So I guess my confusion was we had more people new to the raid than I realized. I only saw pugs getting loot. But we did one-shot our way to Imp as planned so whatev.
Also, after a year of SoO I'm probably expecting too much out of people with new raid + lots returning after long breaks. But this stuff is a LOT easier than T1 of any prior expansion (okay, not LK) because of the new flex difficulty as "normal." LFR Garalon was harder than most of this ffs. We wiped a LOT more getting through that stuff.
But then I always expect too much. I always thought goober raids were going to steal dragon loots from under our noses because, wtf, it's so easy...