BLG was clearly better than WBG in Spring, but in summer playoffs BLG was getting fisted by LNG and JDG (1-6 against them overall). Even WBG put a better fight against LNG. I don’t think BLG was better than WBG in playoffs, people push that narrative because of BLG’s performance in summer regular season and MSI, which is irrelevant. Even in regular split, WBG could’ve beaten BLG if they tryharded which they clearly weren’t.
Ironically after hearing the season change leaks, I think they actually could’ve. I don’t know where that narrative came from. Zeus was rumored to be offered a larger salary than 369 to replace him, and they only replaced Knight with Yagao because Kanavi thought it would be an improvement.