I hope Erick Schonfeld does not try to re-create the drama that was part of Arrington's forte. Instead, this is a chance for him to build a respected, journalistic property.. a sort of nytimes for the tech space. I hope he does the latter.
I'm not sure that's possible with Techcrunch - I know Mashable has invested in journalists to try and deliver deeper content, but Techcrunch isn't set up to operate that way, and the fact that every writer is pretty much autonomous means that it's a nightmare to try and even correct inaccuracies...