Yea, the Pete hate is weird. There's a lot of people that don't understand what makes a show entertaining.
After seeing more of this unfold, I'm really curious what happened behind the scenes. I thought Pete was the one to leave but if he was pushed out then I think the show is going to miss his personality.
I love Ahmmon but you need someone to balance out the fandom. When Dmoney goes off on his, "everybody not a cane is bad", rants it only works if there's someone there to reel him back in. That was Pete.