Wait, how is normal imbalanced? Normal matchmaking uses the exact same MMR system as ranked, it's just hidden and there's no league points.
Normals often have huge disparity in skill levels. It's a "balanced" MMR but one diamond player queuing with a silver player can and will ruin any semblance of balance. It doesnt matter that the team of all gold MMR guys have the same team MMR as the team with one bronze, one diamond and a couple higher golds. It's going to be a poor game regardless. Chances are the diamond rolls his lane and the bronze guy gets crushed by the gold. Or maybe they are just all screwing around and they all get swept.
Either way, it's not about mmr as much as it is about having a good game with evenly matched opponents. You don't get that often in normals.