. While the world is complex and not everyone agrees on everything, some of the statements made last night do not align with G2's stance and values. We have fans with different cultures and personal opinions, and it is of the utmost importance to us as an organisation that we respect and uphold this diversity when representing G2. We acknowledge that this statement hurt many of our fans, and we want to apologize for it. As a result, we have decided to terminate our collaboration with the individual."
Dechelotte added that the organization will now focus on rebuilding both its coaching staff and player roster for the upcoming season, asking fans for patience as official announcements cannot be made until free agency formally opens, even as LEC 2027 roster moves are already heating up across Europe.
My Take
Watching Luka "Perkz" Perković, the very player who built the G2 Esports empire on the Rift across both mid and bot lane, get reduced to a cold "the individual" in a termination notice from his own organization is as surreal as it is self-inflicted. Let's be completely honest here: Perkz pulled the pin on his own coaching career. When you hold the highly visible position of Head Coach for Western esports' flagship organization, you do not publish a rambling manifesto that throws your own locker room under the bus as "broken and dysfunctional," airs personal grievances with the former CEO, and then dives headfirst into polarizing culture-war topics right after admitting you know nothing about politics.
Above all, Alban Dechelotte's lightning-fast decision proves that G2 Esports learned a hard lesson from the 2022 Ocelote scandal that cost the club a partnered VALORANT franchise slot. There was zero hesitation, no symbolic suspension, and no PR rehabilitation tour: management severed ties immediately to protect the brand, its staff, and its commercial partners. From a competitive standpoint, after parting ways with Dylan Falco in July to hand Perkz the reins, G2 now enters a pivotal offseason without a Head Coach. What a monumental, avoidable mess.
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