In the recent off-season transfer window at the end of the 2021 season, one of the most regrettable departures was Teddy leaving T1 after a long period of association. This brought a lot of emotions to T1 fans, especially since this team used to be known as SKT T1. However, everyone understands that this was a deal beneficial for all parties. Teddy, at 23 years old, isn’t really standing out compared to his younger counterpart Gumayusi; if anything, he is significantly behind. Therefore, Teddy’s departure was also to salvage his own career.
But as of now, it can be said that Teddy and Kwangdong Freecs are also “stuck in the mud”. Despite being one of the teams with many changes in the end-of-season transfer window of 2021, KDF’s current performance is poor. They have only one win, and even on January 28th, Teddy and his teammates lost to a very weak team, Fredit BRION.
Also in the match against BRO, KDF shocked the League of Legends community as in game 1, they had all the Dragon Souls, Baron, and Elder Dragon, yet somehow, Teddy and his teammates played very disjointedly. The result was after losing a team fight, KDF allowed BRO to push straight to their Nexus, finishing the match in the astonishment of the audience.
Many criticisms were directed at Teddy and his teammates after that match. Most believe that Teddy has not improved at all, still playing in a tedious, drawn-out manner. Moreover, the fact that KDF players lost despite having all the most crucial buffs led netizens to criticize them as “playing worse than Bronze rank.”
With the current situation, if both KDF and Teddy do not make any significant changes, they could follow the path of DRX’s complete losses in the LCK Summer 2021. Notably, even weaker opponents like KDF have begun to improve, leaving only Teddy and his teammates still stuck in place.