Armada was very rusty that summer -- after a year's worth of retirement, he attended one tournament (Apex), then went back to Europe for several months before coming to SKTAR 3. Of the four major tournaments that took place that year, three happened within two months of his return to the US (MLG Anaheim, CEO, and EVO). Do you expect someone who was retired for that long to be back to top form within two months of resuming a top player lifestyle?

All that said, even if he hadn't been rusty, that would still only give Mango one year of dominance that was unmarred by questionable circumstances, and even that year he got several 3rd place finishes and one 33rd place finish.