Their idea about him was good but it was so poorly executed and obviously didn't have much thought about it. He has 4 strings for christ sake, clearly a last minute job, and his tools are laughable when compared what others have.
There are quite a few other examples of how similar tools stack up against each other and it's kinda shitty. Cassie's b12 has big range, can be hit confirmed and is safe on block, where as Kotal's f1b2 has similar range, can't be hit confirmed and is unsafe. Why? When Cassie has a 50/50 in all variations, fast as shit moves and good footsies, when Kotal is worse off in all of those categories.