Pretty sure Damonte was right in his interview with Travis about 100 Thieves handing mid over to Soligo over signing a new mid-laner. Soligo isn't bad, he's just green and it shows, but unfortunately 100T aren't strong enough across the other roles to make up that deficit. He's definitely better than Huhi was, but I would've liked to see them try to convince C9 and Goldenglue to part ways.
Who should 100T get for a new midlaner if Soligo flops?
Its just one week in? I don't see a reason to look past a rookie so soon. Talent needs time to grow, and just plugging in another mid probably wouldn't boost 100T into a top team anyway.
100 Thieves reached their peak/high last year with making it to Spring Finals, Semi-Finals in the Summer, Aphromoo winning MVP and Worlds. I wouldn't say the team is 100% complacent with bringing in Amazing and all but you can tell that the team just doesn't care.
Aphromoo seems to be nearing retirement in a sense manly due to the fact that I've seen more and more youtube videos, streams etc(While some may be pre-recordings during the off-season/breaks/off time etc) it's a tell-tell sign that he's about done.
Another is Ryu is on the academy team when I thought he retired so.... retire.......have a rookie take your place but play on an Academy team? If he's making a comeback why not play in the first week instead of X week so when the record is say, " 0-2" or "1-4" etc the pressure won't be on him as much.
If I was a betting man I would say 100 Thieves are just a farm team - a team that produces talent but needs time to do so.
Aphromoo has the personality to get players into a culture, Bang and Ssumday are on the team for $ but also to try to carry young stars(Soligo) and have some sort of "appeal" for fans.
Right now I look at 100 Thieves as the Oakland Raiders in a sense that this is where talent comes to die.
