This. X1000. Just goes to show how far the Storm character has fallen. No one even cares if she's leading or not. The no leader thing wouldn't sting as much if her character hadn't been trashed so much over the years. But it has, and here we are. Hickman seems to think Cyke needed to be fixed after his bad treatment and part of that is rightfully having him lead a team into this new era. But Storm? Nah, lets have her take orders from Kitty Pryde. Would people feel the same about leadership being a thankless role if Cyke was taking orders from Iceman,or Captain America from Hawkeye? I highly doubt that. Making Storm leader isn't magically going to make the character better(See IVX). But I'd say any writer that is serious about fixing a character that has been as badly neglected like Storm, would certainly make leading a team one of the main priorities to include when making a rehabilitation check list.
But what's done is done. Now we just wait to see if Hickman is all hot air when it comes to her like the many who have come before.