I do not blame people for not wanting to play it, you have to do so much for the team to create space, and have to be one of the first to swap off if your being countered, because if your useless your team will lose, full stop.
Meaning, you really can’t just play who you want to play most of the time, the decision on who you can play is dictated by the enemy team.
I don’t know how it can get better without weakening the power of counter picking, but man its a drain.
I am not surprised. I saw that coming from a mile when they announced that one tank would be dropped. It is just too much responsibility for one person, and it is uncool for one trick ponies as the meta shifts to different heroes all the time. Also, the awesome synergies between tanks are gone.