if ever

some team went 2nd, 2nd, 2nd with the 1st place being a different team each time (depressing asf), would this consistently 2nd place team be counted as best team of the year?

Depends on dominancy, if the team wasn’t dominate in their runs then possibly no, but them being consistent adds a lot.

Not on vlr 💀
I personally think they would be, just for the consistency

consistently good ≠ best