Today, Heroic issued an official statement that Nico "nicoodoz" Tamjidi has been removed from the starting lineup of their CS2 team, and that he has been given permission to look for a new environment where he can continue his career.
Nicoodoz came to Heroic late last year from Preasy Esports, as a replacement for then sniper Casper "cadiaN" Moller. In less than six months with the team, he managed to break into the top 10 teams in the world, which might be a great success for some other organization, but not for Heroic, which is used to being at the very top of the list of the best on the planet.
In order to progress further, it was somehow the most logical thing for the organization to make a change in the AWP position, because nicoodoz has repeatedly performed very poorly in tournaments, which has been extremely expensive for Heroic. If you compare his stats with other players in the same position, it can be seen that he is well behind the competition, which is why he will most likely have to go back to playing in weaker teams, before he gets the chance to fight at the highest possible competitive level again.
According to rumors, he will be replaced by Abdul "degster" Gasanov, a Russian player who has been on the OG bench for a long time.
