Sorry, but I have a radical third opinion. It's not exactly incompatible with either side of this discussion -- but might interest you.
Here's my post on the subject.
Sorry, but neither of the sides presented so far is very interesting. My take on this is 1) What is the design crux. 2) How do you design a 'contest' or other format which achieves something innovative or different.
In other words want change, design change. This beats the kneejerk "cut and paste" arguments from other forums. I'm sure Jeff Isn't interested in making this just a blue version of the green
GDF he just came from.