{"id":20865,"date":"2022-06-15T02:49:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T06:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=20865"},"modified":"2022-06-15T02:49:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T06:49:09","slug":"evil-geniuses-appoint-valens-as-csgo-director-of-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/evil-geniuses-appoint-valens-as-csgo-director-of-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Evil Geniuses appoint valens as CS:GO director of athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evil Geniuses have announced the promotion of Soham \u201c\u2060valens\u2060\u201d Chowdhury to director of athletics for the organization&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting\">Counter-Strike<\/a>: Global Offensive team. Valens will head all 15 CS:GO players within the franchise in his capacity as the director of athletics. <\/p>\n<p>\u2028\u2028The 32-year-old had been working within EG\u2019s CS:GO team for well over two years as the organization\u2019s head of data science. He will now become the Counter-Strike director of athletics, making the final decisions as it relates to everything Counter-Strike. <\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This man knows what it takes to win a major for NA. We are excited to announce <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/valens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@valens<\/a> as our Director of Athletics, Counter-Strike.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EGWIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EGWIN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yTgCcJP8lo\">pic.twitter.com\/yTgCcJP8lo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EG CS:GO (@EGCSGO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EGCSGO\/status\/1536710049824772098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Before joining the North American esports organization, Valens was working with Cloud9 in the capacity of a coach and a data scientist. In 2019, he led Cloud9 to win the ELEAGUE Boston Major title. He spent about two years and eight months with Cloud9 before making his way to join the 2020 BLAST Premier: Spring American champion in November 2019.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>Valens reacted to his new position, describing it as a fancy name for a general with a background\/experience in data science. He stated that he will be working closely with the former team he was heading, the data science department. He also revealed he will be handling the team&#8217;s needs as it relates to scouting new players and the evaluation of current players. <\/p>\n<p>\u2028\u2028\u201cI think it\u2019s a pretty fancy name for basically a general manager combined with someone who has that experience to bring in the data side of things,\u201d valens said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be working very closely with the data science team that I was leading, and also do typical GM duties as well, so things like scouting for new players and evaluating our current players properly.\u201d\u2028<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wEvQh7RkBU\">pic.twitter.com\/wEvQh7RkBU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Soham (@valens) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/valens\/status\/1536711654091927552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u2028Valens\u2019 promotion comes two weeks after Evil Geniuses unveiled their 15-man roster, which was tagged &#8216;the Blueprint project&#8217;. The roster was made up by the signing of the Party Astronauts and Carpe Diem rosters. These new players join Timothy \u201cautimatic\u201d Ta and Jake \u201cStewie2K\u201d to make up the supposedly \u201cfluid\u201d team. \u2028\u2028These multiple changes point to the organization&#8217;s goal for the near future and the direction it&#8217;s looking to take. <\/p>\n<p>Bringing Valens to the forefront having spent over a year in the background and the formation of a 15-man roster speaks volumes about EG\u2019s goal for CS:GO. \u2028\u2028While most franchises maintain only five core players, a few have expanded rosters, but EG\u2019s move for a 15-man roster has never been done before. <\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how Valens makes the best use of the arsenal available to him. \u2028\u2028With his role as the director of athletics, coupled with his previous experience in data science, the onus falls on him to determine which players feature for what tournaments, as he is in charge of roster changes. While the players and coaching staff will have input, Valens makes the final decision.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>According to Valens, the 15-man roster will be split into three teams with their individual coaching staff. 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