Group Liquid has introduced that its Counter-Strike 2 coach, Torbjørn ‘mithR‘ Nyborg, has parted methods with the organisation.
Analyst Jay ‘Demars DeRover’ Li shall be protecting as interim head coach whereas the organisation finds an acceptable substitute.
The announcement, made on X, sees the coach go away Group Liquid after lower than a 12 months with the organisation.
“Thanks mithR to your time at Group Liquid,” the submit mentioned. “We admire your ardour and assist for the squad. Better of luck in your future.”
The coach additionally made a submit on X in response to the information on-line, dissatisfied with the result however eager for the longer term.
“2025 didn’t go as we needed it to,” he mentioned. “I’m extremely dissatisfied and unhappy that it turned out this fashion, however I’ll replicate and be taught from this, as I at all times have, and enhance for my subsequent staff.
“On the finish of the day I consider that is one of the best determination for each events. And although I’d have most well-liked to remain on board and combat by means of the powerful occasions collectively, I absolutely perceive their determination and have been I of their footwear, I’d most likely have performed the identical.”
MithR’s Tenure in Esports and Group Liquid
MithR has a near-decade-long teaching profession overseeing a number of rosters all through Counter-Strike: World Offensive and Counter-Strike 2. He has beforehand labored for organisations reminiscent of Apeks, Mousesports, and North, courting all the way in which again to 2016.
The coach first joined Group Liquid halfway by means of 2024 and took half in his first match with the organisation in August 2024. His debut with Group Liquid noticed the coach place among the many high 4 groups on the BLAST Premier: Fall Teams 2024. In the end, Group Liquid positioned sixth at BLAST Premier: Fall Ultimate 2024.
Group Liquid has achieved some strong performances beneath mithR’s steerage. Nevertheless, the organisation has struggled to this point in 2025, together with a Group Stage exit throughout IEM Katowice 2025.
