Toxic people and KOI with low engagement...
Has the technology to filter toxic players, doesn't.
Has the ability to open the system to allow more engagement, doesn't.
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Where have I denied criticism? There are just people I refuse to take advice from. This is a complex topic and people want to pretend they have a grasp on it. They don't. It shows. Don't you see it on VCT? When a team gets blown out, does anyone ever make a negative comment? Nope. Both sides did great. How do you progress without honesty?
I've said if people don't like my work, I understand. I think they are a bit quick to judge, but it's the internet. I can't control what they do. I'm just trying to highlight the hypocrisy that we are being forced to live with. To believe that an organization would let a "great coach" go... come on.
The mob likes their idols. Idols usually get their start being the first to do things. Once again, I can't control what the general public think, I'm just trying to have one person change their mind. One person to believe that a genre called "tactical first person shooter" deserves a bit more respect than a one page analysis.
Maybe apply for something more your level like a challengers or T3 team!
"Last thing I'm going to say on this thread."
you've commented nine times since
"with a tier 2 coach and a radiant player"
as opposed to you, who's achieved?
also why do you keep talking about effort and work like you've done either of those things?
"we would have successful coaches"
do you not think there is at least one successful coach in the scene? what does this mean lmao
"Most coaches have a negative win rate"
how do you think winrates work
"I think you deserve better. I think you deserve people who do more work than less."
you demanded orgs hire you in the OP and then explained why that didn't happen here???
Unfortunately in the world of competitive sports we are measured by wins and losses. No offense but I'm going to pass on your advice.
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/MCe/Coaching
Maryville Esports
Total Wins: 5
Total Losses: 12
Record: 5-12
Cloud9
Total Wins: 4
Total Losses: 4
Record: 4-4
The Guard
Total Wins: 7
Total Losses: 9
Record: 7-9
Gen.G Esports
Total Wins: 3
Total Losses: 13
Record: 3-13
Being ghosted never feels good and I'm sorry that happened to you. That said, high effort doesn't mean high quality. I'm going to give you the advice that I've given to every aspiring analyst/strategic coach who's asked me for feedback on documentation like this.
Having this level of depth is great and some coaches will value it highly, but for 90% of use cases, this is absolutely useless.
Something that was driven home to me very quickly in my time in private equity was that if you can communicate what needs to be communicated in fewer words, do it. A firm's partner isn't going to read a 25 page report, they'll read your 1-page summary and that 1-page summary better be excellent. In top tier esports it may not be a partner who's reading, but it's a player. For how much of your report will their attention span hold? and how much of what they cover in that attention span will they actually retain in a way that it's actionable?
When I anti, could I produce this sort of document? Sure. Do I though? Absolutely not. I provide a 12 - 20 slide "elevator pitch" style deck that communicates core concepts in as easy-to-retain a format possible, and then I provide a 1-pager in addition to that that's basically 8-15 bullet points of 1-3 sentences each that give very concise actionable conclusions with linked references.
I have all my rough notes that I can use to cite/further explain if needed, but I'm not going to waste my time formatting those into a comprehensive report that no one other than me should need to read if I'm doing my job well enough.
Even then, how a HC wants their reports provided is preferential. It feels bad to have your hard work feel like it wasn't respected or given due consideration, but not you, not I, not anyone, is entitled to that at the end of the day. The approach I've always taken and recommend: seek feedback, value it when it's given, don't feel entitled or wronged when it's not given, and "just do shit." Keep working hard, and if you work hard enough long enough, you'll become undeniable.
Presentation >>>
It doesn't matter how great your work is if it's not clear and concise. Remember, you are presenting your report to a busy coach and esports professionals, not a science board. I think it's fine to work hard and do a tonne of research, but for the purpose of this role, it is more important to provide actionable points that a coach can weave into a game plan, especially during tournaments when time is very limited. Best of luck!
I think I'm just going to respond to this one. I think certain people are being unprofessional. I understand that this person has had a hard time dealing with organizations and people who have different opinions to them. I'm simply not going to engage.
In the data, you can see why these teams do not perform at the level they should. If you mix the tracker ranked data with the data of previous performances, it gives you a pretty clear idea of how they will perform.
I don't think there is enough discussion and agreement on the fundamentals. The conversations that come out of those are more towards unification of ideas. If a player feels that holding on site is the best way to do something and you have a player on the opposite side of that then that's a discussion you should have. And there are hundreds of those discussions to be had all across the map. Everyone has to be on the same page or the house of cards can collapse.
On top of this, you pretty much need to have a mutual understanding of how your teammates are going to respond to things. You're 100% right that they have 8k hours combined but all of that is from different perspectives.
And to your idea about money, one of the greatest coaches of all time meditated with his players. I challenge your notion that it would be a waste of time.
Please present a winning coach's opinion and I will follow it.
It's weird you live in a dream where the coaches who spend their time on VLR are people you should hold up as experts. Why would you get angry if I pulled up their win loss history? I can't help that the coaches who commented had systems that were broken but the community still thinks they are great. It really is just if you were here in the beginning, you have a forever pass with the community.
If anything you should want change. Do you really want to see a losing coach get a role again? It's confusing. Where is the logic? The mental gymnastics you have to perform to say these are legitimate coaches, it's wild. You would be better off with a coin making your decisions, at least you could approach 50%.
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