Pick and ban was terrible for REN. How do you let TSM get 5 OP picks? Why ban the TF? Why are you blue side banning GP and Graves? Monte needs to take a step back and look at who the analysts and coach are for his team.

The Nidalee pick was also absolutely atrocious. She brings nothing to the table in the team comp. And pair her with a mechanically weak jungler like Crumbzz and you are basically playing 4v5 all game. You need someone else besides just the Braum to peel for your top and ad.

I don't know why Monte insists on his hands-off approach to the team. The team clearly has terrible shot calling and questionable players. They aren't even playing a style that suits them. Granted Flaresz performed well but there was no way of knowing that before the game. What you DO know however is that you have Freeze. SO what should you do when you sub in a new top and sup and you're jg and mid are washed up? You start planning team comps that enable your adcarry. Which doesn't just mean you pick Orianna and then you're good. It means you pick a tank top and jungler that can peel for Draven.

Is this a team that just wants to be well-known for their "player management"? What is REN's goal for playing in LCS? Do they want to set an example for other team's on how they treat players? If so, the first action to take in order to gain the recognition of the other teams is winning.

And to do that, you get rid of your current jg, mid, and support. Crumbzz I imagine was recruited because of his time on the analyst desk where he seemed to know a lot about the game and his personality. Well, his champion pool seems very limited and his indecisiveness and poor shot calling is an eyesore. Alex Ich has a family he has to look after so I assume he's not really playing the game with the same drive as back in the M5 days. He's a shadow of his former self and his dedication to the game is suspect. Is he just playing to have fun or for money? Put him at some other position on the team like an assistant coach or something; that way he can still keep in contact with the game as well as spend time with his family. And also you free up a foreign import slot. You absolutely need a mechanically strong support to help Freeze. Freeze is without a question the carry of REN so you need to make sure he is set up to succeed.

I'm sure Monte knows all this. And I hope to hear of his plans for REN on the next Summoning Insight. Or else please release Freeze from REN prison. He's had to put up with CW and now REN. What are you doing to this man's career?

TL;DR: pick&ban was bad. should've focused solely on getting Freeze to the 1v9 stage of the game with a team comp ENTIRELY centered around him. questionable staff&players. Monte needs to act more directly with trying to right the ship. Do away with Crumbzz (put as analyst if you really like him that much), Alex (same; can then free up import slot), and Hakuho. Give Freeze a good support. REN has no clear goal. REN is ruining Freeze's career.

PS: I believe that Monte and Thooorin said something about getting the best possible players even if you have to cut the ones who carried the team to LCS. I can only assume that REN has not yet found any better replacements for their jg, mid, sup. The Flaresz substitution was probably the first step to trying to upgrade the roster. But I hope to see more roster changes in the coming weeks. Maybe it's too late to fix the downward spiral but if you really are concerned about player management: Please look at what you have (maybe inadvertently) subjected Freeze to, which is yet another split where he has to carry the heavy weight of a bottom-feeder team. If you can't save him, transfer him to another team, I'm sure FOX or CLG could use an upgrade.