Also, that's Tim saying Jason thinks like a blunt instrument. He also later praises Jason to Alfred. As well, Nicieza has Jason saying Tim did a good job on creating the community centres, etc. Jason is trying to do good in this -- clean up Gotham -- he even has a good plan to do it, and admits it will be "ugly." I dunno, this still seems very Under the Hood Jason to me. *shrugs*
And I would agree that Nicieza's anything but a shitty writer.