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I'm giving it the 6 months that it took Grantland to figure themselves out before making a call on the overall quality - The Value of a Steal series has, so far
by the_watcher 13y ago
I'm giving it the 6 months that it took Grantland to figure themselves out before making a call on the overall quality - The Value of a Steal series has, so far, been the only really high quality piece I've read, everything else sounds like a proposal to study something interesting (or the abstract of the paper studying something interesting).
- cwal37 13y agoI think one of the major areas they might struggle in is decent prose. I expected the new 538 to have lengthy and interesting prose in addition to data, but most everything has been a slog to read so far. Maybe I've just been spoiled by Grantland, but I really hope it improves.
- the_watcher 13y agoYea, that's true. Grantland has truly excellent writers, whereas 538 may have been looking for something different than pure writing ability. Still, guys like Kirk Goldsberry could easily write for 538 in terms of technical competence.