The Worst Iteration of Monk. What could be different?

[Shurrikhan]

to no one's surprise, making an even more unnecessarily designed system just to mimic old Monk

And what system would that be? No part of Fury gauge, the removal of Disciplined Fist and Demolish (as a mechanic, not merely a name), Wind's Reply, or Earth's Reply mimic old Monk.

???

looking forward to seeing what they'll do to try and desperately salvage this dead job.

I mean, Endwalker Monk was far from dead. To "salvage" it they needed only to not randomly wreck it.