How I see that:
- Starrk wasn't trashed, while it was disappointed that he couldn't force anyone in bankai, he was fighting two seniors and two Vizards. Vizards were at least low captain level fighters 100 years ago, so they had 100 years to get stronger in their shinigami forms and they got mask as their power boost. So Starrk fough with 4 very strong opponents.
- Barragan also wasn't trashed, Sui Feng and Oomeada together couldn't defeat him and even Hachigen strugled with him. His problem was that he was so arrogant, Hachigen used that and won. Barragan was defeated by his own powers in the end.
- Tier was disappointed, tho there is a thing that Kubo once said that he switched her and Zommari in the last minute. Zommari was supposed to be third and Tier sevent. It would make sense more, because Toshiro was able to fight equal with Luppi (6th) and than his powers jumped to the level that he was actually able to beat her. It would make more sense if Toshiro fought 7th and won, because he strugled with 6th in previous arc.
At least three times.