What do you think?
I don't really want to talk about any of those teams (iykyk), but I think that GE has the higher ceiling rn, although their roster is a huge gamble simce signing Deryeon only a month before kickoff might fuck up a bit of their team chemistry and cohesion
as for secret, I just want them to show that they aren't a bottom feeder team, their roster looks weak compared to the other teams on paper
both are dogwater rosters - TS choosing to not change a single player after the middest year ever has to be legit trolling by the org, while GE's roster is too big of a roster to find actual success, as they basically need the stars to align (all 5 T2 players performing good on the big stage + their coach is an unproved AC). Overall i'd say GE will find more sucess because historically in esports, teams who stay together too long start to accumulate grudges against each other and problems starts, especially if they arent winning.
"insane" year is a BIG strecht - yes, they won americas BUT all of their international showings were mid. My point is mainly that a HC role is still quite different from a AC role, the basics of strat making and creating the playbook is the same, but the AC will often be relegated to creating ultra specfic anti-strats or watching a ton of VOD, while the HC focuses on creating how the team play, leading the team and dealing with player issues. Addtionally, the HC normally talks during timeouts, not the AC, so he'll need time before he's actually making a big impact on the timeouts, somethign which only a few (circa. 10) top coaches can do.