Fair to say that it'll be similar to what the public was used to with Matt Cutts? imo his departure left a hole between Google Search <-> public.
Can you suggest some?
I'm still trying to resolve a years-old issue that Matt Cutts gave me incorrect information about. You can read our back-and-forth (before he stops responding) here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5418864