One of my first bosses out of BYU was a Managing Editor of a medium sized newspaper back east and so the journalism and his opinion bled over into everything that I saw in my first 4 years of work.
But you obviously have a better handle on journalism than I do if you've played in it for 10 years. I usually read national writers and if we lose---I take a hiatus from CB until the vitriol dissipates.
I'll have to give Jay some attention if you feel he's our best local reporter. I didn't like the piece that I just read though.