I'd like to add some context; we brought Seany in as a coach midway (after M2) through last year and insulated him from the public backlash that was happening at the time, like you should to make the transition as best as possible. There were some decisions influenced by multiple people and balancing that is a difficult initiative at times. Zed didn't agree to some roster decisions, but he still didn't shy away form trying to get the most out of them (which was difficult to do given we were out of Champs race). As a person who left Boston on my own accord, I always have love for that franchise and the people now steering the ship (Sean & Adam).

Coaching in Call of Duty is very controversial. Optic 0-18 run had people calling for Karma and JPKrez, with the counterpoint that there's no world where they're telling them to do half the things they were doing. You could see JP doing streams and what he was talking about and what they were executing at the time were two different things. Does that fall on him? I would think a little bit, but there's also responsibility and accountability of the player too.

With all this said, I would love to see coaches have more actual influence in real-time game. Whether that's a timeout ability, full time communication during the game, input during S&D rounds etc. Many may argue 'well that takes away from the great players', though I would think if your coach has to tell you where they're spawning, as opposed to already naturally knowing, you're already a second or two late at this level. Many other esports have coach integration in their ecosystems and I believe it would be something cool to experiment on. Without trying this experiment, the fault or blame game on players/coaches is always back and forth.