Sentinels have announced the departures of Gurjiwan “Jerrwin” Gill and Jonah “JonahP” Pulice, according to VLR.gg. The exits are the organization’s first roster changes of the offseason as it starts reshaping the team for 2027.
Sentinels said on X that Jerrwin had already been allowed to explore options outside the team before the move was finalized. The organization also thanked JonahP in a separate post, saying he had gone “from rivals to part of the family” and praising him as “a veteran voice for the squad.”
Sentinels cut ties with both March additions
The two players arrived in March 2026 as part of Sentinels’ rebuild, filling the vacancies left by N4RRATE and Kyu. They came in through different routes, but both were brought in to help stabilize a roster that had changed shape before the new season even began.
Jerrwin joined as the team’s main Duelist. The rookie came from North American Challengers after earlier stops with Trust In Plug and, most notably, SaD Esports. His move to Sentinels gave him a step up after working through the North American tier-two scene.
JonahP came in with a much longer top-flight resume. He was already an established tier-one player when Sentinels signed him, having won Ascension in 2023 with The Guard’s core. He also collected regional titles with G2 Esports, adding another experienced voice to the roster.
Sentinels paired those two paths together in the same rebuild: one player brought upside and a Challenger background, the other arrived with proven results at the top level. The organization used the offseason to bet on that mix after losing two other pieces from the lineup.
Stage play fell short in both splits
The roster never found enough consistency to turn the reset into a strong year. Sentinels finished Stage 1 with a 2-3 record in Group Omega, narrowly missing the playoffs. Stage 2 brought the same result, with another 2-3 record that pushed the team into the Play-Ins.
From there, the results did not improve. Sentinels opened the Play-Ins with a 2-0 loss to ENVY, a team VLR.gg described as struggling at the time. They recovered with a 2-0 win over 2Game Esports, but the run ended with another 2-0 loss, this time to KRÜ Esports. That result closed out Sentinels’ 2026 campaign.
For the first time since 2023, Sentinels failed to qualify for an international event. The team reached the final stretch of the year without enough wins to stay in the conversation for a global berth, and the losses in Play-Ins sealed that outcome.
The end of the season also set up a quiet reset. Instead of heading into the offseason after a successful international run, Sentinels were left to examine a roster that had not produced the results expected from the rebuild. The release of Jerrwin and JonahP is the first sign of what that review may look like.
What Sentinels asked each player to do
Jerrwin and JonahP were used in very different ways during the year. Jerrwin handled the Duelist role, which put him at the front of the action and made him responsible for creating openings. JonahP rounded out the roster on flex and Initiator duties, giving Sentinels another player who could adapt to several compositions and help steer the mid-round.
That division of labor shaped how the team was built around them. Jerrwin was the younger player with room to grow into a bigger role after moving up from Challengers. JonahP brought structure and experience from a career spent around established North American squads, including the title run with The Guard’s core and his time with G2 Esports.
The farewell messages reflected that split. Sentinels credited Jerrwin with taking on a difficult assignment and praised him for staying committed to it. The organization used a more personal tone with JonahP, framing him as someone who had gone from an opponent to part of the group’s own history.
“Thank you, Jerrwin. You were called up to do the impossible and never backed down.”
“Thank you, JonahP. From rivals to part of the family, you were a veteran voice for the squad and forever a part of Sentinels history.”
The roster now enters another off-season reset with no immediate replacements announced. VLR.gg lists Sentinels’ remaining players as Reduxx, Yassin Aboulalazm; johnqt, Mohamed Amine Ouarid; and cortezia, Gabriel Cortez, with Marthinus “Ewok” Jacobus Van Der Walt as head coach.
That leaves Sentinels with a smaller core to work from as they plan for 2027. The organization has not said whether it will target outside additions, promote from within, or continue leaning on the players who remain after the first round of changes.
For now, the departures are the clearest sign that the team’s offseason has begun with another rebuild. Jerrwin and JonahP arrived as the faces of a reset in March, and they are leaving after the group fell short of the international stage in both splits.
jonahp going out first is rough but kinda telling. if you miss international off the back of two 2-3 splits, the veterans always get looked at first
I dont think it is that simple. They brought him for structure and still ended with no international spot, so a change after that is normal logic.
Sentinels doing a rebuild before the rebuild is even warmed up, classic org behaviour 🙂
lol maybe yeah
Do you think JonahP was actually the issue though? The story makes it sound more like the whole reset never clicked.
who is next then?
feels like a full core review to me. if they are already down to three names on paper, i would expect at least one more move before 2027 prep really starts
I get why it looks like a full review, but I wouldnt assume another big cut yet. Three remaining players and a coach can still be the base if the org thinks the issue was role balance, not raw talent. The article makes it sound like they are leaving the door open on promoting from within too, which usually means they want cheap options before spending. If anything, the lack of instant replacements suggests they are not rushing this one.
maybe yes if they can keep the core cheap. if not, then the open question part sounds like they are still shopping around
jerrwin feels like the easy scapegoat here
No, he was the duelists. If the team cant convert rounds and keeps missing playoffs, the entry guy gets judged hard because his impact is obvious every map. JonahP had the name value, but Jerrwin was the newer piece and easier to move.
fair, but that is exactly why it looks too neat. rookie duelist gets called up, team misses int, rookie gets cut first – it reads like the cleanest story, not always the truest one
think they keep johnqt and reduxx?
Probably, but with Sentinels you never know. keeping them only matters if the next two roles actually fit the system, not just the nameplate.
The bigger thing for me is that this is the first time since 2023 they missed an international event. That makes the offseason feel less like a tweak and more like a correction after a year that never really settled. March additions usually mean ‘we fixed it’, but here it just bought them time until the results forced a harder reset. Sentinels are acting like an org that finally accepted the year was a miss.
You mean they were just delaying the cut?
Yeah, and the 2-3 in both splits is the part that stings. Same record twice means the problem was not random one-offs, it was the same ceiling.
March reset to October reset lol
they skipped the middle boss fight and went straight to the patch notes, honestly. sign two guys in march, miss internationals, then hit the ‘rebuild begins’ button again like the first one was on cooldown. at this point Sentinels should come with a warning label: may require annual roster surgery. at least the farewell posts had some warmth, which is more than some orgs manage when they nuke a lineup.
would you keep the veteran voice or go younger?
keep the comms guy
I would keep the veteran if he still brings calm mid-rounds, even if the stat line is not flashy. When a team keeps changing pieces, the biggest issue is usually not aim, it is getting everyone on the same page fast enough to play real rounds. If they replace both experience and structure at once, it often gets worse before it gets better. So I think one stable voice is worth more than another gamble on raw upside.