User blog comment:Endless Exceptions/Lame Support Excuses./@comment-4677525-20120708154742/@comment-4434162-20120708182215

they don't LET the last pick be the support, they are FORCING the last pick to be support. that's a huge difference. people want to get champions with mad skills so they can get the mad kills, and they are not willing to trust the guy with the lowest elo (which to them, immediately translates to the worst performing member) be the ones to take those kills.

I hate to compare, but look at Dota 2. many of the teams' captains are supports. those guys can pull amazing plays. here in LoL, the support champions has the similar ability to pull amazing plays, but since Kills equals skills and lower ELO equals scrubs, who in their right mind would give up the chance for kills to scrubs?