I’m pretty sure Holinka’s return is connected to a lot of the garbage we’re seeing in 8.2, to be honest. The garbage that is Battle for Nazjatar has all the same fingerprints as Ashran, for example. Meanwhile, he’s reversed all the progress we made on PVP in 8.1.
The prot warriors say PVP at assaults is great fun for them, even if they don’t win all the time. They regard the one Mythic+ per week as almost as much of a chore as I would if I did it.