There were a lot of shortcomings with the article, but against the grain of popular opinion on the board, I liked it.
Yes, it was unintentionally patronizing, poorly fact checked, and laced with hyperbole. At the same time, I thought it succeeded in capturing the spirit of such a large part of what fuels our pride as fans. I think we all agree that, as he put it 'punching above their weight class' is a huge part of why we are so pleased with our success. There's an intangible quality to that which is hard to explain, and understand, unless you're part of it. I thought the article did nicely in conveying that considering it wasn't written by one of our own, like some Mike Vacc pieces in the past.
The way I look at it is, as invested as we all are, we're going to be that much more sensitive to the parts that rubbed us the wrong way. It's important to consider your average fan who comes across this will probably gloss over all those points with little thought.