Smoothie is a middle of the pack support and nothing special. One of the better supports that gets traded away team to team every year it seems.
CLG just isn't a good team......
Casters and such alike thought Ruin's last split was overrated and it wasn't long ago that we saw Ruin in the LCS before and didn't leave much of a mark the last time. . Wiggily another player that people were too high on because he showed up for 1 split.
At the start of the season everyone had CLG at this magical 3rd place/top tier team.......oh, because of Crown. 1 player doesn't make a team! I don't care how good X player is. The moment whatever team has Crown loses a game, the flood gates open for even more L's. Crown/team he's on wins 1 game but loses 3, wins 3 games but loses 6. It's always 1 step forward but 3 steps back.
CLG are a below average team + they have communication issues(Ruin/Crown) + a fake a$$ coach(Weldon) seriously, the dude **is a phony! ** Like who actually thinks this dude is a coach for an LCS team? There's only so much, " Let's talk about our feelings and, and, and how does that make you feel" that's 100% cool and all but the dude is a $ monger and nothing more. He has this reputation as this great coach because he helped/coached:
TSM during 2016 Summer........the most stacked NA team at the time. Oh, oh and G2 Esports with Zven/Mithy/Trick/Perkz.....
The real CLG coach left CLG for EG. The only reason CLG has Ssong is because of Ruin and Crown but in doing so, it's just going to create a rift between the Korean players and the NA. AKA - Ssumday from 100 Thieves.
2016 - Stixxay was an anomaly!
However that was 4 years ago.
Stixxay/CLG just haven't ever recovered ever since FQ reverse swept their asses in Playoffs back in 2017.
The problem is CLG is subbing Stixxay in and out of the Academy so their ADC subs aren't getting much time to develop. He's on the academy because yes, he's been passive and CLG should have already known this from his previous splits.
Another thing is Stixxay I believe will/is getting paid high $ because he's been on CLG for 3+ years so it's kinda bad for CLG not to use him if they are paying him.
That's pretty much it...... everyone circle jerked to CLG because they had Crown.....