How ? I tell you how. There are gm and masters and diamonds(same goes with all ranks) that have never touched dps/tank or support(depending each on their mains) that have been placed in the same rank as their main. You think this is totally fine ? Idk it seems like a cheap move to not get their fan base mad when they are actually being placed to their actual rank.
You're not wrong, case in point, myself.
I reached masters a few years back mainly as healer, with a dash of tanking and barely any damage.
Never went back to competitive after season 4 or 5.
Now I've finished my beta placements for all three roles and I played like absolute shit as DPS, I was everything I would complain about with trash damage dealers...
And I landed at around 3300 or so, just a bit behind my healer role and somehow ahead of my tank (around 3100).
My damage should be like low plat and instead it's two wins away from masters because my healer work seemingly
Edit: not saying a full reset is a solution myself, but the way they've handled SR seems like a mess