Funny that it took Taco leaving for Liquid hit #1 and for MIBR to get worse
I remember at the time, most of the CSGO pro scene agreed that it was clearly a worse trade for Liquid, especially with Zews leaving for MIBR aswell. I guess at the time it was also hard to imagine a world in which FURIA and compLexity knock Astralis and MIBR out of the ECS finals groups, respectively.
From what I've gotten from the reddit and twitter:
1) Adren is a better coach for tactics and has helped Liquid's game
2) Stewie is a more dynamic fragger than Taco and has an explosive factor that Taco never had
Also worth noting: NiP quietly exiting another tournament. I really don't know how you fix that team, or Sweden in general.