How is monk after the rework?

[Raikai]

I mean, Monk was gutted going into Shadowbringers and are you really going to sit there and say that was all just setup for the next expansion?

For all that matters, they could've left Monk untouched and do everything all at once in EW, both the gutting and the renewal. I suspect they experimented with the gutting mid-xpac to test the grounds or something? I don't know. To me Monk before was insufferable because of GL and all the other issues and after the gut is insufferable because of how bland it is, so to me personally it wouldn't matter a lot.

What if EW monk sucks too, is that acceptable because obviously that's just setup for the NEXT NEXT expansion after? Is there some point we can say, hey, no, let's not make a framework for something good and let's actually make it good?

That's the risk with any expansion. The progression system that XIV lives on with cumulative additions as the level tiers go up can mean anything to any job... Something that works beautifully nowadays like BLM can break just by the addition of 1 new spell or 1 new mechanic. Or the new "remake" might not personally please you, despite being well made... Or the worst case scenario is that they'll just fail and try again in 7.0.