it's actually pretty simple.
Sick is a better flex player than Kanpeki
Zombs is a better smokes player than Sick
So the old sentinels had players on better roles..
But I feel like if they were playing with Zombs, they would have preformed even worse. Zombs is a decent anchor, but it's clear that his mechanical talent was really holding Sen back. I do agree that Sen should've gotten a cracked smokes player though. Maybe Sick wanted to play smokes though, we don't really know what goes on behind the scenes.
kanpeki is a good pickup bc of team culture bc hes a rly hard worker and very positive and hes a kayo specialist, however, they literally need the whole team to change their mindset not just one player. sen isnt playing to win they seem like they dont care. a lack of complexity in their plays, a lack of understanding of the other teams playbook. most importantly they have no coaching staff or psychologist, they just need to try, and they havent looked like theyre trying since may 2021.