Alexander «zoneR» Bogatyrev has returned to «Hard Legion» as head coach after leaving the team two months ago. Back in 2018, zoneR, along with another player named Svyatoslav «svyat» Dovbakh, participated in the creation of a lineup that reached the group stage of StarLadder Major. Later on, when the players moved to the HardLegion collective, which was organized by Alexey «HARDPLAY» Baranov, zoneR reunited with former teammates and took the position of coach since October 2019.
The departure of Alexander Bogatyrev from this position was due to the not too good results that Hard Legion has been showing lately. In particular, it took the last place on WePlay! Clutch Island. Additionally, the team fell out of the top 30 this week and is now ranked only 36th in the rankings. Nevertheless, it seems that for a while the team management decided to turn a blind eye to the conflict with zoneR and the disagreements he had with Alexey Baranov.
At the same time, zoneR noted that he does not consider working with HardLegion as a long-term prospect. He will only coach until early 2021, and after that his place will be taken by Eric Akimov, now serving as second coach.
