Bill James-invented stats

Question for the older baseball fans who might be in this sub: was there ever a vocal opposition to the metrics invented by Bill James?

James is the originator of game score, range factor, similarity scores, power/speed, and MANY other measures which are now widely accepted and available on virtually any baseball stats resource (whether or not they're all that useful in 2024).

Considering that in modern times there are older, more traditional baseball fans who still haven't even tried to understand WAR, outs above average etc, it's easy to imagine a block of old-heads who fully opposed James' statistical innovations.

It can be frustrating to hear MLB Network analysts reject even the simplest advanced metrics and complain about "launch angle ruining baseball," and I'm curious if fans, broadcasters, and writers shit on Bill James back in the day.

Any response appreciated