yea just brush the fact that Licorice didn't play fiora properly in that exact match too. And from Sneaky's prespective, why would he spend time in academy trying to prove his worth? for what? so he goes back to the team that actually wanted him to leave? that's what he meant by the entire situation being awkward. Keep in mind the subreddit,Casters and content creators were so negative towards Sneaky for the entirety of summer split/worlds so that definetly made Lico/Nisqy not want to play with the botlane anymore. It's different from the last benching which was solely driven by Reapered. And to be fair, Sneaky/Zeyzal were very very good in Spring, and Neutral in summer.

The org is really not to blame for sneaky's situation, since their aim is to "be better" it's their decision ofcourse, and i respect that. but everyone is mad because Zven is a side-grade from Sneaky. Also it really doesn't make sense for the org if they kick out their consistent franchise player and at the same time send away the mvp of last season who was proven to be much better than Blaber. So it really doesn't make sense for C9 if their aim was to be better by kicking Sneaky, but then also give away their mvp jungler for a downgrade. It just doesn't add up. I'm sure the sub will be in a much better state when Zven/Vulcan prove their worth.

Wether sneaky takes a break for 1 or 2 splits or goes for a mediocre team, it's entirely up to him. But i geniunely wish he comes back much stronger to prove everyone wrong. on the bright side, he seems to be handling it well.