I carried out of Silver 3 and 2 and in my experience the players in silver are better than the ones in gold in terms of not underestimating their enemies. Some were even too cautious. If you cant carry to at least Silver 1 then you belong lower, Silver players do everything they can to make sure they dont screw up the game for the person carrying them.
i've been up to silver one 3 times. and every time i get there, i get games where people are unwilling to cooperate and choose whoever they want regardless of matchup, people who rage then quit, or just people who just got placed into silver and don't really belong there.
im trying to get to gold, and i know i play like a gold because i've beaten many golds in ranked before its always people who don't want to group, ragers, trolls, and generally people who don't want to work with a team that keep me from going up.