What is the role of a coach in Valorant

it's an honest question

Just don't Become a coach like sp0n and pigtime, then allll good 🗿👍

strategy

paycheck stealing

When things go wrong, they're the ones who have to explain why the plan failed without saying "because you didn't listen to me!"

I’d like to know what criteria you use to determine that a coach is a fraud

Strats both macro and micro, thinking abt new comps to meet certain needs, player coaching/support, analyzing individual players and their areas of opportunity as well as areas where they excel, listening to player feedback for in game changes, probably reporting to owners

hitting table

they take a map, work on ideas with assistent coach(es) then test them in reality with the team during scrims, see how well they do and work on new strats constantly

work on individuals in the team, work on their player's mental and physical skills, work on their form

they mostly are the ones that do anti and generally understand the game to the highest level, thats why you see things like potter timeouts which make the team look completely different and much, much better

very hard to see the positive impact of coaches other than people like engh, potter, ex6tenz, mini, solo etc but a bad or mediocre coach is always painfully obvious to see and very, very had to fix

depends.

On EG its to devolp talent, make strats, comps and antistrat
On most good teams its to just make strats and be in control of the team
On NRG its to blame your players for you not being good
On TEC its to sign the best player itw who will carry you to a champs win

Before the match: Devise team comps and strats for different maps and test them out against other teams (If they are tier 1 teams they'll usually scrim against decent T2 teams in the region). If the coach finds that the team struggles on a certain map they will select that as their permaban. They may also review VODs of the team they face up against, see how they play out certain maps, and devise strats to counter the enemy team (anti-stratting). They also usually serve as a counselor to maintain the players' physical and mental health to keep them in the best playing form.

During the match: Watches the gameplay and analyzes how both their team and the enemy team play out certain rounds. If they notice anything the players should capitalize on they'll call timeouts. Coaches also call timeouts to give the players a mental reset if the webcams show noticeable distress.

After the match: Review the VOD and spot out any errors in either IGL calling or timeout calling. This feedback is then applied to the next match.

On your question about fraud coaches, those kind of coaches will not call timeouts (Termi), put players on non-comfort roles (LEGIJA), allow permaban maps to go through (Chet), and overall puts the team at a strategic disadvantage.