Squad coach Virtus.pro by Dota 2 Ivan ArtStyle Antonov became a guest of the podcast “Still Beta”. In an interview Dmitry NotInMyHouse Krupnov he told how he assesses the results of the Russian team during the quarantine and explained the role of the coach using the example of several foreign teams.
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According to Antonov, due to the large number of online tournaments, the team could not train properly – they simply did not have enough time.
“Burnout had a big impact. All these online tournaments, seven or six, they went one after the other. We probably didn’t train at all for two months, because there was simply no time for this. In fact, we had an official match every day. And if even after seven days we had one day off, we wanted to devote it to rest.
I think that we performed well during this quarantine period; we spent these three months. There was even statistics where Team Secret performed perfectly in general, earning a certain amount of prize money there. We are in second place after them, the third, if I am not mistaken, were VP.Prodigy. So I think Virtus.pro has shown itself worthy in quarantine. “
Due to the pandemic, ArtStyle is not yet able to join the team at the bootcamp, so it has to help the team remotely.
“Now my role is rather small, because it is very difficult to do everything on the Internet. It is very difficult to communicate with the team one-on-one. Now I just make sure that everything that we trained comes to our official office. So that we don’t think anything wrong and don’t change our minds. In the sense that someone on their nerves can come up with some kind of hero that we have not trained, and who does not fit into the pool now. Just so that we play with what we have ready and show our worthy game. “
Antonov also explained to the presenter what role a coach can play in a team. In his opinion, everything depends on the needs of the team, from the draft to solving the internal problems of the members of the squad.
“The coach closes those holes that the team lacks. Somewhere someone lacks responsibility for the draft, and this is assumed by the conditional QQQ or rOtK. Or the same Heen. He has never been drafted, but it cannot be said that he does not understand this. SunBhie, who had Team Secret, stood behind Puppey and helped him with the drafts. Roughly speaking, I don’t know the situation in the same Team Secret at that moment, but Clement listened precisely to him, because the player has to do other things at that moment. He must sit in front of the computer, tune in to the match and just show a good result. Sometimes players simply do not understand this, they climb somewhere and fill their heads with unnecessary information.
There is also such a moment that five people do not always stack with each other. There are always disputes between them. Players should not judge these disputes, because it will be, again, a situation when one player presses on another, then another one is connected to him, etc. This will not help the team to unite in any way. There must be a person from the outside who must be listened to. It is very important that they listen, and not tell that they are better versed in the game.
Thank God, guys often listen to me, and my opinion has some weight. And I can resolve some dispute within the team so that it does not turn into some kind of tough scandal. “
Antonov also explained why it is difficult for analysts to evaluate the coach’s work and his contribution to the team’s results from the outside. For example, he analyzed the situation with OGwho won her first The International with a little-known coach.
“From time to time it happens that analysts allow themselves too much. They do not see what is happening even with the players and in the team spike, which idea is involved. All they see is that the dude went and died somewhere under the tower. They may not even know it wasn’t his call. Maybe he was told to go there and make a moment. People do not notice many of these moments, because they are not at this moment with the team. And this is impossible to see in the actions of the coach.
OG won her first The International with coach Ppasarel. Tell me then, what was his contribution to the team? He is a very old-school Romanian player who played in the first Dota. And I suppose I can’t see his contribution, but I’m sure that since they won The International, then he was. I cannot see it, because I am not there with them.
The only thing I can say is that the work is underway, and no one will just sit in their place and do nothing. Everyone makes their own contribution. And if a person fits this or that team, then this is expressed in victories. If the team goes downhill, and everything does not work out, then this person is not suitable for the team at one time or another. “
Previously, ArtStyle spoke about the strength of the CIS Dota 2 scene. According to him, many underestimate the region, although there are many promising players and teams in it.
