Yeah, agreed with others. I like The Athletic because I'm a fan of many sports and even like reading about other NHL teams, but for the casual Calgarian who is generally just interested in the Flames, The Athletic offers little value right now. I still maintain my subscription and find it good value but the Flames aspect is very disappointing.
Kent Wilson brought the numbers aspect the mainstream media doesn't/can't, but was a poor communicator. Unfortunately his negative attitude also seemed to turn many people off his articles, too. I had high hopes that having better editors at The Athletic would really help him but based on comments here that wasn't the case unfortunately. Too bad as I liked his numbers-based views even if they were pretty basic by today's standards, but I completely understand why people wouldn't filter out the style and lose interest.
I didn't read Darren Haynes as Buzzfeed-style "completely arbitrary number of reasons for topic" articles have always irrationally irritated me, but he was very popular it seemed so that is disappointing to hear he's taking a break but hopefully he gets sorted and returns.
I like the long-form articles we still get but obviously those can't be generated frequently so without Wilson or Haynes providing the daily or weekly stuff the coverage is brutal.
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