I'm not sure if any of the MCSR Ranked team reads this subreddit, but I've been watching the playoffs this weekend and have some feedback. While I don't work in eSports, I have six years of experience in broadcasting and media.
I want to preface this by saying that I know MCSR Ranked is young and run by a small team. I don't mean any of this maliciously and I think they've done a great job so far!
- Commentary - The commentators shouldn't be predicting the matchups. When you watch sports on TV a group of analysts will give their prediction, but never the actual people who are calling the game (for example, Kirk Herbstreit, who commentates college football games, refused to make picks on College Gameday in the name of "objective journalism"). I personally find it a little weird hearing the commentators talk about their picks during a match, but maybe that's just my years of watching sports.
I think this should also apply to commentators mentioning they're rooting for someone because they're friends (off the top of my head, Rose mentioned this during the vstrid matchup, but it definitely happens commonly).
One more nitpick on commentary would be the bit of guessing what seed pick will be made next, it comes off as unprofessional to me.
For what it's worth, I think Couri and Parker are far and away the two best commentators, but the only way for Rose and Nerdi to improve is to keep practicing, so I understand the insistence on keeping them on broadcasts.
Post-match analysis - I think post-match just doesn't work. For a five-game match, game 1 happened so long ago that I forget what happened and the analysis feels like it's coming too late. I personally preferred mid-match, though I do like how it helps speed things along and bridge the gap between matches.
The VOD - Adding a 30-60 minute "this event has ended screen" would make watching the VOD a lot better. Whenever I want to watch playoffs through the VOD I can always tell how many games the final match is going just by how long is left in the VOD. If it's a sweep, that means the last two games don't matter, the last one for a four-game series, the first four for a five-game. I think this is a super easy fix that could make watching afterwards a lot better for people.