It could be. When we had battled with Masaomi months ago, he and Linda appeared to be getting along amicably enough despite the battle ending in our favor, so it's possible something might have happened recently that has made him believe that they're too weak, resulting in Masaomi's current attitude and his Pokemon's disobedience.

[But, of course, that's just one theory. Pansage, who has been keeping relatively quiet and just listening to them talk, chatters something in Pokemon speak, what sounds like an agreement to what Cilan's saying.]