First of all, thanks to @psuter for all your effort and your insights! I wasn't around here in 2014 so that is good to hear. The conclusion that Swiss tournaments are not for the general Lichess public and are too hard to finetune sounds very fair.
But it is still my opinion that for (enclosed) club tournaments the Swiss format would work well. "People were frustrated that the tournament ended as soon as they had played everyone" doesn't seem to be an issue. Mind you, that is an issue now at Chess.com. There, if a Swiss tournament with 8 players is organized, the tournaments is closed after 3 rounds, which is of course ridiculous. That has happened multiple times to a neighbouring club. I've been able to organise Swiss otb blitz tournaments with 20 players and 9 rounds without any problems. So even if the old system will be revived, I can name at least two clubs in my region which will transfer from Chess.com to here to have better Swiss tournaments. They're used to waiting in between rounds as well.
As everyone can see, this have been a lively but imo constructive discussion with 5000 views already and 100 posts filled with reasons. Not all of them are refuted, and I would still urge @thibault and others to reconsider implementing Swiss tournaments or giving team leaders the opportunity to manual pair within a tournament setting.
But it is still my opinion that for (enclosed) club tournaments the Swiss format would work well. "People were frustrated that the tournament ended as soon as they had played everyone" doesn't seem to be an issue. Mind you, that is an issue now at Chess.com. There, if a Swiss tournament with 8 players is organized, the tournaments is closed after 3 rounds, which is of course ridiculous. That has happened multiple times to a neighbouring club. I've been able to organise Swiss otb blitz tournaments with 20 players and 9 rounds without any problems. So even if the old system will be revived, I can name at least two clubs in my region which will transfer from Chess.com to here to have better Swiss tournaments. They're used to waiting in between rounds as well.
As everyone can see, this have been a lively but imo constructive discussion with 5000 views already and 100 posts filled with reasons. Not all of them are refuted, and I would still urge @thibault and others to reconsider implementing Swiss tournaments or giving team leaders the opportunity to manual pair within a tournament setting.