Gretorp joins It's Gosu as Team Coach - Page 7

On December 08 2011 05:43 -_- wrote:


Sometimes organizations try to affiliate themselves with a caster for publicity. For example, according to different members of sixjax, when Artosis became a member of that team, he didn't actually do much. Sixjax simply wanted Artosis as a member to raise its profile. If you've followed the scene, you've likely noticed a rash of casters being hired by teams without any set duties or any evidence that they do any work.

As for what I said about being a coach, if you read Reddit or Teamliquid.net, I'm sure you've seen several posts asking why foreign teams don't have coaches. Without a doubt people are interested. However, at different times players and managers of prominent teams like TL and EG have said that coaches would not mesh well with Western Esports teams (as opposed to Korean Teams).

A few points those people brought up include:

1) The coach would not be respected. In Korea, if a legend like Boxer with championships and lots of experience gives you advice, the players would listen. Outside of Korea, however, the few legendary players have retired and moved on to other things (with the notable exception of Mondragon). Why should a player listen Gretorp if A) he's a better SC2 player than him now, and B) he was a better BW or WC3 player than him in the past? What can he offer? Or rather, what would the player think he could offer?

2) Culturally, as a general matter, Koreans have proven to be better at submitting to authority than Americans and Europeans, at least in an esports context. Certainly, everyone has obeyed a coach at some point in their life, but Koreans have experience listening to Esports coaches. If a Coach told, for example, Stephano to switch away from a mass ling infestor style would he simply shut up and listen to him?

3) Finally, for a coach to be effective, he would have to dedicate quite a bit of time. Can teams afford to pay a coach enough money for him to focus long enough on coaching for the investment to be worth it?

Considering those difficulties, I would be extremely interested in watching Gretorp coach. And I doubt I'd be alone. That's what I meant by my previous post.

On December 08 2011 06:25 Day[9] wrote:
Fantastic choice by It's Gosu. Gretorp's friendly demeanor almost betrays how brilliant of an SC2 mind he really is! Behind that huggable giggly lad is an amazing strategist. I can't wait to see how it helps the It's Gosu crew! :D :D :D

On December 08 2011 06:25 Day[9] wrote:
Fantastic choice by It's Gosu. Gretorp's friendly demeanor almost betrays how brilliant of an SC2 mind he really is! Behind that huggable giggly lad is an amazing strategist. I can't wait to see how it helps the It's Gosu crew! :D :D :D