Everything about Riot's matchmaking set up is FLAWED.

Autofill. Gold 2 being paired with players in provisionals. This literally doesn't make any sense. Why would you pair someone in a position they clearly don't want to play? make a longer queue!! FINE!! But when youre playing ranked and you get thrown a position you have explicitly pointed out you do not wish to play, thats F*CKED UP. But to throw more salt to the wound, you pair that player with folks not even in your elo. Where in your right mind did you think this was considered "balanced" or a "fair match up"??