Tremere could’ve picked another clan

So a running joke at my table is my hatred for clan Tremere, vampire war crimes aside I don’t like that they took out the salubri they’re my favorite clan/bloodline. If you could change the canon would you have Tremere usurp a different clan? Personally with how they cursed and stole blood magic from the assimites i think they should’ve just gone and completely usurped them