A literary critique of a Putz Profile

Am I using "literary critique" correctly when talking about a post on Slate.com that looks at a Sports Illustrated article about JJ Putz (Rattler class of 2000)?

The blog Can't Stop the Bleeding points to the following article...

What's wrong with Sports Illustrated?
And How to Fix It.
By Josh Levin

The Putz related material is at the bottom of page one

To get a sense of what now populates SI's pages, please take a minute to read Michael Farber's recent profile of Seattle Mariners closer J.J. Putz. The story begins: "The first bars of AC/DC's Thunderstruck came at precisely 9:54 p.m. PDT, Putz Domination Time." In the next few pages—about three minutes of reading; please set your watches to Putz Domination Time—we learn the speed of our hero's fastball ("When Seattle's resident sandman tosses his magic dust in a hitter's eyes, it's usually at 96 mph"), the pronunciation of his last name ("puts as in 'puts up numbers so spectacular that they border on the implausible' "), and his prank of choice ("Putz generally eschews cutting up teammates' clothing ... having made the shaving-cream pie his signature bit"). We're never told, however, why we should give a damn about J.J. Putz. The piece, like the great majority of SI's profiles and game stories, is bereft of ideas—it never explains how it feels to close a baseball game or why Putz's magic dust is any different than Mariano's magic dust. The old SI used sports as a window onto life and culture beyond the playing field or, failing that, as a vehicle for great writing. The new SI uses sports as a window onto itself or, failing that, as a vehicle for cringe-inducing anecdotes.

I got SI as a gift in 1982. I faithfully subscribed and read it until about 1998. To tell the absolute truth, I don't really miss it. I'll glance through it if I am stuck in a waiting room, but the need to go out and buy it isn't there anymore. I also rarely look at their website.

The bolded portion of the excerpt is one of the main reasons I don't read SI. Two of the best books (not just sports books) that I have are books that are compilations of SI articles on golf and baseball. I wonder how many of those compilations could be put together now.