what doesnt get talked about enough is the fact that how FUT, a turkish tier 2 team in 2022 went from winning the VRL in EMEA to being a top 8 finish in 2023 champions.
1st in EMEA VRL(tier 2) 2022: https://imgur.com/a/BmzSC5c
top 8 champs 2023: https://imgur.com/a/rnSGLMl
Like this is the example everyone should look at and try to take inspiration from and replicate.
(this was them without making any major changes apart from one, in the form of atakaptan.)
we talk about what if guard wins champs and then gets relegated, how bad will it be for tier 2. while at the same time we dont appreciate a team like FUT who literally went from a tier 2 team to being one of the best itw. we dont need to live in imaginary scenarios and actually try to appreciate teams like FUT.