The first thing they say in the video is it's not about talent yet people keep complaining that they aren't putting the most talented roster out. Obviously there's other reasons why they were benched. Perhaps they weren't motivated enough or trying hard enough, or practicing enough or honing their skills on multiple champs. They weren't doing well in scrims and this is also the same team that got knocked out in QF of playoffs.. not exactly an impressive showing. i support the move if it lights a fire under their ass to strive to keep improving and realizing they need to fight to keep their roster spot. I think it will make the team better in the long run because I think Jensen and Sneaky are more talents players but they clearly had some issues NOT related to talent that hopefully this benching will fix.
As much talent as this C9 roster has had over the years they never won an NALCS split since Jensen took over and they've had mediocre showings at worlds (which admittedly is better than most other NA teams have done) for all the talent they have. It's being squandered somewhat and it's possible the players are partly to blame. The Org definitely shares some blame for fostering the meme culture so to speak but the players are responsible as well for how serious they take things and how much motivation and effort they are bringing as well.
Most of the fans are way too shortsighted to see anything beyond the lulz talent aspect of it but I think it was a gusty call and hopefully it works to make them better in the long run.
I think there's still plenty of time and the standings are close they aren't in dire straits yet and it'll be interesting to see how the changes this week affect them.
