I think their thought process is that their tactics and strategies were catching people off guard until they started scrimming against them. Then, the other teams had more info on how to play against them or counter their strats. It's not the WORST idea.. maybe they are getting enough from their scrims against Delta Fox that it'll work out ok, but there's other problems with that team then who they practice against.
And since I enjoyed how poorly I did last time, here is my end of season prediction.
TSM
P1
C9
DIG
CLG
FLY
NVY
IMT
TL
FOX
I think the CLG change is going to either make a huge difference, or cause them to crash and burn. That said, I'm leaning towards 'huge difference' right now. I predict Darshan and Huhi both start looking way better from the little things that Dardoch will do for them that Xmithie was screwing up.
With that in my mind, my prediction for the split itself (not playoffs):
TSM
C9
P1
CLG
DIG
FLY
IMT
NV
FOX (they signed Feng and Mash, and while Mash seems like a better version of Keith for this team, they won't bring him till a few weeks in and the team won't gel at first)
TL (why the fuck are you running it back Steve???)
I think CLG may start off a little shakey, but then go on a tear at the end and end up in finals if they avoid TSM till that point. My final results prediction is
1st TSM
2nd CLG
3rd/4th C9 and P1
5th/6th DIG and FLY
The only thing I'm not sure of is CLG, since a lot of people think Dardoch's toxicity will ruin them.. so it's shaking my confidence a little bit. But, I think Dardoch only gets toxic at bad teammates who he thinks aren't trying as hard as him to win, which won't be as much of a problem on CLG. It's also why I think TSM might end up being the perfect home for him if Sven doesn't return to form this split. Who is Dardoch gonna bitch at for being 'bad' on TSM? He kisses Bjerg and Dlift's ass on voice comms when they play together. Hauntzer is a straight up beast now, and Biodaddy is a god mechanically. Plus, they'd be winning so often that he wouldn't tilt as much.