Anyone with any experience on .net knows Design or not all noobs, there are some decent players in there who carried world wins before, surely not all and some are noobs but saying all are noobs literally shows you have the iq of a bonobo.
Idk about you but when some tribe demands a border which gives them area inside the cluster of the other tribe and they accept it because they had different plans other than getting in the best position to win, follow it up with cocky behavior, it doesn't surprise me that Niko's behavior got Design leadership to hate Niko more than AMG.
Being a top notch duke isn't something everyone can do, requires (among others) a future vision and people skills which Niko severely lacks in.
Also i asked some .no friends about Niko but they only replied with memes