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Hello, This is Coach of LG-IM. - Page 11
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Context: LG-IM's Head Coach gets routinely criticized in and outside of Korea for frequently using his team's lesser players, which may have contributed to his team's streak of poor results in the GSTL. | ||
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aznball123
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GL tonight~~ | ||
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Azzur
Australia6259 Posts
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Gihi
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iamcaustic
Canada1509 Posts
On September 08 2012 11:36 Chriscras wrote: Listen I love IM, I love Nestea and Seed and I have been an IM fanboi since Nestea won Open Season 2. I respect Coach Kang and no one can ever argue that he hasn't produce more individual championships than all the other teams, and it is wonderful that he is posting on TL <3 That being said we have to objectively consider IM's historical performance in the GSTL: Feb 2011 - Winners! March 2011 - Runner ups! May 2011 - Did not qualify T___T 2011 Season 1 - Third Place in Group B, out the first round of the playoffs. 2012 Season 1 - Eliminated the second round by NSH. Having watched every single one of their GSTL matches, I believe to some extent the criticism is justified. I am not saying Coach Kang shouldn't send out lower tier players in the earliest matches in a series, but if he truly wants to show us as many "great" matches as possible, he should be picking the players that will guarantee the team's advancement to the later rounds of the tournament. This is especially true when IM is already down a few matches in a series or they are at risk of being eliminated. There is no doubt in my mind that if IM had made it to the finals last season instead of Slayers there is no way they would have been all-killed by Gumiho  Good luck Coach Kang, we will always cheer for you and your players! Just sometimes your strategic priorities can break our hearts :\ Relying on star players does not make for a strong team. A strong team is one which has a lot of depth to it, and you won't get that if you don't give others the opportunity in the booth. Wouldn't be surprised to see LG-IM completely dominate the team leagues in 2013 at this rate, as other teams crumble when their 1-2 stars get knocked out. It's a long-term investment, and with LG-IM already having dominant results in individual leagues, I don't think they're too concerned about the short term results they get in the team leagues. | ||
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Juliette
United States6003 Posts
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Ruscour
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LG-IM fighting! | ||
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NexCa
Germany954 Posts
On September 08 2012 14:10 Juliette wrote: Mvp is so sexy not nearly as sexy as Bisu :D | ||
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Lovedoll
Japan540 Posts
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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Turgid
United States1623 Posts
On September 08 2012 14:09 iamcaustic wrote: Relying on star players does not make for a strong team. A strong team is one which has a lot of depth to it, and you won't get that if you don't give others the opportunity in the booth. Wouldn't be surprised to see LG-IM completely dominate the team leagues in 2013 at this rate, as other teams crumble when their 1-2 stars get knocked out. It's a long-term investment, and with LG-IM already having dominant results in individual leagues, I don't think they're too concerned about the short term results they get in the team leagues. GSTL is Winners League format which means that having 1-2(3, in IM's case) star players is quite viable. | ||
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Luepert
United States1933 Posts
Haters just gunna hate. The truth is that Yongwha has better GSTL record than MVP or Nestea. People just assume they can win on command but they are hugely preparation based players. Last GSTL, they lost in the first round by playing Losira, yoda, happy, mvp and nestea. That's 5 code s players! What do you want him to send in? They were eliminated while playing yoda, yongwha, seed, happy and nestea. They are all code s except for yongwha, and YONGWHA was the only one to get any kills! Reasons for this "poor performance" (actually the best of any team), is partially that they practice mostly for individual leagues, where they have wild success, but mainly that they are just so damn successful in individual leagues that anything besides 8 GSTL's seems lackluster. | ||
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iamcaustic
Canada1509 Posts
On September 08 2012 15:10 Turgid wrote: GSTL is Winners League format which means that having 1-2(3, in IM's case) star players is quite viable. Not against a team with strong depth. Relying on all-kills, 3-kills, etc., while they do occur, isn't very stable. There's also no guarantee that StarCraft 2 team leagues will remain winner's league format. Interested to see what Proleague does in their upcoming seasons, if they invite eSF teams to participate. If so, star players alone won't be able to carry a team. | ||
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Kamwah
United Kingdom724 Posts
Not too sure yet tho  JK | ||
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PedroBlanco
Canada65 Posts
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CuteZergling
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Irrelevant Label
United States596 Posts
It seems particularly wrong that the GSTL's english casters take part in this...problem. | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
ALL KILL by yonghwa! :D | ||
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