Talon losing to MITH(didn't even qualify for ascension), GE losing to NAOS
like don't lose to t3 teams cmon
Here's my thoughts: CGRS can replace governor on initiator, he technically has more international experience albeit little (and he made top 3 with quite good form). For ban, he mainly plays sentinel while sscary plays smoker which could cause some role issues, but I think sscary would be able to shift to sentinel sometimes as he has a lurky playstyle (for example BLD vs SZ map 1 on haven)
Tbf, GE is technically another "ascended" team. The whole roster came from T2. The only players who had an experience in that team is Krystal (reached GF ascension twice) and maybe even Papichulo (used to compete internationally in CS, which is a very different game). Sure they should have won it, but it's not surprising they lost.
Is this post before SEN lost and SOOP ended? Because I wouldn't say TLN did that bad (still bad but not the point), else SEN and NRG were just as bad struggle somewhat against a T2 team, and you know that's not true. It's just franchising suck when these players and teams started to elevate themselves. Accept it that MITH's performance are almost as good as top-team now and Leaf (the coach) guidance is unreal.