Maybe this is the year that TSM just needs to take a step back...

JimmyNtheKudos·Apr 25, 2016·2 votes·504 views

I think TSM needs to restructure their organization. They need to give more chances to rookies, and possibly look into getting a challenger team. This should be done without regards to international tournaments. I feel as though since Season 4 they are putting WAY too much pressure to succeed. SKT missed their chance to defend their title in Season 4, and came back even stronger in Season 5.

TL;DR TSM needs to look further ahead than this season's worlds, and restructure the team/organization going forward into future seasons.

6 Comments

DestructoDaveApr 26, 20161 votes

You cant afford to sit back until teams are locked in. Look at Dignitas. The only reason CLG can is because they have the most important piece to a team already: A shot-caller. This is something TSM doesn't have. So, they just have to throw talent at the problem until they do. Being cheap and trying people out is what got Dig relegated. Regi is smart enough not to do that.

JimmyNtheKudosApr 28, 20161 votes

Regi himself admitted that putting a bunch of talent together does not make a good team XD...

The point I'm trying to get across is they're trying to be good at international tournaments, but they've been average at best. They can't even win NA anymore. There's definitely something wrong and imo it's that they need to restructure with particular attention to challenger teams and rookies.

DestructoDaveApr 28, 20161 votes

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Regi himself admitted that putting a bunch of talent together does not make a good team XD...

The point I'm trying to get across is they're trying to be good at international tournaments, but they've been average at best. They can't even win NA anymore. There's definitely something wrong and imo it's that they need to restructure with particular attention to challenger teams and rookies.

It might not make a great team, but it makes a team that stays in the LCS. We will see a lot more shuffling of players when teams are finally locked in. Its hard to try out rookies when you just end up relegated. I believe there is talent in NA, and I would love to see more of it come up then watching the same recycled old pros over and over, but staying in the LCS is more important than winning worlds, tbh. And thats why we see nothing but recycled pros and imports instead of more stixxays. I'm pretty sure all Regi cares about is being the number 1 NA team; worlds is just a bonus to sell more merchandise. It would be nice to win worlds, but its still a business at the end of the day.

Thats why he just grabs the best players he can to keep his team on top. They might not win worlds, they might not always win LCS, but they are always a top team making money, and thats the most important thing sadly.

Lady HammerlockApr 28, 20161 votes

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You cant afford to sit back until teams are locked in. Look at Dignitas. The only reason CLG can is because they have the most important piece to a team already: A shot-caller. This is something TSM doesn't have. So, they just have to throw talent at the problem until they do. Being cheap and trying people out is what got Dig relegated. Regi is smart enough not to do that.

TSM's shot caller if I'm not mistaken is Bjergsen assisted by Yellowstar

Ale non è maleApr 26, 20161 votes

You can't launch rookies if you don't have a decent coaching staff. TSM has lacked that throughout all these seasons, and tbh, TSM has alway have had the pressure to succeed but they never delivered at international level, the shortlasted S4 success was basically an oddity caused by a perfect storm that helped NA teams raise to their best while EU teams were sinking down mainly for internal problems rather than lack of talent (at least for top teams, S4 EU was kinda bad per se)