I think the internet is just tired of this “you’re not a player shyt” cause most of the wack analysts are former players. And so are non-athlete journalists.
It’s like analysts of other things. Some of the best analysts of companies are people who never worked in such companies. They just read a lot about them, and talk to people. It becomes a problem when you’re a player who doesn’t talk to a wide and diverse group of athletes, FO people etc. Who doesn’t read everything about the players. But just rely on “I was an athlete, so I know”. Thats when you get these trash as analysts dudes.