SEN Sinatraa but no politics

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Asphyxia

Sexual allegations and shit aside, I just genuinely believe this is a horrible roster move.
Why remove so much adaptability and flexibility in the roster to add Sinatraa, just a horrible idea imo. I could see Sinatraa fitting on some other rosters, def not Sentinels though.
I have no worries about adapting to the new roles, but future adaptability will be affected. Furthermore, having a knowledgeable smokes player is just always important.
I don't really hate Sentinels as much as some of the people here, but I don't think this move is the greatest. Removing zombs is fine I guess, but replace him with a smokes player at least.

I guess it might be because there's a surplus of initiators due to it currently being an initiator meta, but Sinatraa could most definitely find a different team that would serve his needs much better. I swear he could legit ask EG to drop a couple grand to help him build a team.

Also #ZOMBSNATION

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Asphyxia

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???? Sinatraa is the most flexible player ever, but idk he doenst play pro anymore so he can be not that good

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Asphyxia

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??? mainly Sova/Raze player. So much role overlap. That means that Shahz or TenZ goes to the Chamber role at some point and it means that SicK has to go to Smokes. I don't think that's a great idea considering that then they will have to shift over so many pieces to adapt to a new meta. Also even though SicK is a great player overall. Going from sentinel role -> Viper on like 2 maps, is not close to going from flex to main smokes. SicK is not a main smokes player as far as I know, and I don't think it's the greatest idea to limit his abilities through such a role.

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andrewdamf

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Just because his main agents are sova and raze doenst make him absolute dogshit at other agents and cant flex it, he obviously can judging by his ranked matches, but like i said he doenst play pro anymore so if he returns he could be bad

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Asphyxia

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He is a great player, I stress this multiple times, but it's just not great for the roles of the team overall. Shahz offsetted TenZ's impact by taking all the strain on himself. Considering what Shahz did last time, I would assume that he would have TenZ and him take the Chamber role and have Sinatraa or him flex on the Kayo? Just a lot of role ambiguities that they have to figure out in a short amount of time. I already know that they have adapted through the viper meta just fine, but eventually a team falls apart through multiple metas. I just think that this will not be the best. Maybe it will help, but there are so many other players that would help so much more.

I don't think Sinatraa is a bad player by any means, I don't think that this will even make the team worse in the short term. I just believe that there are better players that could've been chosen from.

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If anything this move will make them MORE adaptable lmao. Sinatraa can flex into any role in Valorant like he did in OW I'm sure of it. Guy went from a star DPS in OWL to an MVP tank player in 1 season.

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Main issue is that I think that Sentinels are going to have Shahz and Tenz flex, causing the team to be more inconsistent in a way. Also future Adaptability is affected, because SicK is stuck on the Main Smokes role and TenZ, Shahz, and Sinatraa have a ton of role overlap, someone will have to give in. Eventually flexing onto your more uncomfortable roles will make you play worse, and that's what I believe will happen. I think that Sinatraa is an amazing flex player, but considering he only played like 2 agents at the start of Valorant and they still seem to be his mains, I think that Sentinels will keep him on those roles because Shahz is an idiot.

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having sinatraa would allow tenz to play a more passive role since he's a way more agressive raze compared to SicK and could easily play entry on maps like split, fracture, where chamber excels and tenz has been playing a sub-par raze for a lot of crucial games, and they could potentially start playing chamber on bind aswell. Asides from that, I don't know what makes you believe he would not be capable of picking up agents like kayo or skye and do what SicK used to do before. Learning new roles is hard but completely possible. Just look at M3C. Last year nAts was sentinel, Chronicle the sova, Redgar smokes and Sheydos flex. Now nAts plays smokes, Chronicle sentinel, Redgar flex and Sheydos sova.

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Asphyxia

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Interesting. Actually the raze pick is fair enough. Just not sure whether or not he will be able to pick up those initiators quick enough. I mean if Sentinels are trying to go to Champions with this roster, they have to get this done quick, and learning on the fly doesn't seem like the greatest idea if they weren't together from the start. Your points are very good though, Split and Fracture would have a huge benefit from having a capable raze player.

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i don't why it's so hard for sen to get a coach.

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who would they get as a coach who is actually good at coaching (not rawkus)

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DecimateYKTV

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MikesHD was up for grabs for a long time before 100T picked him up. idk many coaches but there's got to at least some T1 coach out there for SEN to pick up

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perhaps but i bet most of them have been picked up and its not simply like oh heres a coach lets hire him, his vision for the team needs to still align with the actual players and org itself

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sean gares was also available since he didn't make reykjavik casters

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im sure 100t had sgares and ddk in the works for a while

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they had a coach for 2 days for their knockout game against V1, idk who but they did a lot of work and improved in that game so i hope theyre sticking around

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you are legit stupid if you think it's a bad move allegations aside.

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Asphyxia

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I don't think it's a good move if they want to go to Champions. Wait are there only 2 masters this time? I swear to god that they said there are only 2, if there are 3, maybe it's not a super bad move, but I don't think it's the best idea since they have to fix a ton of Role ambiguities reallly quick. (Unless they pull a Vision Strikers which somehow got a ton of Jett mains to switch to like 12 different roles)