I didn't get to say this in the Coey thread before it was closed, so here's me chance.
My question is where does it say that everyone on the staff has to be all lovey-dovey for each other and think that everything on the site is great? The way Tom scolded BPS and Jay in that thread made it seem that speaking out against the party line is uncalled for. The two had opinions, stated in a place where such opinions could be stated, and they are disciplined for it. Sure, I'm friends with Jay and BPS never did me any harm, but that's irrelevant here.
My other beef deals with feedback for Coey's articles. Sure, he's got his own board, but the fact is that his work is now here and it reflects on the site as well as the board, so why should comments towards his work not be directed here as well? I don't know what the deal is with being banned, so I don't know if he can see the board or not, but should comments regarding a piece on the TSM site be directed to the TSM board as well?