or am i being too harsh on poor kap
“we’re running this comp because everyone else is winning with it” from a head coach does not really inspire confidence
especially if the said comp does not fit your players
I think the major issue is they just had the wrong read on the meta. Viper was still a valuable agent that they abandoned too early and they haven't even used Zekken's Neon despite supposedly wanting to bring out multiple comps to be less readable/throw opponents off guard, which was what I think Kaplan focused a lot on after seeing how hard they got antistrated in Split 1.
Deadlock is actually kinda good imo, but SEN's execution of the agent and comp is so bad. Would have been better for them to look to develop and use it further in the off season rather than champs tbh, when they played normal comps in Stage 2 they were winning.
Also tbf he's had to deal with half his team being ill or going through personal issues during practice and matches toward the end of Split 2.