it's interesting from a lol player's standpoint too (blame society man), although many of the specifics are of course not so relevant
Honestly, I think a lot of people don't seem to understand Supporting as a role, mostly on predicting the flow of a game, continuing to be aggressive, defensive, when to make lane rotations etc. Having a support that can actually do all the really important clever stuff can turn the tide of a game, even the the #comebacks new meta of 6.82