2020 Florida Mayhem season explained

Team:Florida Mayhem
Team Abbr:FLA
Year:2020
Conference:Atlantic
Region:North America
Division:South
Record:14–7
Region Place:4th
League Place:6th
Coach:Kim "KuKi" Dae-kuk
Gm:Albert Yeh
Owner:Ben Spoont
Tournament1name:May Melee
T1playoffs:Finals
Tournament2name:Summer Showdown
T2playoffs:Semifinals
Tournament3name:Countdown Cup
T3playoffs:Knockouts
Playoffs:NA Lower Round 3
Earnings:$120,000

The 2020 Florida Mayhem season was the third season of the Florida Mayhem's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's first season under head coach Kim "KuKi" Dae-kuk. The Mayhem planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Watsco Center at the University of Miami and the Full Sail Live Venue at Full Sail University,[1] but all homestand matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Mayhem opened the season going 7–4 heading into the May Melee tournament, where they reached the finals before being defeated by the San Francisco Shock.[2] Florida finished the season with 14 wins, 3 bonus wins from midseason tournaments, and 7 losses to claim the fourth seed in the North America season playoffs.[3] A 0–3 loss to the Washington Justice on September 12 eliminated the Mayhem from the North America bracket.[4]

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In early October 2019, Florida released assistant general manager Scott "Bearhands" Tester and promoted assistant general manager Andrew "yeHHH" Yeh to general manager.[5] Assistant coach Kim "KH1" Hyung-il was released from the team a few days later.[6] On November 20, Florida announced the signing of former RunAway coach Kim "KuKi" Dae-kuk as their head coach and former MVP Space coach Kim "Dox" Min-seok as an assistant coach.[7]

For the 2020 season, the Mayhem debuted new colors, trading the yellow and red color scheme that the team had used for two years in favor of a 1980s Miami color scheme, featuring pink, teal, and black.[8]

Roster changes

The Mayhem enter the new season with no free agents, ten players which they have the option to retain for another year, and two players under contract.[9] The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.[10]

On October 7, Florida announced that they would not pick up the team option for flex support Jo "HaGoPeun" Hyeon-woo, tank Yoon "Swon" Seong-won, substitute off-tank Koo "Xepher" Jae-mo, substitute support Park "RaiN" Jae-ho, and substitute DPS Choi "DPI" Yong-joon. Florida's first acquisitions of the offseason were announced on November 20, when the team announced the signings of DPS Kim "Yaki" Jun-ki and support Gang "Gangnamjin" Nam-jin from Korean Contenders team RunAway.[11]

Roster

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:

Game log

Midseason tournaments

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Postseason

Notes and References

  1. News: Byrne . Laura . Florida Mayhem announces details for 2020 homestand events . October 9, 2019 . Esports Insider . August 20, 2019.
  2. News: Richardson . Liz . Shanghai Dragons, San Francisco Shock win Overwatch League May Melee tournament . October 15, 2020 . Dot Esports . May 24, 2020.
  3. News: Field Level Media . Ailing Decay leads Justice past Fuel in OWL playoffs . October 15, 2020 . Reuters . September 4, 2020.
  4. News: Weyrich . Matt . Washington Justice pull to within one win of Grand Finals in South Korea . October 15, 2020 . Yahoo Sports . September 12, 2020.
  5. News: Richardson . Liz . Florida Mayhem remove Bearhands, promote yeHHH to general manager . October 9, 2019 . Dot Esport . October 4, 2019.
  6. News: Richardson . Liz . Florida Mayhem release 5 players, assistant coach . October 9, 2019 . Dot Esports . October 7, 2019.
  7. News: Peres . Pedro . Florida Mayhem sign Kuki as head coach . November 20, 2019 . Dot Esports . November 19, 2019.
  8. News: Duwe . Scott . Florida Mayhem reveals new hot pink color scheme . January 6, 2020 . Dot Esports . January 6, 2020.
  9. News: Morello . Matt . 2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status . October 19, 2019 . Overwatch League . July 30, 2019.
  10. News: Richardson . Liz . Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league . October 10, 2019 . Dot Esports . October 4, 2019.
  11. News: Czar . Michael . Florida Mayhem signs RunAway players Yaki and Gangnamjin . November 20, 2019 . Daily Esports . November 20, 2019.
  12. News: Miller . Chris . Overwatch League: Joshua ‘Sideshow’ Wilkinson Gets Picked Up By Florida Mayhem . October 15, 2020 . Happy Gamer . May 29, 2020.
  13. News: Howard . Brandon . Florida Mayhem Trade Sideshow To Los Angeles Gladiators . October 15, 2020 . TheGamer . June 8, 2020.