As a moderate-to-enthusiastic fan of all the people named in that post, there's one thing that jumps out regardless of the veracity of "Tim Wood": WHAT'S THE COMMON FUCKING DENOMINATOR? There's obviously something up with Bleacher Report internally that doesn't "get" any of those writers.

Dogshit has gotten a bad rap over the years, Howard. And hey, rightfully so. I won't argue that most of how people feel about dogshit is spot on. But we're not here to talk about the past. We're taking dogshit in a whole direction, Howard, and we want you to be a part of it. Now I know what you're thinking. How…

Surprised you didn't ask about all the other very talented basketball writers that got scooped up by BR a few years ago then promptly left a few months later. I remember Bethlehem Shoals giving the same type of passionate defense of the site when he went on The Basketball Jones podcast. IIRC he didn't even last a…

Thinking AA is better than Deadspin is not the same as saying Deadspin is the same as Bleacher Report because you like AA better than both.

1. The main criticism from basically everybody is that the content itself is horrid. If they actually copy/pasted most of their stuff it would be an improvement.