That's cute. Lets be real, Pantheon has been nothing but a meat shield since Fist decided to execute their FA moves.
Yes, anyone that was a sub-competent at leading could have guided them through that "war" if you can even consider it that... You're right though, nobody doubts their ability to meat shield their actual war fighting allies (tS, TKR, Mensa etc.) . We have found out their potential for helping them out in that regard, kek.
I will start respecting Pantheon when they start putting their big boy pants on and acting like the number one alliance, until then they are just the GPA re-incarnated as something "significant" except they aren't by any means.