Pro Players Have Their Say on Coaches in CoD Esports \u2013 Do They Really Make a Difference? After Evil Geniuses lifted the 2018 CWL Championship trophy on August 19, completing a remarkable run that saw the 30\/1 shot upset the competition, their coach, Embry \u201cBevils\u201d Bevil received high praise. EG\u2019s captain and now 2x world champion Patrick \u201cACHES\u201d Price said Bevils \u201cwas a huge part of our success\u201d. His teammate Justin \u201cSiLLY\u201d Fargo, said having a coach \u201chad the highest impact on us winning champs.\u201d But not all teams have coaches, even at the highest level. In fact, neither of the teams with the most event wins throughout the WWII season \u2013 Rise Nation and Team Kaliber \u2013 had coaches. So how much difference does the coach really make? Does it depend on the team, the players and their perceived \u2018need\u2019 for another pair of eyes on their gameplay? Echo Fox player Donovan \u201cTemp\u201d Laroda, and Rise Nation players Daniel \u201cLoony\u201d Loza and Austin \u201cSlasheR\u201d Liddicoat, discussed the topic briefly following CWL champs and EG\u2019s historic victory. SlasheR: \u201cThe whole year coaches weren\u2019t doing shit, and now all of a sudden we\u2019re going to say coaches did something.\u201d Temp: \u201ctK and Rise won the most events, with no coach. EG went 0-20 in SnD, literally. It comes down to how the players perform at the end of the day.\u201d Loony: \u201cThey just played well bro. Yeh, I\u2019m sure the coach is the reason Assault had fucking LeBron numbers.\u201d However, it has been pointed out that four of the top six teams at Champs all had coaches (EG, Luminosity, FaZe Clan and eUnited), so surely this isn\u2019t purely coincidence? FaZe Clan player James \u201cReplays\u201d Crowder, who himself was previously a coach for the organization before returning to playing, disagrees with Temp and co., saying coaches are \u201csuper helpful\u201d. This would align with the compliment SiLLY paid to his coach, Bevils. In a Reddit comment, SiLLY explained how he turned around the team\u2019s fortunes, particularly Search and Destroy. \u201cI think Bevils had the highest impact on us winning champs. We always have good vetos, and no other team has fresh SnD strats for every map. Having someone so intelligent in charge of what you do really benefits a team.\u201d CWL rules do not permit coaches to be on stage during matches, which is different to many other esports. It wasn\u2019t always the case either, and some want the rule overturned, including Bevils himself \u2013 and others, including CWL caster Ben \u201cBenson\u201d Bowe, are in agreement. Bevils recently did an Ask Me Anything on Reddit, answering questions from the competitive CoD community, where he explains his role within EG, and how he feels he contributed to their win. He credits the players largely, for showing him the respect needed for him to get his advice across, and putting aside ego, allowing themselves to be corrected. \u201cI definitely felt valued and respected by the guys. I can\u2019t give them enough credit for making me feel a part of the team and really valuing and trusting what I would tell them to do in S&D. [\u2026] The team showed me a ton of respect and that just speaks to their character. They believed in me and trusted in what I was telling them, especially regarding S&D. I really can\u2019t thank them enough for believing in me and wanting to hear what I had to say.\u201d The jury is still out on coaches in CoD generally, but there is no denying that Bevils had a massive influence on EG\u2019s success, pushing them to a world championship win. The talent of the roster is undeniable too of course, but perhaps teams that are holding out on a coach will now reconsider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pro Players Have Their Say on Coaches in CoD Esports \u2013 Do They Really Make a Difference? After Evil Geniuses lifted the 2018 CWL Championship trophy on August 19, completing a remarkable run that saw the 30\/1 shot upset the competition, their coach, Embry \u201cBevils\u201d Bevil received high praise. EG\u2019s captain and now 2x world […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}