I guess I see it that way since I also feel that the whole idea of staff applications' existance is really dumb, to be honest if someone wants staff they should just be picked by the higher ups and that should be it.
I really don't see the need for anyone to make a staff submission since there can be no good reason for it other than the guy being too impatient or unfit for staff, we already eliminate the staff submissions from people who are inactive and unfamiliar with higher ups so I honestly think it's the most unnecessary option we have on the forums
here are some fresh examples of the kind of staff submissions I'm talking about, and take note that these are the only TF2 staff submissions that I've checked this year, and every single staff submission I've seen so far has been dumb as fuck
Submissions from people that are way too impatient (and maybe a little egotistic (@Bach)) to let others know that they are either active again, or they are willing to be active again if they get staff
Hero - Team Fortress 2
Shwoos - Team Fortress 2
[xg] Bach - Team Fortress 2
Moosty - Team Fortress 2
[xg] Avenger - Team Fortress 2
Cr1tikal - Team Fortress 2
Submissions from little kids that we don't even know
Danger Ham - Team Fortress 2
☮vibes☮ - Team Fortress 2
Xenofox - Team Fortress 2
Vriska Serket - Team Fortress 2
Submissions from people who are (or were) often considered to be unfit for staff
Chef Shadower - Team Fortress 2
Tomahawk - Team Fortress 2
Snowyminion - Team Fortress 2
Shitposts
Xg| Chef Shadower - Team Fortress 2
Caleb956 - Team Fortress 2
Actual good one that was awkwardly handled and ended up being closed
[xg:m] Thesupremepatriot - Forum
Like I said, these are literally every staff submission that I've seen this year and all of them were either terrible from the beginning, or were handled terribly
If it was up to me I'd just remove the option of staff submissions as a whole