100T VALORANT coach Sean Gares: ‘A lot of people in the region don’t give FaZe the respect they deserve’

After a gauntlet series against FaZe in the NA VCT Stage Two playoffs, 100 Thieves’ VALORANT coach Sean Gares felt like he and his team had been in a fight. “I’m thinking I’ve aged 10 years,” Gares told Dot Esports after the match. “That puts me onto like 73 in esports years. Holy shit.”

Gares, who’s actually 34, faced the daunting task of coaching the young 100T roster through a series where they trailed 9-3 at halftime in all three maps. Despite trailing, 100T recovered with massive second half-performances on both Split and Icebox, taking the series 2-1 to advance to the next round of the upper bracket. But even with FaZe succumbing to the 9-3 curse twice in the same series, Gares put some respect on 100T’s familiar scrim foe and advised the rest of the region to do so as well.