>>50768653This, plain and simple.
It's just a narrative resource, the reason why it hurt many is because they felt it like a spit in the face to their favorite season, writers should have used another filler like Tobias and avoided all this drama.
Moreover, this would be a good representation of those who use legendaries as an unfair advantage, but by not taking care about EVs, stats, moves and other meta elements they lose against someone professional.