I didn't own the 2001 but I've seen and held it plenty of times. Don't get me wrong, I definitely care. I wish these were more like the OGs. But--and I don't usually say this when JB makes these dumbass changes to retros--I still love these on their own regardless of what the OG was like. I'm not worried about the suede-ish snakeskin or it being hard to clean. It takes me a long time to really dirty up a shoe, anyway, so personally it's like, meh, whatever. I definitely hear you, though.
and im sure these will end up in my stash too because as far as looks they do look very similar to the og so of course there growing on me im hoping to catch a outlet stash of these.