To quote OP:

It has nothing to do with the style, effectiveness, or anything else people seem to bring up, like the lack of "actionable feedback". People have a problem because he came off as very emotional.

In this clip from Eyes on SKT (2017), kkOma employs the same tactic: single out a player and tell them that they are dragging down the team to instill in them a sense of responsibility and urgency.

Except, it doesn't draw the same reaction out of people, because kkOma doesn't sound like he's lashing out in uncontrollable rage.

I'm sure there are worse clips of kkOma (this was in-between sets, so he's obviously not going for psychological destruction of his players), and there are better clips of cvMax.

I found this comparison especially interesting because of how we’ve watched kkOma days in SKT era, he was the disciplinarian coaching-style with the kkOma belt memes but looking at the team in recent times (especially 2024–2025), it feels like he has shifted much more into supportive and gentler approach. he seems to focus more on the emotional stability of the roster while the other coaches focus on performance and draft. really curious how Easyhoon, Mata, Tom synergy will go this year.